Post on 09-Mar-2018
updated April 2013
COUNTRY SUPRANATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY CONTACT PERSON
Algeria
Laboratoire de la Tuberculose Institut Pasteur d’Algérie 2, rue Laveran 16015 LE HAMMA
Professor Fadila Boulabahl Email: Fboulahbal@ibnsina.ands.dz
Argentina
Servicio Micobacterias Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas ANLIS Dr. Carlos Malbran Avda Velez Sarsfield 563 1281 BUENOS AIRES
Dr Beatriz Lopez (formerly Dr Lucia Barrera) Email: bealopez@anlis.gov.ar lubarrera2000@yahoo.com.ar
Australia
Queensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory Floor 5, Block 7 Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Herston Road HERSTON QLD 4029
Dr Chris Coulter Dr Sushil Pandey Email: Chris_Coulter@health.qld.gov.au Sushil_Pandey@health.qld.gov.au
Australia
Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Directorate SA Pathology PO Box 14 Rundle Mall ADELAIDE, 5000 South Australia
Dr Ivan Bastian Mr Richard Lumb Email: ivan.bastian@health.sa.gov.au Richard.Lumb2@health.sa.gov.au
Belgium
Department of Biomedical Sciences Mycobacteriology Unit Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medecine Nationalestraat 155 2000- ANTWERPEN
Dr Armand Van Deun Email: avandeun@theunion.org
Benin
(candidate SRL)
Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries Lazaret Akpakpa 01 BP 817 Cotonou Benin
Dr Affolabi Dissou Email: affolabi_dissou@yahoo.fr
Chile
Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile Avenida Marathon Nº 1000 Ñuñoa Almirante Pastene 150 SANTIAGO
Dr Fabiola Arias Muñoz Email: farias@ISPCH.CL
Croatia
Croatian National Institute of Public Health Mycobacteriology Department Rockefellerova 7 10000 ZAGREB
Dr Vera Katalinic-Jankovic Email: v.katalinic-jankovic@hzjz.hr
Czech Republic
National Institute of Public Health Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology (CEM), Mycobacteriology Unit and NRL for Mycobacteria Srobárova 48 100 42 PRAHA 10
Dr Ilona Zemanova Email: ilona.zemanova@szu.cz
COUNTRY SUPRANATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY CONTACT PERSON
Denmark (candidate SRL)
International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology Building 85/500B Division of Microbiology and Diagnostics Artillerivej 5 2300 Copenhagen S
Dr Troels Lillebaek Email: tll@ssi.dk
tuberculosis@ssi.dk
Egypt
National TB Reference Laboratory Central Health Laboratories Ministry of Health and Population 19 El Sheikh Rihan Street , El Tahrir Sq. CAIRO
Dr Ahmed Safwat Email: tb.ref.lab@gmail.com
Germany
Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Diagnostics Kuratorium Tuberkulose in der Welt e.V. Robert Koch Allee 23 D-82131 GAUTING
Dr Harald Hoffmann Email: Harald.Hoffmann@asklepios.com Kuratorium-tb@mgx.de
Germany
National Reference Center for Mycobacteria Forschungszentrum Borstel Parkallee 18 23845- BORSTEL
Dr Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes Email: srueschg@fz-borstel.de
Guadeloupe
TB & Mycobacteria Unit Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Morne Joliviere, BP 484, 97183 Abymes Cedex
Dr Nalin RASTOGI Email: nrastogi@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr
Hong Kong (SAR) China
TB Reference Laboratory Department of Health 7/F, Public Health Laboratory Centre 382 Nam Cheong Street, Shek Kip Mei Kowloon, HONG KONG
Dr Janice Lo Email: janicelo@dh.gov.hk
India
TB Research Centre Indian Council of Medical Research Mayor VR Ramanathan Road Chetput 600 031- CHENNAI
Dr Selvakumar Nagamiah Email: selvakumar.nagamiah@gmail.com
Italy
Istituto Superiore di Sanità Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Viale Regina Elena 299 00161- ROME and San Raffaele Scientific Institute Emerging bacterial pathogens Via Olgettina 60 20132- MILAN
Dr Lanfranco Fattorini Email: Lanfranco.fattorini@iss.it Dr Daniela Cirillo Email: cirillo.daniela@hsr.it
Japan
Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, Research Institute of Tuberculosis Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association 3-1-24 Matsuyama, Kiyose, TOKYO 204-8533
Dr Satoshi Mitarai Email: mitarai@jata.or.jp
COUNTRY SUPRANATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY CONTACT PERSON
Latvia
State Agency "Latvian Infectology Centre" Laboratory Mycobacteriology department UPESLEJAS Stopinu Novads LV2118
Dr Girts Skenders Email: girts.skenders@lic.gov.lv
Mexico
Departamento de Micobacterias Instituto de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos (INDRE) Carpio 470 Colonia Santo Tomas Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo CP 11340 MEXICO DF
Dr Claudia Backer Email: cebacker60@gmail.com
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO BOX 1 3720 BA BILTHOVEN
Dr Dick van Soolingen Email: Dick.van.Soolingen@rivm.nl
Pakistan
(candidate SRL)
Department of Pathology/Microbiology Aga Khan University Stadium Road KARACHI
Dr Rumina hasan Email: ruminahasan@gmail.com rumina.hasan@aku.edu
Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Referência para Micobactérias Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge R. Alexandre Herculano, 321 4000-055 PORTO
Dr Anabela Santos Silva Email: anabela.silva@insa.min-saude.pt
Republic of Korea
Korean Institute of Tuberculosis 168-5, Osongsaengmyeong 4-ro, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea (363-954)
Dr Chang-Ki Kim Email: psoas95@gmail.com
South Africa
TB Research Lead Programme Operational and Policy Research The Medical Research Council Cnr Theodore Ave & Soutpansberg Road Private Bag X385 0001 PRETORIA Arcadia
Dr Martie Van Der Walt Email: vdwalt@mrc.ac.za
Spain
Servicio de Microbiologia Hospital Universitaris, Vall d'Hebron 08035 BARCELONA
Dr Maria Soledad Jimenez Pajares Email: msjimenz@isciii.es
Sweden
Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control Nobels väg 18 SE-171 82 SOLNA Sweden
Dr Sven Hoffner Email: sven.hoffner@smi.se
Thailand
ratiTnal ot reberence rafTratTrl nenter Tuberculosis Cluster 3331/116 Sudprasert Road Bangkhlo BANGKOK 10120
Dr. Somsak Rienthong Email: dhanida@health.moph.go.th
COUNTRY SUPRANATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY CONTACT PERSON
Uganda
Makerere University College of Health Sciences Department of Medical Microbiology, 2nd Floor Pathology/Microbiology BL Room C31, Upper Mulago Hill Road, 256 KAMPALA
Dr Moses Joloba Email: m.joloba@gmail.com
United Kingdom
HPA Mycobacterium Reference Unit, Clinical TB and HIV Group, Centre for Infectious Disease, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2 Newark Street, LONDON E1 2AT
Dr Francis Drobniewski Email: f.drobniewski@qmul.ac.uk
United States of America
Department of Public Health Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute 305 South Street JAMAICA PLAIN, MA 02130
Dr Alexander Sloutsky Mr Martin Baker Email: Alex.Sloutsky@umassmed.edu Martin.Baker@umassmed.edu
United States of America
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory Branch Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Mail Stop F-08 1600 Clifton Road, N.E. ATLANTA, GA 30333
Dr Beverly Metchock Dr Michael Iademarco Email: bem1@cdc.gov mai9@cdc.gov