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H influenzae Participant Reference Laboratories & Epidemiology Centres

Australia
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Peter McIntyre
Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health and School of Public Health
Childrens' Hospital at Westmead and University of Sydney
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead
New South Wales NSW 2145
Australia
Tel:+61 (0)2 9845 1257
Fax:+61 (0)2 9845 3095
Email:    peterm@chw.edu.au
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Lyn Gilbert
Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Level 3, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
Westmead Hospital, Westmead
New South Wales NSW 2145
Australia
Tel:+61 (0)2 9845 6238
Fax:+61 (0)2 9891 5317
Email:    lyng@icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au

Prof Geoff Hogg
Director, Microbiology Diagnostic Unit
Public Health Laboratory
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Australia
Tel:+61 (0)3 8344 5713
Fax:+61 (0)3 8344 7833
Email:    g.hogg@mdu.unimelb.edu.au
Austria
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
DDr Reinhild Strauss
Head of Department
Infectious Diseases, Health Threats and Crises Management
FM for Health, Family and Youth
Radetzkystraβe 2
1030 Vienna
Austria
Tel:+43 (1) 71100 4367
Fax:+43 (1) 715 44 04-16 28
Email:    Reinhild.Strauss@bmgfj.gv.at
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Sigrid Heuberger
Head, National Reference Centre for Meningococci, Pneumococci and Haemophilus influenzae
Austrian Agency for Food and Health Safety
Beethovenstraβe 6
8010 Graz
Austria
Tel:+43 (0)316 321643
Fax:+43 (0)316 3884701
Email:    Sigrid.heuberger@ages.at
Belgium
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Germaine Hanquet
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist
Epidemiology Section
Scientific Institute of Public Health
Louis Pasteur
Rue Juliette Wytsman 14-16
1050 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel:+32 (2) 642 5781
Fax:+32 (2) 642 5410
Email:    germaine.hanquet@iph.fgov.be
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Francoise Crokaert
Chef de Clinique
Reference Laboratory
Institut Jules Bordet
1 rue Héger Bordet
1000 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel:+32 (2) 541 3700
Fax:+32 (2) 541 3295
Email:    fcrokaer@ulb.ac.be
Czech Republic
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Pavla Krizova
Head of Department of Bacterial Airborne Infections
Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology
National Institute of Public Health
Šrobárova 48
100 42 Prague 10
Czech Republic
Tel:+420 26708 2259
Fax:+420 26731 1454
Email:    pavla.krizova@szu.cz
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Vera Lebedova
Head of NRL for Haemophilus Infections
Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology
National Institute of Public Health
Šrobárova 48
100 42 Prague 10
Czech Republic
Tel:+420 (2) 6708 2259
Fax:+420 (2) 6731 1454
Email:    lebedova@szu.cz
Denmark
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Kåre Mølbak
Head, Department of Epidemiology
Statens Serum Institut
5 Artillerivej
2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark
Tel:+45 32 68 31 57
Fax:+45 32 68 3874
Email:    KRM@ssi.dk
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Margit S Kaltoft
Head of Streptococcus Unit
Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology
Statens Serum Institut
5 Artillerivej
2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark
Tel:+45 32 68 81 57
Fax:+45 32 68 38 62
Email:    MSK@ssi.dk
England and Wales
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Mary Ramsay
Consultant Epidemiologist and joint EU-IBIS Project Leader
Health Protection Agency
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5EQ
Tel:+44 (0)20 8327 7084
Fax:+44 (0)20 8327 7404
Email:    mary.ramsay@hpa.org.uk
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Mary Slack
Head of Unit, Haemophilus Reference Unit, and joint EU-IBIS Project Leader
Specialist and Reference Microbiology Division
Health Protection Agency
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5HT
Tel: +44 (020) 8327 6091
Fax:+44 (020) 8205 6528
Email:    mary.slack@hpa.org.uk
Estonia
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Kuulo Kutsar
Adviser in Epidemiology
Health Protectorate Inspectorate
Paldiski mnt 81
10617 Tallinn
Estonia
Tel:+372 6943 506
Fax:+372 6943 506
Email:    kuulo.kutsar@tervisekaitse.ee
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Unna Jöks
Head, Central Laboratory for Microbiology
Health Protectorate Inspectorate
Kotka 2
11315 Tallinn
Estonia
Tel:+372 694 3652
Fax:+372 694 3651
Email:    unna.joks@tervisekaitse.ee
Finland
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Petri Ruutu
Head, Department of Infectious Disease
Epidemiology
National Public Health Institute
Mannerheimintie 166
00300 Helsinki
Finland
Tel:+358 (9) 4744 8670
Fax:+358 (9) 4744 8468
Email:    petri.ruutu@ktl.fi
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Maija Leinonen
Head, Laboratory for Chlamydia and Respiratory Tract Bacteria
National Public Health Institute
PO Box 310
90101 Oulu
Finland
Tel:+358 (8) 537 6235
Fax:+358 (8) 537 6251
Email:    maija.leinonen@ktl.fi
France
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE/
Dr Agnès Lepoutre
Medical Epidemiologist
Unite des Maladies a Prevention Vaccinale
Département des Maladies Infectieuses
Institut de Veille Sanitaire
12 rue du Val d'Osne
94415 Saint Maurice Cedex
France
Tel:+33 (0)1 41 79 68 91
Fax:+33 (0)1 41 79 68 72
Email:    a.lepoutre@invs.sante.fr
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Henri Dabernat
Director du Centre National de Référence des Haemophilus influenzae
Laboratoire de Microbiologie
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Hôpital Purpan, Place du docteur Baylec
TSA 40031
31059 Toulouse Cedex 9
France
Tel:+33 (0)5 61 77 21 22
Fax:+33 (0)5 61 77 23 33
Email:    dabernat.h@chu-toulouse.fr
Germany
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Anette Siedler
Dept Infektions Epidemioloie
Robert Koch Institute
Seestraβe 10
13353 Berlin
Germany
Tel:+49 (0)30 4547 3452
Fax:+49 (0)30 4547 3514
Email:    SiedlerA@rki.de
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Dr Med Heinz-J Schmitt
Professor of Paediatrics
Pädiatrische Infektiologie
Zentrum Präventive Pädiatrie
Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat
Langenbeckstraβe 1
55101 Mainz
Germany
Tel:+49 6131 17 5033
Fax:+49 6131 17 5662
Email:    schmittj@kinder.klinik.uni-mainz.de

