NOMINATED MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUPS

Working Group 1 – Isolation, identification and typing methods

AUSTRIA

Martin Wagner
Institute for Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science
University of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinaerplatz 1
1210 Vienna
Tel. : + 43 1 25077 3524
Fax : + 43 1 25077 3590
E-mail : martin.wagner@vu-wien.ac.at

Inge Hein
Institute for Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science
University for Veterinary Medicine
Veterinärplatz 1
1210 Vienna
Austria
Tel. : + 43 1 25077 3520
Fax : + 43 1 25077 3590
E-mail : Ingeborg.Hein@vu-wien.ac.at

BELGIUM

Georges Daube
NRL Food Microbiology
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Bat B43bis – Sart Tilman
B-4000 Liège
Belgium
Tel. : + 32 43664017
Fax : + 32 43664016
E-mail : george.daube@ulg.ac.be

Lieven De Zutter
Dept. Veterinary Food Inspection
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Gent
Salisburylaan 133
B-9820 Merelbeke
Belgium
Tel. : + 32 92647455
Fax : + 32 92647491
E-mail : Lieven.dezutter@rug.ac.be

Substitutes
Richard Ducatelle
E-mail : Richard.ducatelle@rug.ac.be

Hein Imberechts
E-mail : hein.imberechts@var.fgov.be

Lieve Herman
E-mail : L.herman@clo.fgov.be

CROATIA

Estella Prukner-Radivcic
Faculty of veterinary Medicine
University fo Zagreb
Heinzelova 55
Zagreb
Croatia
E-mail : prukner@mavef.vef.hr

CYPRUS

Christodoulos Pipis (DVM, MPVM)
Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environment
1417, Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel. : + 357 22805224/226
Fax : + 357 22332803
E-mail : vet.services@cytanet.com.cy

Constantinos Economides (DVM)
Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environment
1417, Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel. : + 357 22805224/226
Fax : + 357 22332803
E-mail : vet.services@cytanet.com.cy

CZECH REPUBLIC

Frantisek Sisak
Department of Bacteriology
Veterinary Research Institute
Hudcova 70
621 32 Brno
Tel. : +420 5 41321241
Fax : +420 5 41211229
E-mail : sisak@vri.cz

DENMARK

Frank Aarestrup
Senior research microbiologist, DVM, PhD
Department of Bacteriology
Danish Veterinary Institute
Bülowsvej 27
DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Tel. : +45 3530 0281
Fax : +45 3530 0120
E-mail : faa@vetinst.dk

Kirsten Jørgensen
Associate professor, DVM, PhD
Department of Veterinary Microbiology
Stigboejlen 4
DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Tel. : +45 35282770
Fax : +45 35282757
E-mail : kj@kvl.dk

FINLAND

Anja Siitonen
Department of Microbiology
Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens
National Public Health Institute (KTL)
Mannerheimintie 166
FIN-00300 Helsinki
Tel. : +358 9 4744 8245
Fax : +358 9 4744 8238
E-mail : anja.siitonen@ktl.fi

Maija Korkeila
Department of Microbiology
Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens
National Public Health Institute (KTL)
Mannerheimintie 166
FIN-00300 Helsinki
Tel. : +358 9 4744 8304
Fax : +358 9 4744 8238
E-mail : maija.korkeila@ktl.fi

FRANCE

Anne Brisabois
AFSSA
23 avenue du Général de Gaulle
94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex
Paris
Tel. : +33 1 49 77 11 11
E-mail : a.brisabois@afssa.fr

Phillippe Bouvet
Institut Pasteur
28-28, rue du Docteur
Roux
75724 Paris
Tel. : +33 1 45 68 80 00
E-mail : pbouvet@pasteur.fr

GERMANY

Dr. Rainer Helmuth
Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin
Diedersdorfer Weg 1
12277 Berlin
Tel. : +49 1888 412 2233
Fax : +49 1888 412 2953
E-mail : r.helmuth@bgvv.de

Dr. H. Tschäpe
Robert-Koch-Institut
Burgstr. 37
38855 Wernigerode
Tel. : +49 3943 679 237
Fax : +49 3943 679
E-mail : Tschaepeh@rki.de

GREECE

Prof. Eleftheria Bourtzi-Hatzopoulou
Lab. of Bacteriology
Fac. of Veterinary Medicine
Aristotle University
University Campus
54 124 Thessaloniki
GREECE
Tel. : + 30 2310 99 9915
Fax : + 30 2310 99 9961
E-mail : bourtzi@vet.auth.gr

