National Influenza Centres

23 May 2019

Afghanistan - Kabul Nasir Ahmad Stanikzai a.i. Central Public Health Laboratories (CPHL) Ministry of public health (MoPH) Emergency Ibn-e-Sina Hospital Road,Artal Bridge,Cinema Pamir,District 1 Kabul Afghanistan

Albania - Tirana Silvia Bino Institute of Public Health Rr. Aleksander Moisiu No. 80 Tirana Albania Fax: +355 (437) 0058

Algeria - Algier Fawzi Derrar Viral Respiratory Unit Institut Pasteur d'Algérie Sidi Fredj, Staouéli 16096BP Algiers Algeria Tél : +213 (0) 21 390 257 www.pasteur.dz

Argentina - Buenos Aires Elsa Baumeister Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas ANLIS C.G.Malbran Av. Veley Sarsfield 563 1281 Buenos Aires Argentina Fax: 54-11-4301-1035

Argentina - Cordoba Jorge Camara Instituto de Virologia Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Unc. Enfermera Gordillo Gomez s/n Ciudad Universitaria 5016 Cordoba Argentina Fax: +54 (351) 460 7432

Argentina - Mar del Plata Osvaldo Uez Intituto Nacional de Epidemiologia Ituzaingo 3520 7600 Mar del Plata Argentina Fax: +54 (22) 3474 4123

Armenia - Yerevan Shushan Sargsyan National Virology Reference Laboratory David Malyan Str., 37 Yerevan Armenia

Australia - Melbourne Julian Druce Virus Identification Laboratory Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) 10 Wreckyn Street North Melbourne, 3051 Australia Fax: +61 (3) 9 342 2666

Australia - Nedlands David Smith Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases PathWest Laboratory Medicine Hospital Ave Nedlands WA 6009 Australia Fax: +61 (8) 9346 3960

Australia - Wentworthville Dominic Dwyer Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR) Westmead Hospital P. O. Box 533 Wentworthville New South Wales Australia Fax: +61 (2) 9633 5317

Austria - Vienna Franz X. Heinz Therese Popow-Kraupp Department of Virology Medical University of Vienna Kinderspitalgasse 15 A-1095 Vienna Austria Fax.: 0043 1 40160 965599

Bahrain - Manama Amjad Zaed Public Health Laboratories, Kingdom of Bahrain Ministry of Health P.O.Box: 12, Manama Kingdom of Bahrain Fax:+973 1 7279294

Bangladesh - Dhaka Meerjady Sabrina Flora Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Mohakhali Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh Fax.: +880-2-8821237

Belarus - Minsk Natalia Gribkova Republican Research & Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Laboratory of Influenza and ILI 23 Filimonova St. 220114 Minsk Belarus Fax: +375 (172) 376295

Belgium - Brussels Isabelle Thomas Scientific Institute of Public Health Wytsman street 14 Brussels Belgium Fax: +32 (2) 642.56.92 Website: http://www.iph.fgov.be/flu

Brazil - Ananindeua Mirleide Cordeiro dos Santos National Influenza Center Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC) Rodovia Br-316 KM 07 S/N Bairro Levilândia CEP 67030-000 Ananindeua, Pará Brazil Fax: +55 (91) 2142005

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro Marilda Siqueira Laboratório de Vírus Respiratório e Sarampo - LVRS/IOC/FIOCRUZ Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) Avenida Brazil, 4365 Manguinhos CEP: 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil Fax: +55 (21) 2573 9591

Brazil - Sao Paulo Terezinha Maria de Paiva Centro de Virologia - Núcleo de Doenças Respiratórias - Laboratório de Vírus Respiratórios Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) Avenida Dr Arnaldo, 355 Pacaembu CEP 01246-000 Cerqueira Cesar, SP Brazil Fax: +55 (11) 3085 3505

Bulgaria - Sofia Neli Korsun National Laboratory "Influenza and ARD" Department of Virology National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 44A Stoletov Blvd 1233 Sofia Bulgaria Fax: +35929318132

Cambodia - Phnom Penh Philippe Dussart Virology Unit Institut Pasteur in Cambodia 5, Monivong boulevard Phnom Penh Cambodia Fax: + 855 27 725 606