Dr Britta Gröndahl
Head, Microbiology Laboratory
Pädiatrische Infektiologie
Zentrum Präventive Pädiatrie
Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat
Langenbeckstraβe 1
55101 Mainz
Germany
Tel:+49 6131 17 3344
Fax:+49 6131 17 3401
Email:    groendahl@zpp.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Greece
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Professor Marie Theodoridou
Paediatric Clinic of the University of Athens
"Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital
Thivon and Levadias Street
115 27 Athens
Greece
Tel:+30 210 746 7669
Fax:+30 210 779 7649
Email:    mecha23@otenet.gr

Dr Anastasia Pangalis
Dept of Clinical Microbiology
"Aghia Sophia" General Children's Hospital
Thivon and Levadias Street
115 27 Athens
Greece
Tel:+30 210 777 0152
Fax:+30 210 777 0152
Email:    mecha23@otenet.gr
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Professor Marie Theodoridou
Paediatric Clinic of the University of Athens
"Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital
Thivon and Levadias Street
115 27 Athens
Greece
Tel:+30 210 746 7669
Fax:+30 210 779 7649
Email:    mecha23@otenet.gr

Dr Anastasia Pangalis
Dept of Clinical Microbiology
"Aghia Sophia" General Children's Hospital
Thivon and Levadias Street
115 27 Athens
Greece
Tel:+30 210 777 0152
Fax:+30 210 777 0152
Email:    mecha23@otenet.gr
Hungary
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Miklós Füzi
Head of Department of Bacteriology
Johan Bela National Centre for Epidemiology
1097 Budapest
Gyali ut 2-6
Hungary
Tel:+36 (1) 476 1118
Fax:+36 (1) 476 1234
Email:    fuzim@oek.antsz.hu
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Miklós Füzi
Head of Department of Bacteriology
Johan Bela National Centre for Epidemiology
1097 Budapest
Gyali ut 2-6
Hungary
Tel:+36 (1) 476 1118
Fax:+36 (1) 476 1234
Email:    fuzim@oek.antsz.hu
Iceland
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Thorolfur Gudnason
Chief of the National Vaccination Programme
Centre for Infectious Disease Control
Austurstroud 5
170 Seltjarnarnes
Iceland
Tel:+354 510 1900
Fax:+354 510 1920
Email:    thorolfur@landlaeknir.is
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Hjördís Hardardóttoir
Clinical Microbiologist
Department of Clinical Microbiology
Institute of Laboratory Medicine
Landspitali University Hospital
Baronsstigur
101 Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel:+354 543 5660
Fax:+354 543 5626
Email:    hjordish@landspitali.is
Ireland
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Suzanne Cotter
Specialist in Public Health Medicine
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
25-27 Middle Gardiner Street
Dublin 1
Ireland
Tel:+353 1 8765300
Fax:+353 1 8561299
Email:    suzannem.cotter@mailx.hse.ie
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Mary Cafferkey
Director, Irish Meningococcal and Meningitis Reference Laboratory
Children's University Hospital
Temple Street
Dublin 1
Ireland
Tel:+353 1 8784859
Fax: 
Email:    m.cafferkey@tsch.ie
Israel
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Prof Ron Dagan
Director and Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases
The Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit
Soroko University Medical Centre
PO Box 151
Beer-Sheva 84101
Israel
Tel:+972 (8) 640 0547
Fax:+972 (8) 623 2334
Email:    rdagan@bgu.ac.il
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Ron Dagan
Director and Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases
The Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit
Soroko University Medical Centre
PO Box 151
Beer-Sheva 84101
Israel
Tel:+972 (8) 640 0547
Fax:+972 (8) 623 2334
Email:    rdagan@bgu.ac.il
Italy
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Marta Ciofi degli Atti
Reparto Malattie Infettive
Centro Nazionale Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Viale Regina Elena 299
00161 Rome
Italy
Tel:+39 06 49902273
Fax:+39 06 44232444
Email:    ciofi@iss.it
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Marina Cerquetti
Researcher
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Viale Regina Elena 299
