National Influenza Centers

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National Influenza Centers (also called National Influenza Centres) are institutions which are formally recognized as such by the World Health Organization (WHO).

"The WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network was established in 1952. The network comprises 4 WHO Collaborating Centres (WHO CCs) and 112 institutions in 83 countries, which are recognized by WHO as WHO National Influenza Centres (NICs). These NICs collect specimens in their country, perform primary virus isolation and preliminary antigenic characterization. They ship newly isolated strains to WHO CCs for high level antigenic and genetic analysis, the result of which forms the basis for WHO recommendations on the composition of influenza vaccine for the Northern and Southern Hemisphere each year."[1]

Among the more than 110 National Influenza Centers are the WHO collaborating centres and reference laboratories that are involved in annual influenza vaccine composition recommendations.

[edit] WHO collaborating centers and reference laboratories

Dr I. D. Gust
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
45 Poplar Rd
Parkville
Victoria
3052 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 8344 3963
Fax: +61 3 9347 1540
  • Influenza news on: [1]
Dr M. Tashiro
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Gakuen 4-7-2
Musashi-Murayama
Tokyo 208-0011
Japan
Telephone: +81 42 565 2498
Fax: +81 42 565 2498
Dr A. Hay
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
National Institute for Medical Research
The Ridgeway, Mill Hill
London NW7 1AA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 208 959 3666
Fax: +44 208 906 44 77
Dr N. Cox
WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Control of Influenza
Influenza Branch
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
National Centers for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop G16
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
United States of America
Telephone: +1 404 639 3591
Fax: +1 404 639 2334
  • Influenza news on: [3]
Dr G. Grohmann
Immunology and Vaccines
Therapeutic Goods Administration Laboratories
P.O. Box 100, Woden ACT, 2606 Australia
Telephone: +61 2 6232 8490 Fax: +61 2 6232 8564
Dr J. Wood
Division of Virology
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire EN6 3QG
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1 707 641 000
Fax: +44 1 707 646 730
e-mail: enquiries@nibsc.ac.uk
Dr R. Levandowski
Division of Viral Products
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
United States of America
Telephone: +1 301 827 1908
Fax: +1 301 402 5128

[edit] Sources and notes

  1. ^ WHO article Global influenza surveillance