Cameroon - Yaoundé Richard Njouom Laboratoire de Virologie Centre Pasteur du Cameroun B.P.: 1274 Yaounde Cameroun Fax (+237) 222 23 15 64

Canada - Winnipeg Yan Li National Microbiology Laboratory Health Canada Canadian Science Center for Human and Animal Health 1015 Arlington St., Suite H4050 Winnipeg, MB Canada R3E 3R2 Fax: + 1 204 789 2082

Central African Republic - Bangui Emmanuel Nakouné a.i. Institute Pasteur de Bangui BP 923 Bangui Central African Republic Fax: +236 (61) 01 09

Chile - Santiago Rodrigo Fasce Departamento de Laboratorio Biomedico Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile Avenida Marathon 1000, Nunoa Santiago Chile Fax: 56-2-3507583

China - Beijing Dayan Wang a.i. Chinese National Influenza Center National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 155 Changbai Road Changping District Beijing 102206 China Fax: +86 (10) 5890 0851

China - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Kowloon

Dominic TSANG National Influenza Centre Centre for Health Protection 382 Nam Cheong Street Shek Kip Mei Kowloon China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Fax: +852 2319 5989

Colombia - Bogota Juliana Barbosa Ramirez Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) Avenida El dorado Carrera 50 # 51-20, código postal: 80334, Bogotá, Colombia

Costa Rica - Cartago Jenny Lara Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud 150 metros al oeste de la gasolinera Tinoco, Tres Ríos, Cartago. Postal Code: 4-2250 Fax:(506) 2790304

Côte d'Ivoire - Abidjan Hervé Kadjo Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire Adipodoume, Km 17 , route de Dabou, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01 Côte d'Ivoire Fax: + 225 21253510

Croatia - Zagreb Vladimir Drazenovic Croatian Institute of Public Health Rockefellerova 12 Zagreb Croatia Fax: +385 (1) 468 3017

Cuba - Havana Odalys Valdés Ramírez Departamento de Virología, Laboratorio de Influenza Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí" Avenida Novia de Mediodía Km. 6 La Lisa Ciudad de la Habana Cuba Fax: +53 (7) 204 6051

Czechia - Prague Martina Havlickova National Institute of Public Health Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology 48 Srobarova 10042 Prague 10 Czechia Fax: +420 (2) 7173 0695

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Pyongyang

Kim Chol Su Central Hygienic Anti-epidemic Station Office of the WHO Representative, 14 Hudong, Munsudong, Pyongyang, DPR Korea Tel: +88 2 8831506 23600

Denmark - Copenhagen Thea Kølsen Fischer Statens Serum Institut Virus Surveillance and Research Section Artillerivej 5 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo Ramona Altagracia Pereyras Filipo Laboratorio Nacional de Salud Publica Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Influenza y otros Virus Respiratorios Calle Santo Thomas de Aquino no.1 Esq. Santiago Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Fax: +1 (829) 681-2479

Ecuador - Guayaquil Alfredo Bruno Caicedo Departmento de Virus, Instituto Nacional de Higiene "Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez" (INH) Avenida de las Americas interseccion Juan Tanca Marengo Guayaquil Ecuador

Egypt - Cairo Amel Mohamed Naguib Virology Laboratory Central Public Health Laboratories Ministry of Health and Population 19 Sheikh Reehan Street Abdeen Cairo Egypt Fax: +(202) 227942034

Egypt - Cairo Heba Abd El-Moniem Yassein Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) 51 Wezaret Elzeraa st. Dokki, Giza Egypt Fax: +(202) 37483187

El Salvador - San Salvador Mónica Jeannette Barahona de Gámez Laboratorio Central "Dr. Max Bloch" Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social Alameda Roosevelt contiguo al Hospital Rosales y frente al Parque Cuscatlán San Salvador, El Salvador Fax: + 503 22-21-57-51

Estonia - Tallinn Natalja Kuznetsova Laboratory for Communicable Diseases Health Board Kotka Str 2 Tallinn 11315 Estonia Fax: +372 6943 651

Fiji - Suva Eric Rafai Center for Communicable Disease Control Building 30, Tamavua Hospital Complex Mataika House Suva Fiji Fax: +679 (322) 3276

