List of Participants


Updated: 25 September 2006

Name/Institution Address Phone/Fax email
Dr. Stephan Aberle
Institut für Virologie
Medizinische Universität Wien
http://www.univie.ac.at/virologie
Kinderspital Gasse 15
1095 Wien
Austria
P: + 431 404 90
P: + 431 404 90-795 55
F:+ 431 40490 9795
stephan.aberle@
meduniwien.ac.at
Dr. Maria João Alves
CEVDI/ INSA
National Institute of Health
Edificio LEMES
http://www.insarj.pt/
Av. Padre Cruz
1649-016 Lisbon
Portugal
P: + 351 217 508 126
P:+ 351 217 508 125
F:+ 351 217 508 121
m.joao.alves@
insa.min-saude.pt
Prof. Antonios Antoniadis
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology
http://www.med.auth.gr/
N. Egnatia 152
Thessaloniki 54124
Greece
P:+ 30 2310 999 081
P:+ 30 2310 999 601
F: + 30 2310 999 149
Dr. Tatjana Avšič
University of Ljubljana
Medical Faculty
Inst. of Microbiol. & Immunology
http://www2.mf.uni-lj.si/
~mikro/strokovno.html
Zaloška 4
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
P:+ 386 1 543 7450
P:+ 386 1 543 7400
F:+ 386 1 543 7401
tatjana.avsic@
mf.uni-lj.si
Dr. Stephan Becker
Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI)
http://www.rki.de
Nordufer 20
13353 Berlin
Germany
P:+ 49 30 4547 2373
P:+ 49 30 4547 2219
P mobile:
+ 49 160 914 111 38
Dr. Jiri Beran
Vaccination and Travel Medicine Centre
Poliklinika II
http://www.fnhk.cz/kliniky/inf/
Bratri Stefanu 895
50003 Hradec Králové
Czech Republic
P:+ 420-49-586 5402
F: + 420-49-865 401

Dr. Luigi Bertinato
International Health and
Social Affairs Office
Dept. Health & Soc. Services
Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti
S. Marco 2847
30124 Venice
Italy
P:+ 39 041 279 1426-7
F:+ 39 041 279 366
luigi.bertinato@
regione.veneto.it
Dr. Matthias Borchert
London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine
ITD/IDEU
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/
Keppel Street, Room 257
London
WC1E 7HT
U.K.
P:+ 44-20-7927-2360

F:+ 44-20-7637-4314
matthias.borchert@
lshtm.ac.uk
Dr. Michèle Bouloy
Unité de Génétique Moléculaire de Bunyavirdés
Institut Pasteur
http://www.pasteur.fr/externe
25 rue du Dr. Roux
75724 Paris cedex 15e
France
P:+ 33 1 40 61 31 57
F:+ 33 1 40 61 31 51
Dr. Tim Brooks
Director for
Public Health Affairs
Health protection Agency
http://www.hpa.org.uk/
CAMR Porton Down
Salisbury Witshire
SP4 0JG
U.K.
P: +44 1980 612 774
F: +44 1980 610 848
Dr. David Brown
Central Public Health Laboratory

http://www.hpa.org.uk//
Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5HT
UK
P:+ 44 208 200 4400
extension 3016
F:+ 44 208 200 1569
Dr. Maria Capobianchi
Istituto Nazionale per le
Malattie Infettive
http://www.inmi.it/
Via Portuense 292
00149 Roma
Italy
P:+ 39 06 5517 04 34
F:+ 39 06 558 23 46
Dr. Cornelia Ceianu
Cantacuzino Institute
Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory
http://www.cantacuzino.ro/ro/main.asp?CNEMM
Splaiaul Independentei 103
PO Box 1-525
050096 Bucharest
Romania
P:+ 40 21 318 44 13
F:+ 40 21 318 44 14
Dr. Saulius Chaplinskas
Director, Lithuanian AIDS Centre
http://old.aids.lt/index.en.php
2, J. Kairiuscio St.
