National Influenza Centres
Global Influenza Programme →National Influenza Centres (NICs) are national institutions designated by national Ministries of Health and recognized by WHO. NICs collect virus specimens in their country and perform preliminary analysis year-round. They ship representative clinical specimens and isolated viruses to WHO CCs for advanced antigenic and genetic analysis. The results form the basis for WHO recommendations on the composition of influenza vaccines each year, as well as relevant risk assessment and mitigation activities of WHO. NICs are the backbone of the WHO's Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS).
The implementation of the revised NIC TOR
Sharing information and influenza viruses - seasonal and zoonotic, or clinical specimens positive for influenza - with WHO Collaborating Centres (WHO CCs) is a key responsibility of National Influenza Centres (NICs).
Since the last NIC Terms of Reference (TOR) update in 2017, some countries have implemented the Nagoya Protocol (NP) and national Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) procedures. In response, the WHO Global Influenza Programme has updated the seasonal component of the NIC TOR and included an annex detailing GISRS Benefits available to participating GISRS countries.
Following a series of in-depth workshops with key stakeholders and a pilot in 20 countries (2023 to 2024), WHO is now rolling out the revised NIC TOR in all GISRS countries. During this transition, the 2017 NIC TOR remains in effect in each country until the country has implemented the revised TOR. The whole rollout is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
The NIC TOR aims to uphold the quality and standards of the National Influenza Centers within the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS).
The updates of the seasonal component of the NIC TOR are to:
We encourage all NIC Directors, national authorities, and key stakeholders to review, familiarize themselves with, and implement the revised NIC TOR 2024. The WHO Global Influenza Programme, jointly with WHO Regional and Country Offices, remains fully committed to supporting GISRS members, national authorities, and key partners in ongoing influenza surveillance, and as well as pandemic preparedness and response.
For further inquiries, please contact your WHO regional focal point or the GISRS team at WHO Headquarters at gisrs-whohq@who.int.
Become a NIC
List of NICs
List of National Influenza Centres by WHO region
African Region of WHO
Algeria - Algiers
Fawzi Derrar
Viral Respiratory Unit
Institut Pasteur d'Algérie
Sidi-Fredj
Staoueli
Algiers
Algeria
+213 21 390257
Cameroon - Yaoundé
Richard Njouom
Laboratoire de Virologie
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Yaoundé
Cameroon
Fax: +237 22231564
Central African Republic - Bangui
Emmanuel Nakouné a.i.
Institute Pasteur de Bangui
BP 923
Bangui
Central African Republic
Fax: +236 (61) 01 09
Côte d'Ivoire - Abidjan
Hervé Kadjo
Laboratoire de Virologie des Grippes
Unité des Virus Respiratoires
Département des Virus Epidémiques
Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire
01 BP 490 Abidjan 01
Côte d'Ivoire
Fax: + 225 21253510
Ghana - Accra
William Ampofo
National Influenza Laboratory
Virology Departement
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)
University of Ghana, Legon
P.O. Box LG 581
Accra
GHANA
Fax: + 00233 21 502182
Kenya - Nairobi
Mamo Umuro
Influenza Laboratory at the National Public Health Laboratory
Kenyatta National Hospital
P.O. BOX 20750-00202
Nairobi
Kenya
Madagascar - Antananarivo
Philippe Dussart
National Influenza Laboratory
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
BP 1274
Antananarivo 101
Madagascar
Fax: +261 (20) 22 415 34
Mauritius - Candos
Sanjiv Rughooputh
Department of Molecular Biology and Virology Central Health Laboratory
Candos
Mauritius
Fax: +(230) 4272739
Email: srughooputh@mail.gov.mu
Nigeria - Ibadan
D. Olaleye
College of Medicine
University College Hospita
Ibadan
Nigeria
Fax: +234 (02) 241 1768 (college) 241 3545 (UCH)
Senegal - Dakar
Ndongo Dia
Medical Virology Unit
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
BP 220 Dakar
Senegal
Fax: +221 338399224
South Africa - Cape Town
Diana Hardie
Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Cape Town
Observatory
Cape Town
South Africa
Fax: +27 (21) 448 4110
South Africa - Sandringham
Nicole Wolter
Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis
(Virology)
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, South Africa
Tel: 011 386 6390 | Fax: 011 386 6455
Website: http://nicd.ac.za
Togo - Lomé
HALATOKO Wemboo Afiwa
Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire-Virologie
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'HYGIENE "INH"
QAD 26 RUE NANGBETO
01 LOME 01, BP1396
Lomé
Togo
Fax: +228-22 21 06 33
Uganda - Entebbe
Julius Lutwama
Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)
Nakiwogo Road
P.O. Box 49
Entebbe
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam
Fausta Mosha
National Influenza Laboratory
National Health Laboratory Quality Assurance and Training Centre
2448 Luthuli Road - NIMR HQ Building
Dar es Salaam
United Republic of Tanzania
Fax: +255 222126392
Zambia - Lusaka
Mwaka Monze
Virology Laboratory
University Teaching Hospital
Great East Road Campus
Lusaka
Zambia
Fax: +260 211 253952
Region of the Americas of WHO
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Andrea Pontoriero
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas
ANLIS C.G.Malbran
Av. Veley Sarsfield 563
1281 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fax: 54-11-4301-1035
Argentina - Cordoba
Jorge Camara
Instituto de Virologia
Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Unc.
