N meningiditis Participant Reference Laboratories & Epidemiology Centres

Austria Germany Luxembourg Slovenia Belgium Greece Malta Spain Czech Republic Hungary Netherlands Sweden Denmark Iceland Norway Switzerland England and Wales Ireland Poland Estonia Italy Portugal Finland Latvia Scotland France Lithuania Slovak Republic 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 Mrs Françoise Carion Project Leader Bacteriology Division National Meningococcal Reference Laboratory Scientific Institute of Public Health Federal Public Service Health Food Chain Security and Environment Rue Juliette Wytsman 14-16 1050 Bruxelles Belgium Tel: +32 (2) 642 5089 Fax: +32 (2) 642 5240 Email:     francoise.carion@iph.fgov.be Czech Republic EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE Dr Pavla Kriz Head of Department of Bacterial Airborne Infections and National Reference Laboratory for Meningococcal 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 Pavla Kriz Head of Department of Bacterial Airborne Infections and National Reference Laboratory for Meningogoccal 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 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 38 74 Email:     KRM@ssi.dk MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Dr Jens Jørgen Christensen Head of Neisseria and Streptococcus Reference Laboratory Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology Statens Serum Institut 5 Artillerivej 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark Tel: +45 32 68 35 72 Fax: +45 32 68 38 73 Email:     jjc@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 Prof Andrew Fox Clinical Scientist Molecular Epidemiology Health Protection Agency North West Laboratory Manchester Medical Microbiology Partnership PO Box 209 Clinical Sciences Building Manchester Royal Infirmary Manchester M13 9WZ Tel: +44 (0)161 276 5689 Fax: +44 (0)161 276 5744 Email:     andrew.fox@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 Dr Helena Käyhty Head, Vaccine Immunology Laboratory National Public Health Institute Mannerheimintie 166 00300 Helsinki Finland Tel: +358 (9) 4744 8237 Fax: +358 (9) 4744 8599 Email:     helena.kayhty@ktl.fi France EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE/ Dr Isabelle Parent du Châtelet Medical Epidemiologist Unité des Maladies à Prévention 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 03 Fax: +33 (0)1 41 79 68 72 Email:     i.parent@invs.sante.fr MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Dr Muhamed-Khier Taha Directeur Adjoint du Centre National de Reference des Méningocoques Unité des Neisseria Institut Pasteur 28 rue de Dr Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 84 38 Fax: +33 (0)1 45 68 83 38 Email:     mktaha@pasteur.fr Germany EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE Dr Walter Hass Dep Infecktions Epidemiologie Robert Koch Institute Seestr. 10 13353 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 (0)30 4547 3431 Fax: +49 (0)30 4547 3533 Email:     HaasW@rki.de MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Prof Dr Matthias Frosch Director Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology Building E1, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2 97080 Würzburg Germany Tel: +49 931 201 46161 Fax: +49 931 201 46445 Email:     mfrosch@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de Dr Ulrich Vogel University Lecturer Institue for Hygiene and Microbiology Building E1, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2 97080 Würzburg Germany Tel: +49 931 201 46802 Fax: +49 931 201 46445 Email:     uvogel@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de Greece EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE Prof Jenny Kourea-Kremastinou Head, Public Health Department National Meningococcal Reference Laboratory National School of Public Health 196 Alexandras Avenue 115 21 Athens Greece Tel: +30 210 646 5982 Fax: +30 210 643 2258 Email:     jkrem@otenet.gr MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Dr Georgina Tzanakaki Head, National Meningococcal Reference Laboratory National School of Public Health 196 Alexandras Avenue 115 21 Athens Greece Tel: +30 210 646 5982 Tel: +30 210 640 0188 Fax: +30 210 643 2258 Email:     gtzanakaki@nsph.