2021 Vilnius
Lithuania
P: +3702 72 04 65
P mobile: +370 98 211 73
F: +3702 72 02 25
Dr. Remi Charrel
MCU-PH
Unite des Virus Emergents
Faculte de Medecine
http://www.timone.univ-mrs.fr/medecine/
27, blvd Jean Moulin
13005 Marseille
France
P:+ 33 491 32 45 53
F:+ 33 491 32 44 95
rnc-virophdm@
gulliver.fr
Dr. Pascal Cherpillod
Central Laboratory of Virology
Division of Infectious Diseases
University Hospitals of Geneva
http://www.hug-ge.ch/www/en/webhug.nsf
1, av. de Beau-Séjour
1206 Geneve
Switzerland
P:+41 22 372 40 89
F:+41 22 372 40 88
pascal.cherpillod
@hcuge.ch
Dr. Iva Christova
National Center for
Infectious & Parasitic Diseases
Blvd Yanko Sakazov 26
Sofia 1504
Bulgaria
P: +359 2 944 6999 299
P mobile: +359 98 40 72 16
F: +359 943 30 75
Dr. Jeff Connell
The Department of
Medical Microbiology
University College Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/~medicine/
index.html
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
P:+ 353 1 716 1321
F:+ 353 1 269 7611
Dr. Juan Garcia Costa
Laboratorio de Microbiologia
C. H. Cristal-Piñor
http://www.cristalp.es/
Ramon Puga 54
32005 Orense
Spain
P:+ 34 988 38 56 96
P:+ 34 988 38 56 99
F: + 34 988 38 57 01
juan.garcia.costa@
sergas.es
Dr. Antonino Di Caro
Istituto Nazionale per le
Malattie Infettive
"Lazzaro Spallanzani"
http://www.inmi.it/
Via Portuense 292
00149 Roma
Italy
P:+ 39 06 5517 0692
P:+ 39 06 5517 0690
F:+ 39 06 5594 555
Dr. Christian Drosten
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut
für Tropenmedizin (BNI)
http://www.bni.uni-hamburg.de/
Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74
20359 Hamburg
Germany
P: + 49 40 42818 490
P: +49 40 42818 414
P mobile: +49 177-838 70 16
Emergency:
P: +49 40 428 18-0
F:+ 49 40 42818 378
drosten@
bni.uni-hamburg.de
Dr. Markus Eickmann
Institut für Virologie
Philipps-Universität Marburg
http://www.med.uni-marburg.de/
wwwmzh/welcome.htm
Hans-Meerweinstr. 3
35043 Marburg
Germany
P:+ 49 6421 286 6019
F: + 49 6421 286 6094
Dr. Olivier Engler
Spiez Laboratory
Biology - Virology Group
http://www.labor-spiez.ch
3700 Spiez
Switzerland
P:+41 33 228 15 39
P mobile:+41 76 429 14 28
F:+41 33 228 14 02
olivier.engler@
babs.admin.ch
Dr. Ernst-J. Finke
Institut für Mikrobiologie
der Bundeswehr
Neuherbergstr. 11
80937 München
Germany
P:+ 49 89 3168 2805
F:+ 49 89 3168 3292
juergenfinke@
bundeswehr.org
Dr. Anders Fomsgaard
Statens Serum Institut
Dept. of Virology
http://www.ssi.dk/en/index.html
5, Artillerivej
DK 2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark
P:+ 45 3268 3460
P mobile:+ 45 32 68 34 60
F:+ 45 3268 3148
Dr. Marie Claude Georges
Laboratoire Jean Mérieux
(BSL4)
http://www.cervi-lyon.inserm.fr
21 Av Tony Garnier
69365 Lyon 7e
France
P:+ 33 4 3728 2443
P:+ 33 6 7693 3119
F:+ 33 4 3728 2441
mgeorges@
cervi-lyon.inserm.fr
Dr. Gert-Jan Godeke
Rijksinstituut vor Volksgezondheid
http://www.rivm.nl/
Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
3720 BA Bilthoven
Netherlands
P:+ 31 30 274 26 59
F:+ 31 30 274 44 18
Dr. Robin Gopal
Central Public Health Laboratory

http://www.hpa.org.uk/
Colindale
London NW9 5HT
U.K.
