List of contributing authors
(in alphabetical order)
Prof. Dr. Judith H. Aberle,
Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Stephan W. Aberle,
Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Dr. Rahel Ackermann-Gäumann,
Microbiologie, ADMED Analyses et Diagnostics Médicaux, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Swiss National Reference Center for Tick-transmitted Diseases, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Dr. Heidi Åhman,
Senior Manager Medical Lead Finland & Baltics, Pfizer Vaccines, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Kristian Alfsnes,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Prof. Dr. Åshild Andreassen,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division for Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
Dr. Uyanga Baasandagva,
Epidemiologist, National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Prof. Dr. Burmaajav Badrakh,
Scientific Secretary of the Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences and Head of Public Health Department of “Ach” Medical University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Prof. Dr. Greta Bălan,
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Microbiology and Immunology Discipline
Dr. Pavle Banović,
Assist. Dr. sci. med. Pavle Banović, Department of Microbiology with Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Diagnostics and Laboratory Research Task Force, Balkan Association for Vector-Borne Diseases, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Pasteur Institute Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Prof. Dr. Ljubo Barbić,
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Marshall E. Bloom,
National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT, USA
Dr. Maja Bogdanić,
National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses, Reference Center for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Viral Zoonoses of the Croatian Ministry of Health, Department of Virology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Petra Bogovic,
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Dr. Michael Bröker,
Editor, Global Health Press, Singapore / Marburg, Germany
Dr. Olga Burduniuc,
MD, PhD, Head of Department of the Laboratory Diagnosis in Public Health, National Agency for Public Health
Dr. Lidia Chitimia-Dobler,
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Iva Christova,
Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dr. Tserennorov Damdindorj,
Scientific secretary in National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Dr. Alla Dashkevich,
State Institution «Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health», Minsk, Belarus
Dr. Martina Del Manso,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
Prof. Andrey Dmitrovskiy,
National Center of Biotechnology, Almaty branch and Kazakh-Russian Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dobler,
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany
Dr. Gillian Ellsbury,
Medical Director, Vaccines UK & Ireland, Pfizer Vaccines, Tadworth, United Kingdom
Dr. Wilhelm Erber,
Director Medical and Scientific Affairs, Pfizer Vaccines, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Marjan Van Esbroeck,
Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
Dr. Maria Sergeevna Esyunina,
Medical Advisor, Vaccines, Pfizer, Russia
Dr. Anders Fomsgaard,
Virus R&D Laboratory, Statens Serum institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Infectious Disease Research Unit, Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark
Dr. Zane Freimane,
Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
Dr. Ernest A. Gould,
Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
Dr. Steven Van Gucht,
Belgian institute for health Sciensano, Brussels
Heidi H. Lindstedt,
Senior Adviser, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
Prof. Dr. Oksana Hanenko,
Institute of Advanced Training and Retraining of Healthcare Personnel of the Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus
Dr. Yves Hansmann,
Infectious Disease Department, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
M.Sc. Margriet Harms,
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Dr. Maya Holding,
Virology and Pathogenesis Group, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ass. Prof. Adriana Hristea,
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Bals”, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Khrystyna Hrynkevych,
University Hospital Essen
Dr. Anu Jääskeläinen,
Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki University Hospital, Laboratory Services (HUSLAB), Department of Clinical Microbiology, Helsinki, Finland
Asst. Prof. Bernard Kaić,
Reference Center for Epidemiology of the Croatian Ministry of Health, Department of Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Jana Kerlik,
Department of Epidemiology, Regional Public Health Authority in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Dr. Burmaa Khoroljav,
Department of Epidemiology, National Center for Zoonotic Disease, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Prof. Iryna Kolesnikova,
Professor of Epidemiology, Bogomolets National Medical University
Prof. Dr. Herwig Kollaritsch,
Institute for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Dr. Natalia Kolomiets,
Institute of Advanced Training and Retraining of Healthcare Personnel of the Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus
Dr. Kuulo Kutsar,
Health Board, Tallinn, Estonia
Dr. András Lakos,
Centre for Tick-borne Diseases, Outpatient Service, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Phung Lang,
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (formally Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine), University Zurich
Mirko Lange,
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany
Dr. Tinne Lernout,
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health Directorate, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
Priv.-Doz.Dr Michael Leschnik,