Finland - Helsinki Niina Ikonen National Institute for Health and Welfare Virology Unit Mannerheimintie 166 PO Box 30 00271 Helsinki Finland Fax: +358 29 524 8355

France - French Guiana - Cayenne Dominique Rousset National Influenza Center, French Guiana and French Indies Institut Pasteur de la Guyane Française 23 Avenue Pasteur BP 6010 97306 Cayenne Cedex French Guiana Fax: + 594 (0)5 94 29 58 09

France - Lyon Bruno Lina Martine Valette Centre National de Référence du Virus Influenza Région Sud Laboratoire de Virologie Est Institut de Microbiologie Bat A3 Centre de biologie et de pathologie Est 59 Boulevard Pinel Bron Cedex 69677 Lyon France Fax: +33 (0)4 72 12 95 00

France - New Caledonia - Noumea Dominique Baudon a.i. Department of Virology Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie 9-11 avenue Paul Doumer BP 61 98845 Noumea New Caledonia France Fax : 687279748

France - Paris Sylvie Van der Werf Institut Pasteur 25 rue du Docteur Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France Fax: 33 1 40 61 32 41

Georgia - Tbilisi Ann Machablishvili National Influenza Center Centre for Disease Control and Public Health 0177 Tbilisi Georgia Fax: +995 32 2 311485

Germany - Berlin Ralf Dürrwald a.i. Robert Koch-Institute Nordufer 20 13302 Berlin Germany Fax: +49 (30) 45 47 26 05

Ghana - Accra William Ampofo National Influenza Laboratory Virology Departement Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) University of Ghana, Legon P.O. Box LG 581 Accra Ghana Fax: + 00233 21 502182

Greece - Athens Andreas Mentis Institut Pasteur Hellénique National Influenza Center, Southern Greece Virology Department 127 Avenue Vassilissis Sofias 11521 Athens Greece Fax: +30 (210) 642 3498

Greece - Thessaloniki Nikolaos Malisiovas National Influenza Center for N. Greece 2nd Laboratory of Microbiology Medical School Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Department of Microbiology 54124 Thessaloniki Greece Fax: +30 (2310) 999 140

Guatemala - Barcenas Rocío Higueros Laboratorio Nacional de Salud, Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social Km. 22 carretera al Pacifico Barcenca Villa Nueva Guatemala Fax: 502-66440599 ext. 244

Haiti - Port-au-Prince Jacques Boncy Laboratoire de Santé Publique Biologie Moléculaire, LNSP No 52 Rute de Delmas 33, Commune de Delmas Port-au-Prince Haiti Fax: +509 3701-8117

Honduras - Tegucigalpa Rudvelinda Rivera Laboratorio Nacional de Vigilancia de la Salud - Sección de Virología Secretaría de Salud Colonia la Campaña. Contiguo a edificio Programa Ampliado de inmunizaciones Tegucigalpa Honduras Fax: +504 2239 7580

Hungary - Budapest Istvan Jankovics B. Johan National Center for Epidemiology Virology Department Gyali ut 2-6 P.O.Box 64 Budapest Hungary Fax: +36 (1) 476 1368

Iceland - Reykjavik Arthur Löve Landspitali - University Hospital Armuli 1A P.O. Box 8733 Reykjavik Iceland Fax: +354 (543) 5949

India - Kasauli Usha Soren Singh National Influenza Center Central Research Institute Kasauli, Distt: Solan (Himachal Pradesh) – 173204 India Fax: +91 (1792) 72016

India - Mumbai Ranjana Deshmukti Department of Virology and Immunology, Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing Acharya Donde Marg Parel, Mumbai India Fax: +91 (22) 416 1787

India - Pune D T Mourya a.i. National Institute of Virology 20-A Dr Ambedkar Road P.O. Box 11 411001 Pune India Fax: +91 (20) 26122669

Indonesia - Jakarta Dr Agus Suprapto Center for Research and Development of Biomedical and Basic Health Technology Indonesian Agency of Health Research and Development Jl. Percetakan Negara 23 Jakarta Pusat 10560 Indonesia Fax:+62-21-424 53 86

Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Tehran Talat Mokhtari-Azad Iranian National Influenza Center School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences P. O. Box 6446-14155 Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Fax: +98 (21) 88950595

Iraq - Baghdad Imam M. Aufi National Influenza Centre, Central Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health Al ilwiya Andalous Square Alnidhal Street Mahala 103, street no 10 Baghdad Iraq

Ireland - Dublin Cillian De Gascun National Virus Reference Laboratory Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland Fax: +353 12697611

Israel - Tel Hashomer Michal Mandelboim Central Virology Laboratory Public Health Services Ministry of Health Chaim Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer Israel Fax: +972 (3) 530 24 57

Italy - Rome Maria Rita Castrucci Department of Infectious Diseases Istituto Superiore di Sanità Viale Regina Elena, n. 299 Roma 00161 Italy Fax: +39 (6) 4990 2082

Jamaica - Kingston Monica Smikle a.i. Virology Laboratory Department of Microbiology University of the West Indies Mona Campus Kingston 7 Jamaica Fax: +1 (876) 977 1265

Japan - Tokyo Takato Odagiri National Institute of Infectious Diseases Influenza Virus Research Center Gakuen 4-7-1 Musashi-Murayama Tokyo Japan Fax: +81 42 565 2498

Jordan - Amman Mah'd Shafei Laboratory Directorate King Hussein Street 58 Amman Jordan Fax: +962 6 4642781

Kazakhstan - Almaty Gauhar Nusupbaeva National Reference Laboratory for Control of Viral infections Research-Practival Center of Sanitary-Epidemiological Expertise and Monitoring Auezova Str. 84 480006 Almaty Kazakhstan Fax: +7 72723756155

Kenya - Nairobi Japeth Magana Center for Virus Research P.O. 54628 Nairobi Kenya Fax: +254 (2) 726 115

Kuwait - Shaab Sarah Al-Qabandi a.i. Public Health Laboratory Virology Unit Hawally, block 3 Tunis Street Shaab Kuwait Fax: 00965 22611646

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek Gulbarchyn Saparova a.i. National Virology Laboratory Department of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Ministry of Health Frunze str 535 Bishkek 720033 Kyrgyzstan Fax: +996 312 660538

Lao People's Democratic Republic - Vientiane

Phengta Vongphrachanh National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology Km 3, Thadeua Road Vientiane Lao People's Democratic Republic Fax: 856 21 350209

Latvia - Riga Natalija Zamjatina Gatis Pakarna National Microbiology Reference Laboratory Riga East University Hospital Latvian Centre of Infectious Diseases 3 Linezera Strreet Riga, LV-1006 Latvia Fax: +371 67014568

Lebanon - Beyrouth Mona Albeaini National Influenza Centre Research Laboratory PO Box 2833-7401 Beirut Lebanon

Lithuania - Vilnius Vilnele Lipnickiene National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory Geliu str. 9 Vilnius Lithuania

Luxembourg - Luxembourg Matthias Opp Laboratoire National de Santé 42, rue du Laboratoire Botie postale 1102 L-1911 Luxembourg Fax: +352 404248

Madagascar - Antananarivo Jean-Michel Heraud National Influenza Laboratory Institut Pasteur de Madagascar BP 1274 Antananarivo 101 Madagascar Fax: +261 (20) 22 415 34

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur Jamal I-Ching Sam Department of Medical Microbiology Faculty of Medicine University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia Fax: +60 (3) 7958 4844

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur Zainah Saat Virology Unit Infectious Disease Research Centre Institute of Medical Research Jalan Pahang Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Fax: +6 03 26938094

Malta - Msida Christopher Barbara Virology Laboratory of Mater Dei Hospital Tal-Qroqq, Msida MSD 2090 Malta Fax: 356 254 56469

Mauritius - Candos Sanjiv Rughooputh Department of Molecular Biology and Virology Central Health Laboratory Candos Mauritius Fax: +(230) 4272739

Mexico - Mexico City Irma Lopez Martinez National Influenza Centre, Departamento de Virología Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (INDRE) Secretaría de Salud (SSA) Francisco de P Miranda 177, Col. Lomas de Plateros, Del. Álvaro Obregón C.P. 01480 Ciudad de México, México Fax: +52 (55) 63830030