P:+ 44 208 200 4400
extension 3225
F:+ 44 208 205 8195
Dr. Marc Grandadam
IMTSSA
http://www.actu-pharo.com/imtssa/
B.P. 46, Parc du Pharo
13998 Marseille Armées
France
P:+ 33 4 91 15 01 92
P:+ 33 4 91 15 01 64
F:+ 33 4 91 15 01 72
Dr. Stephan Günther
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut
für Tropenmedizin (BNI)
http://www.bni.uni-hamburg.de/
Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74
20359 Hamburg
Germany
P: + 49 40 42818 421
P: +49 40 42818 433
Emergency:
P: +49 40 428 18-0
F:+ 49 40 42818 378
guenther@
bni.uni-hamburg.de
Paul Heyman
Research Laboratory for
Vector-Borne diseases
Nat. Ref. Center f. Hantavirus Infections
Queen Astrid Military Hospital
http://www.smd.be/msw/eng/
r&d/rlvbd/index.htm
Bruynstraat 2
1120 Brussels
Belgium
P:+ 32 2 264 4044
P mobile:
+ 0478 384 965
F:+ 32 2 264 4608
Dr. Carol Holm Hansen
Norwegian Institute of
Public Health
Div. of Infectious Disease Control
http://www.fhi.no/
Po Box 4404 Nydalen
0403 Oslo
Norway
P:+ 47 22 04 22 83
F:+ 47 22 04 23 01
Dr. Olav Hungnes
Norwegian Institute of
Public Health
Div. of Infectious Disease Control
http://www.fhi.no/
Po Box 4404 Nydalen
0403 Oslo
Norway
P:+ 47 22 04 25 20
F:+ 47 22 04 24 47

Prof. Mirsada Hukic
Clinical Centre University
of Sarajevo
Institute of microbiology,
immunology and parasitology
Bolnièka 25
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
P:+ 38 7 33 440 447
F:+ 38 7 33 440 447
Dr. Janusz Kocik
Military Institute of
Hygiene and Epideiology
4 Kozielske str.
01-163 Warszawa
Poland
P:+48 (22) 681 61 98
P:+48 (22) 681 61 06
F:+48 (22) 610 84 59
Dr. Tatjana Kolupajeva
Infectology Center of Latvia
http://www.infectology.lv/htm_e/index.htm
3 Linezera Str.
1006 Riga
Latvia
P:+371-701 45 46
F:+371-701 45 68
Dr. Marion Koopmans
Chief of Virology
Rijksinstituut vor Volksgezondheid
http://www.rivm.nl/
www.eufoodborneviruses.co.uk
Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
3720 BA Bilthoven
Netherlands
P:+ 31.30.274 39 45
P mobile:
+ 31 655 355 662
F:+ 31.30.274 44 18
Dr. Leondios Kostrikis
Head of Laboratory of Biotechnology
and Molecular Virology
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Cyprus
http://www.ucy.ac.cy/biology/
75 Kallipoleos Avenue
P.O.BOX 20537
1678 Nicosia
Cyprus
P:+ 357 22 89 28 85
F:+ 357 22 89 28 93
Dr. Milan Labuda
Institute of Virology/Inst. Zoology
Slovak Academy of Sciences
http://nic.savba.sk/sav/inst/viru/
Dubravska cesta 9
845 06 Bratislava
Slovakia
P:+ 421 2 5930 2601
F:+ 421 2 5930 2646
Dr. Vilnele Lipnickiene
Lithuanian AIDS Centre
http://old.aids.lt/index.en.php
Nugaletoju 14D
2021 Vilnius
Lithuania
P: +3702 33 79 25
P mobile: +370 672 05 173
F: +3702 33 01 11
Dr. Florigo Lista
Army Medical and Veterinary
Research Center
Via Santo Stefano Rotondo 4
00184 Roma
Italy
P:+ 39 06 777 03 91 60
P:+ 39 06 777 03 91 36/37
F:+ 39 06 777 03 93 47
Dr. Graham Lloyd
Health Protection Agency
http://www.hpa.org.uk/
Porton Down
Salisbury
Wiltshire SP4OJG
U.K.