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 Italy EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE Dr Stefania Salmaso Reparto Epidemiologia delle Malattie Infettive Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute Istituto Superiore di Sanità Viale Regina Elena 299 00161 Roma Italy Tel: +39 06 49902273 Fax: +39 06 49387292 Email:     salmaso@iss.it MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Dr Paola Mastrantonio Director of Research Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases Istituto Superiore di Sanità Viale Regina Elena 299 00161 Rome Italy Tel: +39 06 49902335 Fax: +39 06 49387112 Email:     pmastran@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 Disease Prevention and Control Kalvariju 153 08221 Vilnius Lithuania Tel: +370 (5) 215 9273 Fax: +370 (5) 277 8761 Email:     g.rimseliene@ulpkc.lt MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY 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.rimseliene@ulpkc.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 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 Arie van der Ende Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis Department of Medical Microbiology Academic Medical Centre Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)20 566 4862 Fax: +31 (0)20 697 9271 Email:     a.vanderende@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 Prof Dominique A Caugant Division of Infectious Disease Control Norwegian Institute of Public Health Postboks 4404 Nydalen 0403 Oslo Norway Tel: +47 22 04 23 11 Fax: +47 22 04 25 18 Email:     dominique.caugant@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 Maria João Simões Centro de Bacteriologia Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge Avenida Padre Cruz 1649-016 Lisboa Portugal Tel: 351 (21) 751 94 49 Fax: 351 (21) 752 64 00 Email:     m.joao.simoes@insa.min-saude.pt Scotland EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE Ms Barbara Denham Meningococcal Surveillance Co-ordinator Department of Microbiology House on the Hill Stobhill Hospital Balornock Road Glasgow G21 3UW Scotland Tel: +44 (0)141 201 4322/3836 Fax: +44 (0)141 201 3663 Email:     Barbara.Denham@NorthGlasgow.Scot.NHS.UK MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Ms Barbara Denham Meningococcal Surveillance Co-ordinator Department of Microbiology House on the Hill Stobhill Hospital Balornock Road Glasgow G21 3UW Scotland Tel: +44 (0)141 201 4322/3836 Fax: +44 (0)141 201 3663 Email:     Barbara.Denham@NorthGlasgow.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 Dr Alena Vaculiková Head, National Reference Centre for Meningococci Public Health Authority of the Slovac Republic Trnavská 52 826 45 Bratislava Slovak Republic Tel: +421 (0)2 492 84 408 Fax: +421 (0)2 443 72 641 Email:     vaculikova@uvzsr.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 Rosa Cano Portero Jefa de Servicio de Vigilancia Epidemiológica Centro Nacional de Epidemiología Instituto de Salud Carlos III Sinesio Delgado 6 28029 Madrid Spain Tel: +34 91 822 26 19 Fax: +34 91 387 78 16 Email:     rcano@isciii.es MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Dr Julio Vazquez Centro Nacional de Microbiologia Institut de Salud Carlos III Ctra Majadahonda Pozuelo Km2 28220 Madrid Spain Tel: +34 91 509 79 01 Fax: +34 91 822 36 17 Email:     jvazquez@isciii.es Sweden EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE Ms Margareta Löfdahl Department of Epidemiology Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) SE-171 82 Solna Sweden Tel: +46 (0)8 457 23 87 Fax: +46 (0)8 30 06 26 Email:     Margareta.lofdahl@smi.ki.se MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Prof Per Olcé National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology SE-701 85 Örebro Sweden Tel: +46 (0)19 602 15 20 Fax: +46 (0)19 12 74 16 Email:     per.olcen@orebroll.se Associate Prof Dr Hans Fredlund National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria Department of Clinical Microbiology Örebro University Hospital SE-701 85 Örebro Sweden Tel: +46 (0)19 602 35 81 Fax: +46 (0)19 12 74 16 Email:     hans.fredlund@orebroll.se Switzerland EPIDEMIOLOGY/SURVEILLANCE Dr A Philip Zucs Scientific Collaborator Vaccinations Section Division of Communicable Diseases Public Heath Directorate Swiss Federal Office of Public Health Schwarztorstrasse 96 3007 Bern Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)31 322 75 27 Fax: +41 (0)31 323 87 95 Email:     phillip.zucs@bag.admin.ch MICROBIOLOGY/REFERENCE LABORATORY Dr Béatrice Ninet Centre National des Méningocoques Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Laboratoire Central de Bactériologie rue Micheli-du-Crest 24 1211 Genève 14 Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)22 372 9252 Fax:   Email:     beatrice.ninet@hcuge.ch

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