Antonios Sdragas
Tel. : +30 31 0552028

HUNGARY

Judit Pászti
Bela Johann National Center for Epidemiology
Gyáli Str. 2-6
1097 Budapest
Tel. : +36-1-476-1265
Fax : +36-1-476-1118
E-mail : paszti.eok@antsz.hu

Bela Nagy
Veterinary Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungaria krt 21
H-1143 Budapest
Tel. : + 36 1 252 2455
Fax : + 36 1 252 1069
E-mail : bnagy@novell.vmri.hu

Zoltán Bitay
Animal Health Center
Bábolna LTD
Mészáros Str. 1
2943 Bábolna
Tel. : + 36-34-569-187
Fax : + 36-34-569-148
E-mail : Bitay.Zoltan@BabolnaRT.hu

IRELAND

Dr Shay Fanning
Biological Sciences Department
Cork Institute of Technology
Co. Cork
E-mail : SFanning@cit.ie

Dr Karen O’Hanlon
The National Food Centre
Dunsinea
Castleknock
Dublin15
E-mail: KOHanlon@nfc.teagsac.ie

ITALY

Giancarlo Ripabelli
Department of Animal, Plant and Environmental Science
University of Molise
Via De Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
Tel. : +39 0874 404658
Fax : +39 0874 404678
E-mail : ripab@unimol.it

Alessandra De Cesare
Department of Food Science
University of Bologna
Via S. Giacomo 9, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Tel. : +39 051 703180
Fax : +39 051 251936
E-mail : decesare@alma.unibo.it

LITHUANIA

Juozas Pieskus
Institute of Immunology
Tel. : + 270 2 469 249
Fax : + 370 2 469 210
E-mail : jpieskus@imi.lt

I Michalskiene
Lithuanian National Veterinary Laboratory

NORWAY

Bjarne Bergsjø
Dept. of Bacteriology
National Veterinary Institute
PO Box 8156 Dep
0033 OSLO
Tel. : +47 22 96 46 69
Fax : +47 22 60 09 81
E-mail : Bjarne.bergsjo@vetinst.no

Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt
Dept., of Foodborne Diseases
National Institute of Public Health
PO Box 4404 Nydalen
0403 OSLO
E-mail : bjorne-arne.lindstedt@fhi.no

Poland

Andrzej Hoszowski
Department of Microbiology
National Veterinary Research Institute
24-100 Pulawy
Poland
E-mail : ahosz@piwet.pulawy.pl

Dariusz Wasyl
Department of Microbiology
National Veterinary Research Institute
24-100 Pulawy
Poland
E-mail : wasyl@piwet.pulawy.pl

SPAIN

Alfonso Perales Palacios
Unidad de Microbiologia
Laboratorio Normativo de Salud Publica
Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco
Maria Diaz de Haro 58
48010 Bilbao - Espana
Tel. : +34 944-606190
Fax : 944-031501
E-mail : labora2bi@-san@ej-gv.es

Miguel Angel Usera
Laboratorio de Enterobacterias
Servicio de Bacteriologia
Centro Nacional de Microbiologia
Instituto Carlos III
Carretera de Majadahonda a Pozuelo Km 2, s/n
28220 -Majadahonda- Madrid- Espana
Tel. : +34 915 097901
Fax : 91-5097966
E-mail : mausera@isciii.es

SWEDEN

Erik Eriksson
E-mail : Erik.Eriksson@sva.se

Hans Lindmark
E-mail : Hans.Lindmark@slv.se

SWITZERLAND

Raymond Miserez
Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology
University of Berne
Laenggassstrasse 122
CH-3012 Berne
Tel: +41 31 6312 484
Fax: +41 31 6312 634
E-mail : raymond.miserez@vbi.unibe.ch

THE NETHERLANDS

Marion Koopmans
Postbus 1
NL-3720 BA Bilthoven
E-mail : Marion.Koopmans@rivm.nl

Fimme Jan van der Wal
Animal Sciences Group
Division of Infectious Diseases
P.O. Box 65
8200 AB Lelystad
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-320-238146
Fax: +31-320-238961
E-mail : fimme.vanderwal@wur.nl

UNITED KINGDOM

John Threlfall (Chairperson)
Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens
Central Public Health Laboratory
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5HT
Tel. : +44 20 8200 4400
Fax : +44 20 8905 9929
E-mail : jthrelfall@phls.nhs.uk

Mike Gasson
Institute of Food Research
Research Park
Colney
Norwich NR4 7UA
Tel. : +44 1603 255000
Fax : +44 1603 507723
E-mail : mike.gasson@bbsrc.ac.uk