P:+ 44 1980 612 224
P:+ 44 1980 612 100
F:+ 44 1980 612 731
graham.lloyd@
hpa.org.uk
Dr. Åke Lundkvist
Swedish Institute for
Infectious Disease Control
Karolinska Institute Stockholm
http://www.ki.se/
S-17182 Solna
Sweden
P:+ 46 8 457 26 41
P mobile:+ 46 70 686 26 41
F:+ 46 8 314 744
Dr. Hermann Meyer
Institut für Mikrobiologie
der Bundeswehr
Neuherbergstr. 11
80937 München
Germany
P:+ 49 89 3168 3910
F:+ 49 89 3168 3292
hermann1meyer@
bundeswehr.org
Dr. Loredana Nicoletti
Dept. of Infectious, Parasitic and
Immunomediate Diseases
Istituto Superiore di Sanitá
Laboratory of Virology
http://www.iss.it/
Viale Regina Elena 299
00161 Roma
Italy
P:+ 39 06 4990 3242
P:+ 39 06 4990 3235
F:+ 39 06 4990 2082
Dr. Matthias Niedrig
Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI)
http://www.rki.de
Nordufer 20
13353 Berlin
Germany
P:+ 49 30 4547 2370
P:+ 49 30 4547 2321
P mobile:
+49 179-49 09 185
F:+ 49 30 4547 2625/2390
Prof. Albert Osterhaus
Head Dept. of Virology
Erasmus University Rotterdam
LEVI Homepage
Dr. Molewaterplein 50
3015 GE Rotterdam
Netherlands
P:+ 31 10 408 80 66
P mobile:
+ 65 32 68 606
F:+ 31 10 408 94 85
Prof. Giorgio Palù
Padova University Hospital
Medical School
Department of Histology, Microbiology,
and Medical Biotechnologies
http://www.unipd.it/en/faculties/medicine.htm
Via A. Gabelli, 63
35121 Padova
Italy
P:+ 39 049 827 2350
F:+39 049 8211997 - 8272355
Prof. Anna Papa-Konidari
Aristotelian University
of Thessaloniki
School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology
http://www.med.auth.gr/
N. Egnatia 152
Thessaloniki 54124
Greece
P:+ 30 2310 999 006
F:+ 30 2310 999 149
Dr. Martin Pfeffer
Institut für Mikrobiologie
der Bundeswehr
Neuherbergstr. 11
80937 München
Germany
P:+ 49 89 3168 3281
F:+ 49 89 3168 3292
martin1pfeffer@
bundeswehr.org
Dr. Baiba Rozentale
Infectology Center of Latvia
http://www.infectology.lv/htm_e/index.htm
3 Linezera Str.
1006 Riga
Latvia
P:+371-701 45 00
F:+371-701 45 68
Prof. Herbert Schmitz
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut
für Tropenmedizin (BNI)
http://www.bni.uni-hamburg.de/
Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74
20359 Hamburg
Germany
P: + 49 40 42818 460
Emergency:
P: +49 40 428 18-0
F:+ 49 40 42818 378
schmitz@
bni.uni-hamburg.de
Dr. Detlev Schultze
Institute for Clinical Microbiology
and Immunology
http://www.ikmi.ch
Frohbergstr. 3
9001 St. Gallen
Switzerland
P:+41 71 494 3720 / 3700
P mobile:+41 (0)79 469 11 57
F:+41 71 494 3705
detlev.schultze@
ikmi.ch
Dr. Martin Schutten
Erasmus MC
Dept of Virology
Room L355
http://www.virology.nl/index-arbo.htm
building L room 355
Dr. Molenwaterplein 40
3015 GD Rotterdam
Netherlands
P:+ 31 10 463 4363
P:+ 31 10 463 3431
P mobile:
+ 31 651 899 287
F:+ 31 10 463 3441
Prof. Werner Slenczka
Institut für Virologie
Philips-Universität Marburg
http://www.med.uni-marburg.de/
wwwmzh/welcome.htm
Robert-Koch-Str. 17
35037 Marburg
Germany
P:+ 49 6421 286 4313
P:+ 49 6421 286 4305
Emergency 24 hrs:
P:+ 49 6421 286 3691/92/93
F: + 49 6421 286 5482
slenczka@
mailer.uni-marburg.de
Dr. Carol E. Stone
Gene Probes and Diagnostics
http://www.dstl.gov.uk
DSTL Porton Down
Salisbury Witshire
SP4 0JQ
U.K.