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar Y. Buyanjargal a.i. National Center for Communicable Diseases Ministry of Health Nam Yan Ju Street 1 Bayanzurkh district, 13th horoolol Ulaanbataar Mongolia Fax: +976 11 450267

Montenegro - Podgorica Zoran Vratnica Public Health Institute of Montenegro Centre for Medical Microbiology Ljubljanska bb 81 000 Podgorica Montenegro

Morocco - Rabat Hicham Oumzil Laboratoire de virologie Institut National d'Hygiène Ministère de la Santé 27, Av. Ibn Batouta - BP 769 - Agdal - Rabat Morocco Fax: +212 (37) 772 067

Myanmar - Yangon Htay Htay Tin National Health Laboratory 35, Mawkundaik Road Dagon Township 11191 Yangon Myanmar Fax: +95-1-371925

Nepal - Kathmandu Runa Jha National Public Health Laboratory Department of Health Services National Public Health Laboratory Pachali, Teku Kathmandu 44600 Nepal Fax: + 977-1-4252375

Netherlands - Rotterdam Marion Koopmans Faculty of Medicine Department of Virology National Influenza Centre Erasmus Medical Centre ’s-Gravendijkwal 230 3015 CE Rotterdam Netherlands Fax: 0031 010 704 4760

New Zealand - Auckland Margaret C. Croxson Department of Virology & Immunology Auckland City Hospital Gate 4, Grafton Road Auckland 1148 New Zealand

New Zealand - Wellington Sue Huang National Influenza Centre Institute of Environmental Science and Research 66 Ward Street Wallaceville Upper Hut 5018 Wellington New Zealand Fax: +64 (4) 529 0601 Website: http://www.esr.cri.nz/

Nicaragua - Managua Angel Balmaceda Echeverria Laboratorio de Virología Dirección de Microbiología Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia (CNDR) Ministerio de Salud, Complejo Concepcion Palacios Managua Nicaragua Fax: 505-66440599, ext. 213-244

Nigeria - Ibadan D. Olaleye College of Medicine University College Hospita Ibadan Nigeria Fax: +234 (02) 241 1768 (college) 241 3545 (UCH)

Norway - Oslo Olav Hungnes Department of Virology Norwegian Institute of Publich Health P. O. Box 4404 Nydalen Lovisenberggata 8 N-0403 Oslo Norway Fax: +47 2107 6447

Oman - Muscat Amina Al Jardani Central Public Health Laboratory Al Mujamaa Street Muscat Oman Fax: +968-24793899

Pakistan - Islamabad Muhammad Salman National Institute of Health Chak Shehzad Park Road Islamabad Pakistan Fax: +92 (51) 925 5099

Panama - Panama City Brechla Moreno A. a.i. Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud Calles 35 Panama Email: virologiapanama@gmail.com

Papua New Guinea - Goroka Amanda Lang a.i. Institute of Medical Research P.O. Box 60 Goroka Papua New Guinea Fax: +675 (15) 732 1998

Paraguay - Ascuncion Cynthia Vazquez a.i. Deparamento de Virologia Laboratorio Central de Salud Publica Avenida Venezuela y Teniente Escurra Ascuncion Paraguay Fax: +595 (21) 292653

Peru - Lima Maribel Carmen Huaringa Nuñez Instituto Nacional de salud, Laboratorio de Referencia Nacional Virus Respiratorios/ NIC /Perú Instituto Nactional de Salud Av. Defensores del Morro No 2268 Chorrillos Lima 9 Peru

Philippines - Muntinlupa City Socorro P Lupisan Research Institute for Tropical Medicine Department of Health 9002 Research Drive, Filinvest Corporate City Alabang, Muntinlupa City 1781 Philippines Fax: +632 842 2828

Poland - Warsaw Lidia B. Brydak National Influenza Centre Department of Influenza Research National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene ul. Chocimska 24 00-791 Warsaw Poland Fax: (48-22) 542-13-13