Clinical Unit of Internal Medicine Small Animals, Department and Clinic of Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Åke Lundkvist,
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Urusha Maharjan
Medical Laboratory Technologist Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Dr. Anna Mazanik,
Max Weber Network Eastern Europe, Max Weber Foundation, Bonn, Germany
MScPH Eszter Mezei,
Department of Epidemiological and Vaccination Surveillance, National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Dr. Auksė Mickienė,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Academy of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Dr. Anna Nagy,
National Reference Laboratory for Viral Zoonoses, National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Uranshagai Narankhuu,
Department of Epidemiology, National Center for Zoonotic Disease, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Dr. Tsogbadrakh Nyamdorj,
Director, National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Prof. Dr. Anna K. Överby,
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, Sweden
The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Anna Teresa Palamara,
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
Dr. Katarzyna Pancer,
Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health-NIH (NIPH-NIH), Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Dr. Petr Pazdiora,
Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Dr. Eva Maria Pöllabauer
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Maja Praprotnik,
Nacional Institute of Public Health, Slovenija
Prof. Dr. Martin Pfeffer,
Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Center for Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
Simon Raffl,
Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Bsc. Johannes Hermanus Jozef Reimerink,
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Dr. Chantal B.E.M. Reusken,
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Dr. Flavia Riccardo,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
Prof. Dr. Daniel Růžek,
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
Rikard Rykkvin,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health Senior Medical Officer
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Savić,
Poultry Center, Croatian Veterinary Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Josef Schmitt,
Editor-in-Chief, Global Health Press, Singapore
Strategic and Scientific Advisor, “Vaccelerate” European Clinical Trial Consortium, Cologne University, Germany
Dr. Hannah M. Schmuck,
Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Center for Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Ferenc Schneider,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Markusovszky University Teaching Hospital, Szombathely, Hungary
Prof. Dr. Johann Sellner,
Department of Neurology, Landesklinikum Mistelbach-Gänserndorf, Affiliated Department of Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Mistelbach, Austria
Prof. Dr. Zhanna Shapiyeva,
Science practical Center for sanitary and epidemiological monitoring and expertise, Almaty Kazakhstan
Dr. Zoran Simonović,
National Institute of Public Health, Maribor, Slovenia
Dr. Olga Sofronie,
MD, Microbiologist, Assistant Professor, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Microbiology and Immunology Discipline
Dr. Arnulf Soleng,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division for Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
Prof. Song Joon Young,
Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Hein Sprong,
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Stevanović
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Dr. Karin Stiasny,
Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Igor Stoma,
Gomel state medical university, Gomel, Belarus
Dr. Maria Syrochkina,
Senior Medical Director Vaccines IDM, Pfizer
Dr. Valentina Tagliapietra,
Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
Dr. Saravanan Thangamani,
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the SUNY Upstate Medical University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sergey E. Tkachev,
Senior Scientist Researcher of Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
Dr. Veronika Učakar,
Nacional Institute of Public Health, Slovenija
Dr. Malin Veje,
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg , Sweden
Dr. Aurélie Velay,
Institute of Virology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Dr. Rose Vikse,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division for Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek
National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses, Reference Center for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Viral Zoonoses of the Croatian Ministry of Health, Department of Virology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Tamara Vuković-Janković,
Senior Medical Manager, Medical and Scientific Affairs, International Developed Markets Pfizer, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr. Yang Junfeng,
Medical Affairs, Pfizer Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Dr. Kentaro Yoshii,
Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Prof. Dr. Joanna Zajkowska,
Department of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, Poland
Dr. Vlada Zapolskaya,
State Institution «Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health», Minsk, Belarus
Prof. Dace Zavadska,
Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia. Department of Children Infectious Diseases, Children Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
Dr. Kyra D. Zens,
Department of Viral Immunobiology, Institute for Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland. Department of Public and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland
Prof. Elyes Zhioua,
Department of Parasitology, Institute Pasteur of Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia
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