P: +44 1980 613 255
F: +44 1980 613 987
Dr. Marc Strasser
Spiez Laboratory
Biology - Virology Group
http://www.labor-spiez.ch
3700 Spiez
Switzerland
P:+41 33 228 15 45
P:+41 33 228 14 00
F:+41 33 228 14 02
marc.strasser@
babs.admin.ch
Dr. Marek Tomasz Szkoda
Department of Virology NIH
Respiratory Virus Lab
http://www.pzh.gov.pl
Ul. Chocimska 24
00-791 Warszawa
Poland
P:+48 (22) 54 21 230
P:+48 (22) 54 21 385
P mobile:+48 601 32 40 05
F:+48 (22) 54 21 385
Dr. Antonio Tenorio
Arbovirus and Imported Viral Disease Unit
Centro Nacional de Microbiologia
http://www.isciii.es/aevi
C° Pozuelo km 2
28220 Majadahonda
Spain
P:+ 34 91 822 36 32
F: + 34 91 509 79 66
Dr. Hugues Tolou
IMTSSA
http://www.actu-pharo.com/imtssa/
B.P. 46, Parc du Pharo
13998 Marseille Armées
France
P:+ 33 491 15 01 17
F:+33 491 15 01 18
Prof. Antti Vaheri
Department of Virology
Haartman Institute
University of Helsinki
http://kirke.helsinki.fi/
POB 21
00014 Helsinki
Finland
P:+ 358 9 1912 6490
P mobile:
+ 358 50 555 2884
F:+ 358 9 1912 6491
Dr. Kirsti Vainio
Norwegian Institute of
Public Health
Div. of Infectious Disease Control
http://www.fhi.no/
Po Box 4404 Nydalen
0403 Oslo
Norway
P:+ 47 22 04 23 12
F:+ 47 22 04 243 47
Dr. Olli Vapalahti
Department of Virology
Haartman Institute
University of Helsinki
http://kirke.helsinki.fi/
POB 21
00014 Helsinki
Finland
P:+ 358 9 1912 6604
P mobile:
+ 358 40 838 4015
F:+ 358 9 1912 6491
Dr. Frank Vandenbussche
CODA-CERVA-VAR
Department of Virology
Section Epizootic Diseases
http://www.var.fgov.be
Groeselenberg 99
1180 Ukkel
Belgium
P:+ 32 2 3790 511
F:+ 32 2 3790 666
Dr. Marjan Van Esbroeck
Prins Leopold Instituut
voor Trop. Geneeskunde
Centraal Laboratorium
voor Klinische Biologie
http://www.itg.be
Nationale Straat 155
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
P:+ 32 3 247-6444
P:+ 32 3 247-6437
P mobile:+ 32 474 688 425
F:+ 32 3 247-6440
Dr. Ildikó Visontai
National Center
for Epidemiology
virologické odd.
http://www.zuova.cz/
Gyali ut 2-6
1097 Budapest
Hungary
P:+ 36 (1) 476 13 83
F:+ 36 (1) 476 12 23
Dr. Hana Zelená
ZÚ se sídlem v Ostravě
http://www.zuova.cz/
Partyzánské nám. 7
702 00 Ostrava
Czech Republic
P:+ 420 596 200 334
P mobile:+ 420 605 309 252
F:+ 420 596 118 661
Dr. Hervé Zeller
UBIVE Institut Pasteur
http://www.cervi-lyon.inserm.fr
21 Avenue Tony Garnier
69365 Lyon cedex 7
France
P:+ 33 4 3728 2421
P:+ 33 4 3728 2457
P mobile: +33 607 84 65 38
F:+ 33 4 3728 2451