The people behind the network

Austria
(AUT)

Therese Popow-Kraupp
Institut für Virologie der Medizinischen Universität Wien
Kinderspitalgasse 15
AT- 1095 Wien
Austria
Tel. +43 14277 7951
E-mail theresia.popow-kraupp@meduniwien.ac.at
Fax. +43 140490 9795
URL http://www.univie.ac.at/virologie/seiten/index.htm


Belgium
(BEL)

Fernande Yane
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Scientific Institute of Public Health
14, rue Juliette Wytsman
BE-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel. +32 2642 5070
E-mail fernande.yane@iph.fgov.be
Fax. +32 2642 5692
URL http://www.iph.fgov.be/flu

Cyprus
(CYP)

Despo Pieridou-Bagatzouni
Nicosia General Hospital
Medical and Public Health Services
Microbiology Department
Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel. +35 7-22801682
Email dbagatzouni@mphs.moh.gov.cy
Fax. +35 7-22801664
URL http://www.moh.gov.cy


Czech Republic
(CZE)

Martina Havlícková
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Institute of Public Health
National Influenza Centre
Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology
Srobárova 48,
CZ-100 42 Prague 10
Czech Republic
Tel. +420 267 082 402
E-mail nflucprg@szu.cz
Fax. +420 271 730 695
URL http://www.szu.cz

Denmark
(DNK)

Lars Nielsen
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Statens Serum Institut
Department of Virology
Influenza Laboratory
Artillerivej 5,
DK-2300 Copenhagen
Denmark
Tel. +45 32 68 3443
E-mail lpn@ssi.nl
Fax. +45 32 68 3148
URL http://www.ssi.dk/sw899.asp

Estonia
(EST)

Inna Sarv
Health Protection Inspectorate
Central laboratory of Virology
Kotka 2
EE-11315 Tallinn
Estonia
Tel. +37 2694 3632
E-mail inna.sarv@tervisekaitse.ee
Fax. +37 2694 3637
URL http://www.tervisekaitse.ee

Finland
(FIN)

Thedi Ziegler
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Public Health Institute
Mannerheimintie 166
FI-00300 Helsinki
Finland
Tel. +35 8947 448348
E-mail thedi.ziegler@ktl.fi
Fax. +35 8947 448355
URL http://www.ktl.fi/portal/english

France

(FRA-N)
Sylvie van der Werf
Jean-Thierry Aubin
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Institut Pasteur
Centre National de Référence des Virus Influenza (Région Nord)
25, rue du Docteur Roux
FR-75724 Paris Cedex 15
France
Tel. +33 1 4568 8722 (svdw)
Tel. +33 1 4568 8970 (jta)
E-mail svdwerf@pasteur.fr
E-mail jtaubin@pasteur.fr
Fax. +33 1 4061 3241
URL http://www.pasteur.fr

(FRA-S)
Bruno Lina
Martine Valette
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Laboratoire de Virologie
Centre National de Référence des Virus Influenza (Région Sud)
8, Avenue Rockefeller
FR-69373 Lyon Cedex 08
France
Tel. +33 4 7877 7029 (bl)
Tel. +33 4 7877 7029 (mv)
Email bruno.lina@univ-lyon1.fr
Email martine.valette@rockefeller.univ-lyon1.fr
Fax. +33 4 7801 4887
URL http://www.univ-lyon1.fr

Germany
(DEU)

Brunhilde Schweiger
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Robert Koch Institute
National Reference Centre for Influenza
Nordufer 20
DE-13353 Berlin
Germany
Tel. +49 30 4547 2456
E-mail schweigerb@rki.de
Fax. +49 30 4547 2605
URL http://www.rki.de


Greece

(GRC-N)
Vassiliki Kyriazopoulou-Dalaina
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Influenza Center for Northern Greece
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
Department of Microbiology
School of Medicine
GR-54124
Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel. +30 2310 999 117
Email vdalaina@med.auth.gr
Fax. +30 2310 996 312
URL http://www.auth.gr

(GRC-S)
Andreas Mentis
Stavros Kokotas
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Influenza Center for Southern Greece
Institut Pasteur Hellenique
Virology Department
127 Ave. Vas. Sofias
GR-11521
Athens
Greece
Tel. +30 210 6478800
E-mail mentis@pasteur.gr
E-mail stavros@pasteur.gr
Fax. +30 210 6440171
URL http://www.pasteur.gr/eng/index.asp?C=21&S=0&newID=172

Hungary
(HUN)

György Berencsi
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Bela Johan National Center for Epidemiology
Virology Department
Gyali ut 2-6
HU-1097 Budapest
Hungary
Tel. +36 1 476 1264
E-mail berencsigy@oek.antsz.hu
Fax. +36 1 476 1368
URL http://www.antsz.hu

