Rabies
The Rabies Laboratory, located at the Wadsworth Center’s Griffin Laboratory in Guilderland, provides New York State with rabies-related laboratory services. Testing performed by the laboratory includes:
- Animal specimen testing
- Human serology testing
- Ante- and post-mortem testing
Additional studies involve:
- Development of new molecular diagnostic methods and procedures for rabies testing
- Multistate virus variant studies for bats, domestics and terrestrials
- Multistate raccoon serology studies
The Rabies Laboratory not only provides crucial testing services which prevent unnecessary loss of human lives, but its services also help prevent the spread of rabies in wildlife through collaborative efforts with the oral vaccination program. Research conducted at the laboratory has delivered major contributions to bat rabies epidemiology.