Antibodies
SSI is responsible for the Danish preparedness against infectious diseases.
Disease surveillance
through international collaborations. We provide counseling to the Danish healthcare system and authorities in the event of e.g. epidemics that demand urgent action.
Specialized Diagnostics
We are dedicated to digging deeper into obtaining up-to-date knowledge of specific bacteria or viruses. Such thorough approach is applied in the event of e.g. foodborne disease outbreaks to identify with great certainty if a bacterium in a patient is equivalent to a bacterium in a certain food product. Highly specialized diagnostics may also be necessary for doctors to make accurate diagnoses and choose the optimal treatment of patients.
In the event of new or rare infectious diseases, e.g. Ebola and HIV, SSI must ensure the availability of relevant diagnostic analyses to the Danish healthcare authorities for disease diagnosis and prevention of further spread of infections.