Ireland
(IRL)

Suzie Coughlan
Peter Quinn
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Virus Reference Laboratory
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel. +35 3 1 716 1359 (sc)
Tel. +35 3 1 716 1329 (pq)
E-mail suzie.coughlan@ucd.ie
E-mail peter.quinn@ucd.ie
Fax. +35 3 1 269 7611
URL http://www.ndsc.ie

Italy

(ITA-G)
Pietro Crovari
Filippo Ansaldi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute
Università di Genova
Via Pastore 1
IT-16132 Genova
Italy
Tel. +39 010353 8503 / 3001 / 3003
E-mail crovari@unige.it
E-mail filippo.ansaldi@unige.it
Fax. +39 010353 8572
URL http://www.dissal.unige.it

(ITA-M)
Fabrizio Pregliasco
Università degli Studi di Milano
Istituto di Virologia
Via C. Pascal 38
IT-20133 Milano
Italy
Tel. +39 250 315 135
E-mail fabrizio.pregliasco@unimi.it
Fax. +39 250 315 120
URL http://www.unimi.it/engl

(ITA-R)
Isabella Donatelli
Simona Puzelli
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Laboratorio virus respiratori
Instituto Superiore di Sanità
Viale Regina Elena, 299
IT- 00161 Roma
Italy
Tel. +39 06 4990 3243
E-mail donatell@iss.it
E-mail simyflu@iss.it
Fax. +39 06 4990 2082
URL http://www.iss.it

Latvia
(LVA)

Vaira-Irisa Kalnina
National Influenza Centre for WHO
State Public Health Agency
Laboratory of Virology
7 Klijanu street
LV-1012 RIGA
Latvia
Tel. +37 1708 1511
E-mail kalnina@sva.lv
Fax. +37 1733 9006 or +37 1737 4980
URL http://www.sva.lv

Lithuania
(LTU)

Algirdas Griskevicius
Lithuanian AIDS Center laboratory
Vytenio street 59/37
LT-2006 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel. +37 05233 0215
E-mail algirdas.griskevicius@aids.lt
Fax. +37 05233 0111
URL http://www.aids.lt

Luxembourg
(LUX)

Mathias Opp
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Laboratoire National de Santé
Service de Virologie
42, rue du Laboratoire
L-1911 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Tel. +35 249 1191
E-mail matthias.opp@lns.etat.lu
Fax. +35 240 4238
URL http://www.ms.etat.lu/

Malta
(MLT)

Christopher Barbara
St. Luke's Hospital
Virology Department
G'Mangia
Malta
Tel. +35 625 951346
E-mail christopher.barbara@gov.mt
Fax. +35 621 224286
URL http://www.health.gov.mt/dsu/index.htm


The Netherlands

(NLD-B)
Berry Wilbrink
Adam Meijer
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening (LIS)
Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
NL-3721 MA Bilthoven
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 30 274 4075
E-mail berry.wilbrink@rivm.nl
E-mail adam.meijer@rivm.nl
Fax. +31 30 274 4409
URL http://www.rivm.nl

(NLD-R)
Ab Osterhaus
Jan de Jong
Guus Rimmelzwaan
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Erasmus Medical Centre
Institute of Virology
Dr. Molewaterplein 50
NL-3015 GE Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 10 408 8067
E-mail a.osterhaus@erasmusmc.nl
E-mail jc.de.jong@wxs.nl
E-mail g.rimmelzwaan@erasmusmc.nl
Fax. +31 10 408 9485
URL http://www.virology.nl


Norway
(NOR)

Olav Hungnes
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Div. for Infectious Disease Control
Department of Airborne Infections
Influenza laboratory
Geitmyrsveien 75
NO-0403 Oslo
Norway
Tel. +47 22 04 2520
E-mail olav.hungnes@fhi.no
Fax. +47 22 04 2447
URL http://www.fhi.no

Poland
(POL)

Lidia Brydak
Magdalena Machala
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Institute of Hygiene
ul. Chocimska 24
PL-00-791 Warsaw
Poland
Tel. +48 22542 1274 / 1294
E-mail nic@pzh.gov.pl
E-mail lbrydak@pzh.gov.pl
E-mail mmachala@pzh.gov.pl
Fax. +48 22542 1313
URL http://www.pzh.gov.pl

Portugal
(PRT)

Helena Rebelo de Andrade
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Centro Nacional da Gripe
Instituto Nacional de Saude
Avenida Padre Cruz
PT-1649-016 Lisboa Codex
Portugal
Tel. +35 121 752 6455
E-mail h.rebelo.andrade@insa.min-saude.pt
Fax. +35 121 759 0441
URL http://www.dgsaude.pt

