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