National Influenza Centers in PAHO Member States

Country – City, State	Center Contact, Link, Address, Phone, Fax
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Dra. Vilma Savy Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI) Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud (ANLIS) "Dr. Carlos G.Malbrán" Av. Veley Sarsfield 563, 1281 Buenos Aires Tel/Fax: (+54-11) 43 01 10 35
Argentina – Córdoba	Dr. Jorge Cámara Laboratorio de Influenza y Virus Respiratorios, Instituto de Virología Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC) Enfermera Gordillo Gómez, s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Agencia 45016 Tel: (+54-351) 433 4022   |   Fax: (+54-351) 460 7432
Argentina – Mar del Plata	Dr. Osvaldo Uez Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología (INE) Ituzaingo 3520, 7600 Mar del Plata Tel: (+54-22) 34 73 15 06   |   Fax: (+54-22) 34 74 41 23 or 2100
Brazil – Belém, Pará	Doutor Wyller Alençar de Mello National Influenza Center Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC) Secretaria de Vigiláncia em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde (SVS / MS) Br-316 KM 07 S/N, Bairro Levilândia, CEP 67030-000, Ananindeua Tel: (+55-91) 214 2013   |   Fax: (+55-91) 214 2005
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro	Doutora Marilda Siqueira Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) Departmento de Virologia Avenida Brazil 4365, Marguinhos Tel: (+55-21) 25 98 43 60   |   Fax: (+55-21) 25 73 95 91
Brazil – São Paulo, São Paulo	Doutora Terezinha Maria de Paiva Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) Avenida Dr Arnaldo 355, Cerqueira César, P.O. Box 1783 Tel: (+55-11) 30 68 29 13   |   Fax: (+55-11) 30 85 35 05
Canada – Winnipeg, Manitoba	Dr. Yan Li National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health 1015 Arlington Street, R3E 3R2 Tel: (+1-204) 789 6045   |   Fax: (+1-204) 789 2082
Chile – Santiago	Dr. Rodrigo Fasce Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile (ISPCH) Vigilancia de Laboratorio de Virus Respiratorios Subdepartamento Virología Clínica Avenida Marathon 1000, Nunoa Tel: (+56-2) 350 7436   |   Fax: (+56-2) 350 7583
Colombia – Bogotá	Dra. Gloria Rey Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) Avenida El Dorado, Carrera 50, Zona 6 Tel: (+57-1) 220 7700
Costa Rica – Cartago	Dra. Jenny Lara Laboratorio Nacional de Influenza 100 metros al oeste del Centro Comercial Tres Ríos, La Unión Cartago, Costa Rica Tel: (+506) 279 9911   |   Fax: (+506) 279 0304
Cuba – Havana	Dr. Betsy Acosta Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Virus de Influenza Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí" (IPK) Novia de Mediodia Km. 6, La Lisa Tel: (+53-7) 202 0633   |   Fax: (+53-7) 204 6051
Ecuador – Guayaquil	Dr. Carlos Mosquera Departmento de Virus, Instituto Nacional de Higiene "Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez" (INH) Julián Coronel entre Mascote y Esmeraldas Tel: (+593-4) 28 22 81   |   Fax: (+593-4) 29 31 89
El Salvador – San Salvador	Dr. Celina de Lozano   |   Lab Central Laboratorio Central "Dr. Max Bloch" Alameda Roosevelt contiguo al Hospital Rosales y frente al Parque Cuscatlán Tel: (+503) 22 21 23 21   |   Fax: (+503) 22 21 57 51
French Guiana – Cayenne	Dr. Jacques Morvan National Influenza Center, French Guiana and French Indies Institut Pasteur de la Guyane Française 23 Avenue Pasteur, B.P. 6010, Cayenne 97306 Tel: (+592-292) 617 Fax: (+594-309) 416
Honduras – Tegucigalpa	Dr. J. R. Pereira Centro de Salud "Alonso Suazo" Laboratorio Central, Secretaría de Salud (SSA) Tel: (+504-232) 2322
Jamaica – Kingston	Dr. Monica Smikle Department of Microbiology, University of the West Indies (UWI) P.O. Box 484 Tel: (+1-876) 977 2206   |   Fax: (+1-876) 977 126
Mexico – Mexico City	Dra. Irma López Martínez Departamento de Virología Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (INDRE) Secretaría de Salud (SSA) 1stfloor, Carpio 470, Colonia Santo Tomás, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo C.P. 11340 Tel: (+52-5) 341 1432   |   Fax: (+52-5) 341 0404
Paraguay – Asunción	Dr. Julio Manzur Laboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) Ministerio de Salud y Bienestar Social (MSPBS) Avenida Venezuela y Florida Tel: (+595-21) 292 653   |   Fax: (+595-21) 294 999
Peru – Lima	Dra. Yvonne Torres de Yon Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), Ministerio de Salud del Perú (MINSA) Calle Capac Yupanqui 1400, Jesús María Tel: (+51-1) 471-3254, 471-9920   |   Fax: (+51-1) 471-7443
Trinidad and Tobago – Port-of-Spain	Dr. Rosalba Salas Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) 16–18 Jamaica Boulevard, Federation Park Tel: (868) 628 1032   |   Fax: (868) 622 27 92
Uruguay – Montevideo	Dr. Hector Chiparelli Departamento de Laboratorio de Salud Pública Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP) 8 de Octubre 2720 Tel: (+598-2) 487 2616   |   Fax: (+598-2) 480 7014
USA – Ann Arbor, Michigan	Dr. H. F. Maassab School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology University of Michigan (UMICH) 109 Observatory Street Tel: (+1-313) 647 3202   |   Fax: (+1-313) 764 3192
USA – Atlanta, Georgia	Dr. Nancy Cox Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases (DVRD) National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop G-16 Tel: (404) 639-1279   |   Fax: (404) 639-2334
USA – Richmond, California	Dr. John Janda Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory Division of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC) California Department of Health Services (CDHS), 850 Marina Bay Parkway Tel: (+1-510) 540 2242
USA – Slingerlands, New York	Dr. L. Grady Virology Diagnostic Services and Zoonotic Diseases Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health Griffin Laboratory, 5668 Old State Farm Road Tel: (+1-518) 869 4550   |   Fax: (+1-518) 869 6487
Venezuela – Caracas	Dr. Jesús Querales Instituto Nacional de Higiene "Rafael Rangel" (INHRR) Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social (MSDS) Oficina del Este, Apartado 60.412 Tel: (+58-212) 693 2421   |   Fax: (+58-212) 662 4797

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