00161 Rome
Italy
Tel:+39 06 49902343
Fax:+39 06 49387112
Email:    mcerquet@iss.it
Latvia
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Irina Lucenko
Epidemiologist, Deputy Head
Department of Epidemilogical Surveillance of Infectious Diseases
State Agency "Public Health Agency"
7 Klijanu Street
Riga 1012
Tel:+371 (6) 7081504
Fax:+371 (6) 7378366
Email:    irina.lucenko@sva.gov.lv
Lithuania
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Grazina Rimseliene
Public Health Specialist
Centre for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control
Kalvariju 153
08221 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: +370 (5) 215 9273
Fax:+370 (5) 277 8761
Email:    g.rimelsiene@ulpkc.lt
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Snieguole Dauksiene
Laboratory of Microbiology
National Public Health Investigation Centre
Zolyno 36
LT-10210 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: +370 (5) 210 5496
Fax:+370 (5) 210 4848
Email:    s.dauksiene@nvstc.lt
Luxembourg
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Pierette Huberty-Krau
Médecin Chef de Division
Direction de la Santé
Inspection Sanitaire
5a rue de Prague
L-2348 Luxembourg
Tel:+352 478 56 50
Fax:+352 48 03 23
Email:    pierette.huberty-krau@ms.etat.lu
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Francois Schneider
Director, Laboratoire National de Santé
42 rue du Laboratoire
L-1911 Luxembourg
Tel:+352 49 11 91
Fax: 
Email:    francois.schneider@crp-sante.lu
Malta
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Jackie Maistre Melillo
Medical Officer
Disease Surveillance Unit
Department of Public Health
37-39 Rue D'Argens
Msida MSD 05
Malta
Tel:+356 21 324086
Fax:+356 21 319243
Email:    Jackie.M.Melillo@gov.mt
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Jackie Maistre Melillo
Medical Officer
Disease Surveillance Unit
Department of Public Health
37-39 Rue D'Argens
Msida MSD 05
Malta
Tel:+356 21 324086
Fax:+356 21 319243
Email:    Jackie.M.Melillo@gov.mt
Netherlands
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Hester de Melker
Project leader, Surveillance and Epidemiology of Vaccine-preventable Diseases
Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
PO Box 1
3720 Bilthoven
Netherlands
Tel:+31 (0)30 274 39 58
Fax:+31 (0)30 274 44 09
Email:    H.de.Melker@rivm.nl

Ms Sabine de Greeff
Epidemiologist
Surveillance and Epidemiology of Vaccine-preventable Diseases
Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
PO Box 1
3720 Bilthoven
Netherlands
Tel:+31 (0)30 274 29 82
Fax:+31 (0)30 274 44 09
Email:    Sabine.de.Greeff@rivm.nl
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Lodewijk Spanjaard
Medical Microbiologist
Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis
Department of Medical Microbiology
Academic Medical Centre
Meibergdreef 15
1105 AZ Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel:+31 (0)20 566 3026
Fax:+31 (0)20 697 9745
Email:    L.Spanjaard@amc.uva.nl
Norway
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Øistein Løvoll
Senior Medical Officer
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Division of Infectious Disease Control
PO Box 4404 Nydalen
0403 Oslo
Norway
Tel:+47 22042459
Fax:+47 22042513
Email:    oistein.lovoll@fhi.no
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Arne E Hoiby
Division of Infectious Disease Control
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Box 4404 Nydalen
0403 Oslo
Norway
Tel:+47 22 04 24 00/22 00
Fax:+47 22 04 25 18
Email:    arne.hoiby@fhi.no
Poland
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Prof Andrzej Zielinski
Head, Department of Epidemiology
National Institute of Hygiene
Ul Chocimska 24
00 791 Warsaw
Poland
Tel:+48 (0)22 54 21 204
Fax:+48 (22) 64 64 487
Email:    azielinski@pzh.gov.pl
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Waleria Hryniewicz
Head, Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology
National Institute of Public Health
Chelmska Street 30/34
00-725 Warsaw
Poland
Tel:+48 (0)22 841 33 67
Fax:+48 (0)22 841 29 49
Email:    waleria@cls.edu.pl