Portugal - Lisboa Raquel Guiomar National Influenza Reference Laboratory Infectious Diseases Department National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge Av. Padre Cruz 1649-016 Lisboa Portugal Fax: +351 (21) 752 6400

Qatar - Doha Ajayeb Al-Nabet Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Hamad Medical Corporation P.O. Box 3050 Doha Qatar Fax: +974-40260338

Republic of Korea - Chungcheongbuk-do Chun Kang a.i. Division of Viral Diseases Centers for Laboratory Control of Infectious Disease Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 187 Osongsaengmyeong2(i)-ro Heungdeok-gu Cheongju-si Chungcheongbuk-do Republic of Korea Fax: 82-43-719-8219 Fax: +82 43 719 8219

Republic of Moldova - Chisinau Constantin Spinu National Influenza Center MD 2029 Str. Cosmescu 3 Chisinau Republic of Moldova Fax: +37 322 729725

Romania - Bucharest Costin Cernescu National Influenza Centre in the Institute of Virology Romanian Academy 285 Sos. Mihai Bravu Sector 3 Bucharest Romania Fax: +40 (1) 324 2590

Romania - Bucharest Viorel Alexandrescu Cantacuzino Institute Spl. Independentie nr. 103 C: P. 1-525, 050096 Bucharest Romania Fax: 40-21-3069307

Romania - Lasi C. Apetrei Virus Laboratory University of Medicine & Pharmacy Rue Universitatii 16 Lasi 6600 Romania Fax: +40 (98) 11 78 45

Russian Federation - Moscow Petr Grigorievich Deryabin Elena Ivanovna Burtseva D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of virology FSBI “N.F. Gamaleya FRCEM” Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Gamaleya str. 18, Moscow, Russian Federation Fax: +7 499 193 61 83 Website: http://www.gamaleya.org

Russian Federation - St Petersburg Anna A. Sominina Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation Prof. Popov str. 15/17 St. Petersburg Russian Federation Fax: +7(812) 234 59 73, (812) 346 1270 Website: http://www.influenza.spb.ru

Senegal - Dakar Mbayame Niang a.i. Medical Virology Unit Institut Pasteur de Dakar 36, Avenue Pasteur BP 220 Dakar Senegal Fax: +221 338399224

Serbia - Belgrade Jasminka Nedeljkovic Institute of Immunology, Vaccine and Sera "Torlak" Vojvode Stepe-458 Belgrade 11221 Serbia Fax: +381 (11) 469 654

Serbia - Novi Sad Vera Jerant-Patic Institute of Public Health Futoska St.121 21000 Novi Sad Serbia Fax: +381 (21) 616690 /683989

Singapore - Singapore Raymon Lin Tzer Pin National Public Health Laboratory Communicable Disease Division Ministry of Health 16 College Road Singapore 169854 Singapore Fax: +65 63251168

Slovakia - Bratislava Edita Staroňová Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic Trnavská cesta 52 826 45 Bratislava Slovakia Fax: +421 (2) 4437 2807

Slovenia - Ljubljana Katarina Prosenc Laboratory for Public Health Virology National Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food Bohoričeva 15 Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia Fax: +386 1 4342 612

South Africa - Cape Town Diana Hardie Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town Observatory Cape Town South Africa Fax: +27 (21) 448 4110

South Africa - Sandringham Anne Von Gottberg Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis (Virology) National Institute for Communicable Diseases 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, South Africa Tel: 011 386 6390 | Fax: 011 386 6455 | Website: http://nicd.ac.za

Spain - Barcelona Tomàs Pumarola Universidad de Barcelona Facultad de Medicina Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Farmacología y Microbiología c/Casanovas 143 08036 Barcelona Spain Fax: +34 (93) 227 5522

Spain - Madrid Inmaculada Casas Francisco Pozo Influenza and Respiratory Unit Centro Nacional de Microbiología, ISCIII Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2 Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid Spain Fax: +34 (915) 09 7966

Spain - Valladolid Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu Universidad de Valladolid Facultad de Medicina Dpto. Microbiología, 6ª planta Avda Ramón y Cajal, 7 47005 Valladolid Spain Fax: +34 (983) 423 022

Sri Lanka - Colombo Jude Jayamaha National Influenza Centre Department of Virology Medical Research Institute PO Box 527 Colombo 8 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 269 14 95