Romania
(ROU)

Viorel Alexandrescu
Emilia Lupulescu
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Reference Centre for Influenza
Cantacuzino Institute
Splaiul Independentei 103
CP1-525
RO-050096 Bucharest
Romania
Tel. +40 21 318 4413
E-mail roinfluenza@cantacuzino.ro
Fax. +41 1 411 56 72
URL http://www.cantacuzino.ro

Slovak Republic
(SVK)

Zuzana Kristufkova
Hana Blaskovicova
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic
Trnavská 52
SK-826 45 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Tel. +42 1249 284 275
E-mail kristufkova@uvzsr.sk
E-mail blaskovicova@uvzsr.sk
Fax. +42 1244 372 641
URL http://www.uvzsr.sk

Slovenia
(SVN)

Katarina Prosenc
National Influenza Centre for WHO
National Institute of Public Health
Laboratory for Virology
Bohoriceva 15
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel. +3 86 1 4342 613
E-mail katarina.prosenc@ivz-rs.si
Fax. +3 86 1 4342 612
URL http://www.ivz.si

Spain

(ESP-B)
Tomás Pumarola Suñé
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Hospital Clínic
Microbiology Service. (Centro Nacional de Gripe)
C/ Villarruel, 170
ES-08036 Barcelona
Spain
Tel. +34 93 227 55 22
E-mail pumarola@clinic.ub.es
Fax. + 34 932279372
URL http://www.infogripe.com/infogripe/gegquie.htm

(ESP-M)
Pilar Pérez-Breña
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
National Centre for Microbiology
Virology Service (Centro Nacional de Gripe)
Ctra. Majadahonda-Pozuelo, km.2
Majadahonda
ES-28220 Madrid
Spain
Tel. +34 91 822 36 21
E-mail pperez@isciii.es
Fax. +34 91 387 78 16
URL http://www.isciii.es

(ESP-V)
Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Centro Nacional de Gripe
Area de Microbiología, 6ª Planta
Facultad de Medicina
Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 7
ES-47005 Valladolid
Spain
Tel. +34 983 42 30 63
E-mail lejarazu@med.uva.es
Fax. +34 983 420251/52
URL http://www.med.uva.es

Sweden
(SWE)

Annika Linde
Mia Brytting
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
Department of Virology
SE-171 82, Solna
Sweden
Tel. +46 8 457 26 52/54
E-mail annika.linde@smi.ki.se
E-mail mia.brytting@smi.ki.se
Fax. +46 8 32 83 30
URL http://www.smittskyddsintitutet.se


Switzerland
(CHE)

Yves Thomas
Werner Wunderli
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève
Division des Maladies Infectieuses
Laboratoire Central de Virologie
1 Avenue de Beauséjour
CH-1206 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel. +41 22 372 40 81 (yt)
Tel. +41 22 372 40 86 (ww)
E-mail yves.thomas@hcuge.ch
E-mail werner.wunderli@hcuge.ch
Fax. +41 22 372 40 88
URL http://www.influenza.ch

United Kingdom

England

(ENG)
Maria Zambon
Joanna Ellis
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Health Protection Agency
Centre for Infections
Virus Reference Division
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5EQ
United Kingdom - England
Tel. +44 20 8200 4400
E-mail maria.zambon@hpa.org.uk
E-mail joanna.ellis@hpa.org.uk
Tel. +44 20 8205 8195
URL http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/influenza/flu.htm

Northern Ireland

(NIR)
Hugh O'Neill
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Royal Victoria Hospital
The Kelvin Building
Regional Virus Laboratory
Gresvenor Road
Belfast BT12 6BA
United Kingdom - Northern Ireland
Tel. +44 28 9089 4498
E-mail hugh.oneill@bll.n-i.nhs.uk
Fax. +44 28 9026 3532
URL http://www.cdscni.org.uk/default.asp

Scotland

(SCT)
William Carman
Terry Collins
National Influenza Centre for WHO
Gartnavel General Hospital
Regional Virus Laboratory
1053 Great Western Road
Glasgow G12 OYN
United Kingdom - Scotland
Tel. +44 141 211 0080
E-mail w.carman@vir.gla.ac.uk
E-mail terry.collins@northglasgow.scot.nhs.hk
Fax. +44 141 211 0082
URL http://www.vir.gla.ac.uk/home.shtml

Wales

(WLS)
Diana Westmoreland
Public Health Laboratory
Department of Medical Microbiology
University Hospital Of Wales
Heath Park
Cardiff CF 4XW
United Kingdom - Wales
Tel. +44 2920 74 21 78
E-mail diana.westmoreland@phls.wales.nhs.uk
Fax. +44 2920 52 19 87
URL http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites/home.cfm?OrgID=368



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