Dr Anna Skoczynska
Head, National Reference Centre for Bacterial Meningitis
Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology
National Institute of Public Health
Chelmska Street 30/34
00-725 Warsaw
Poland
Tel:+48 (0)22 850 46 70
Fax:+48 (0)22 841 29 49
Email:    skoczek@cls.edu.pl
Portugal
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Laurinda Queirós
Public Health Doctor
Centro Regional de Saúde Pública de Norte
Rua Anselmo Braacamp, No 1444
4000-078 Porto
Portugal
Tel:+351 (22) 510 55 48
Fax:+351 (22) 510 16 18
Email:    epd@crsp.norte.min-saude.pt
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Paula Lavado
Research Assistant
Centro de Bacteriologia
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge
Avenida Padre Cruz
1649-016 Lisboa
Portugal
Tel:+351 (21) 751 9226
Fax:+351 (21) 751 9246
Email:    paula.lavado@insa.min-saude.pt
Scotland
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Claire Cameron
Epidemiologist(Immunisation)
Health Protection Scotland
Clifton House
Clifton Place
Glasgow G3 7LN
Scotland
Tel:+44 (0)141 300 1191
Fax:+44 (0)141 300 1170
Email:    claire.cameron@hps.scot.nhs.uk
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Ms Fiona Johnston
Immunisation
Health Protection Scotland
Clifton House
Clifton Place
Glasgow G3 7LN
Scotland
Tel:+44 (0)141 300 1100
Fax:+44 (0)141 300 1170
Email:    Fiona.johnston@scieh.csa.scot.nhs.uk
Slovak Republic
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Margareta Sláčiková
Senior Epidemiologist
Section of Epidemiology
Public Health Authority of the Slovac Republic
Trnavská 52
826 45 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Tel:+421 (0)2 492 84 328
Fax:+421 (0)2 443 72 641
Email:    slacikova@uvzsr.sk
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Elena Nováková MD PhD
National Reference Centre for Haemophilus Infections
Regional Public Health Authority
RUVZ - NRC HI V Spanyola 27
011 71 Žilina
Slovak Republic
Tel:+421 41 511 0608
Fax:+421 41 723 5465
Email:    novakova@jfmed.uniba.sk
Slovenia
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Alenka Kraigher
Head of Communicable Disease Centre
Institute of Public Health Slovenia
Trubarjeva 2
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel:+386 (0)1 2441 410
Fax:+386 (0)1 2441 471
Email:    alenka.kraigher@ivz-rs.si
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Metka Paragi
Head of Laboratory for Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics
Institute of Public Health Slovenia
Grablovičeva 44
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel:+386 (0)1 5205 408
Fax:Fax: + 386 (0)1 5205 704
Email:    metka.paragi@ivz-rs.si
Spain
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Jose Campos
Centro Nacional de Microbiologia
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Ctra Majadahonda Pozuelo Km2
28220 Madrid
Spain
Tel:+34 91 822 36 50
Fax:+34 91 509 79 66
Email:    jcampos@isciii.es
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Dr Jose Campos
Centro Nacional de Microbiologia
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Ctra Majadahonda Pozuelo Km2
28220 Madrid
Spain
Tel:+34 91 822 36 50
Fax:+34 91 509 79 66
Email:    jcampos@isciii.es
Sweden
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Rose-Marie Carlsson
Senior consultant
Department of Epidemiology
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI)
SE-171 82 Solna
Sweden
Tel:+46 (0)8 457 25 34/+46 (0)8 457 23 00
Fax:+46 (0)8 30 39 60
Email:    Rose-Marie.Carlsson@smi.ki.se
MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY
Prof Birgitta Henriques Normark
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Bacteriology
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SMI
Nobels väg 18
SE-171 82 Solna
Sweden
Tel:+46 (0)8 457 24 13
Fax:+ 46 (0)8 30 25 66
Email:    birgitta.henriques@smi.ki.se
Switzerland
EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE
Dr Hans-Peter Zimmermann
Scientific Collaborator
Section of Immunisation
Division of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
Schwarztorstrasse 96
Bern
Tel:+41 (0)31 323 87 10
Fax:+41 (0)31 323 87 95
Email:    hans-peter.zimmermann@bag.admin.ch
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