Sudan - Khartoum Lubna Ahmed Badi Elhassan National Public Health Laboratory Alqasr street Khartoum Sudan Fax: +249 83780265

Sweden - Solna Mia Brytting Department of Microbiology Public Health Agency of Sweden 171 82 Solna Sweden

Switzerland - Geneva Samuel Cordey University of Geneva Hospitals Laboratory of Virology Division of Infectious Diseases rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4 1211 Geneva 14 Switzerland Website: http://www.influenza.ch

Syrian Arab Republic - Damascus JAMEEL MHD KAMEL ALKHABAZ Public Health Laboratories Al Ghassani. Aleppo Street Damascus Syrian Arab Republic Fax: +963 114442153

Thailand - Nothaburi Malinee Chittaganpitch a.i. National Influenza Centre Department of Medical Sciences National Institute of Health 88/7 Tiwanon Road, Muang Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand Fax : +66(2) 9510000 ext. 98406

Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain Gabriel González-Escobar Laboratory Services and Networks Division of Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control Caribbean Health Agency (CARPHA) 16—18 Jamaica Boulevard, Federation Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Fax: 00186 8 622 27 92

Tunisia - Tunis Salma Abid Laboratoire de Microbiologie Unité de Virologie EPS Charles Nicolle Bvd 9 avril 1006 Tunis Tunisia Fax: +216 (71) 578186

Turkey - Ankara Gulay Korukluoglu National Influenza Centre Virology Reference and Research Laboratory Ministry of Health Public Health Institution of Turkey (PHIT) Refik Saydam Campus, Saglık mah. Adnan Saygun str. No:55 F Block 06100 Sihhiye Ankara Turkey Fax: +90 (312) 4582388

Uganda - Entebbe Julius Lutwama Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Plot 51-59 Nakiwogo Road, Lunnyo P.O. Box 49 Entebbe Uganda

Ukraine - Kiev Alla Mironenko L.V.Gromashevsky Institute of Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine 5, M. Amosova Str. Kyiv, 03680 Ukraine Fax: +38 044 275 02 97

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Aberdeen

Pamela Molyneaux Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Royal Infirmary Foresterhill Aberdeen AB2527D United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Fax: +44 (1224) 550632

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Belfast

Peter Coyle Regional Virus Laboratory Kelvin Building Royal Victoria Hospital Grosvenor Road Belfast BT12 6BA United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Fax: +44 (0) 2890 634 803

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Glasgow

B. Carman Regional Virus Laboratory, Gartnavel General Hospital 1053 Great Western Road Glasgow 6120YN United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Fax: +44 (141) 211 0082

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - London

Maria Zambon Respiratory Virus Unit Virus Reference Department Public Health England: Colindale 61, Colindale Avenue London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Fax: +44 (0) 208 200 1569

United Republic of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam

Fausta Mosha National Influenza Laboratory National Health Laboratory Quality Assurance and Training Centre 2448 Luthuli Road - NIMR HQ Building Dar es Salaam United Republic of Tanzania Fax: +255 222126392

United States of America - Atlanta Jacqueline Katz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road Mailstop G-16 Atlanta 30333 Georgia United States of America Fax: 404-639-2334

Uruguay - Montevideo Hector Chiparelli Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Unidad de Virología. Avda. Alfredo Navarro 3051, Montevideo, CP 11600, Uruguay Fax: +598 (2) 480 7014

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Caracas

Esperanza Briceño a.i. Instituto Nacional de Higiene "Rafael Rangel" (INHRR) Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social (MSDS) Oficina del Este, Apartado 60.412 Caracas, Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Fax: +58 (212) 6934476

Viet Nam - Hanoi Le Quynh Mai Influenza Laboratory National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology 1 Yersin Street Hanoi Viet Nam Fax: +(84) 38210853

Viet Nam - Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh Long Influenza laboratory Pasteur Institute 167 Pasteur Street District 3 Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam Fax: +(84) 8 38231419

Zambia - Lusaka Mwaka Monze Virology Laboratory University Teaching Hospital Great East Road Campus Lusaka Zambia Fax: +260 211 253952