Enfermera Gordillo Gomez
s/n Ciudad Universitaria
5016 Cordoba
Argentina
Fax: +54 (351) 460 7432
Argentina - Mar del Plata
Andrea Lerman
Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia
Ituzaingo 3520
7600 Mar del Plata
Argentina
Fax: +54 (22) 3474 4123
Barbados – Bridgetown
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Leide Roxana Loayza Mafayale
Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales (CENETROP)
Av. 26 de Febrero, esquina Av. Centenario (2do anillo)
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolivia
Fax: + 591 3 3542007
Brazil - Ananindeua
Mirleide Cordeiro dos Santos
National Influenza Center
Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC)
Rodovia Br-316 KM 07 S/N
Bairro Levilândia
CEP 67030-000
Ananindeua, Pará
Brazil
Fax: +55 (91) 2142005
Brazil - Sao Paulo
Katia Corrêa de Oliveira Santos
Centro de Virologia - Núcleo de Doenças Respiratórias
Laboratório de Vírus Respiratórios Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL)
Avenida Dr Arnaldo, 355
Pacaembu
CEP 01246-000
Cerqueira César, SP
Brazil
Fax: +55 (11) 3085 3505
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro
Marilda Mendonça Siqueira
Laboratório de Vírus Respiratório e Sarampo
LVRS/IOC/FIOCRUZ
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC)
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Avenida Brazil, 4365
Marguinhos
CEP: 21040-360
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Fax: +55 (21) 2573 9591
Canada - Winnipeg
Yan Li
National Microbiology Laboratory
Health Canada Canadian Science Center for Human and Animal Health
1015 Arlington Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3E 3R2
Fax: + 1 204 789 2082
Chile - Santiago
Rodrigo Fasce
Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile
Laboratorio de Virus Respiratorios y Exantematicos
Subdepartamento Virologia Clinica
Avenida Marathon 1000, Nunoa
Santiago
Chile
Fax: 56-2-3507583
Colombia - Bogota
Paula Estefania Rodriguez Romero
Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS)
Avenida calle 26 No. 51-20 - Zona 6 CAN.
Código Postal: 111321
Bogota, D.C
Colombia
Costa Rica - Cartago
Hebleen Brenes Porras
Laboratorio Nacional de Influenza
100 metros al oeste del Centro Comercial Tres Ríos, La Unión
Cartago, Costa Rica
Fax:(506) 2790304
Cuba - Havana
Elias Guilarte García
Departamento de Virología
Laboratorio de Influenza
Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí"
Avenida Novia de Mediodia Km. 6
La Lisa
Ciudad de la Habana
Cuba
Fax: +53 (7) 204 6051
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
Ivonne Imbert
Laboratorio Nacional de Salud Publica
Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Influenza y otros Virus Respiratorios
Calle Santo Thomas de Aquino no.1
Esq. Santiago
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Fax: +1 (829) 681-2479
Ecuador - Guayaquil
Alfredo Bruno Caicedo
Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública
Avenida de las Americas interseccion Juan Tanca Marengo
Guayaquil
Ecuador
El Salvador - San Salvador
Licda. Laura Lissette Arévalo Ávila
Laboratorio de Vigilancia en Salud
Laboratorio Nacional de Salud Pública (LNSP)
Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS)
Alameda Frarnklin Delano Rosevelth
San Salvador,
El Salvador
France - French Guiana - Cayenne
Dominique Rousset
Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
23 Avenue Pasteur
B.P. 6010
Cayenne 97306
French Guiana
Fax: +594 (0)5 94 29 58 09
Guatemala - Barcenas
Selene Rosario del Carmen González Velásquez
Centro Nacional de Influenza
Laboratorio Nacional de Salud
Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social
km.22 carretera al Pacifico
Barcenas Villa Nueva
Guatemala
Fax: 502-66440599 ext. 213-214-244
Haiti - Port-au-Prince
Jacques Boncy
Laboratoire de Santé Publique
Biologie Moléculaire, LNSP
No 52 Rute de Delmas 33, Commune de Delmas
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Fax: +509 3701-8117
Honduras - Tegucigalpa
Dulce María Durón
Laboratorio Nacional de Vigilancia de la Salud - Sección de Virología
Secretaría de Salud
Colonia la Campaña. Contiguo a edificio Programa Ampliado de inmunizaciones
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Fax: +504 2239 7580
Jamaica - Kingston
Michelle Brown
Virology Laboratory
Department of Microbiology
University of the West Indies
Mona Campus
Kingston 7
Jamaica
Fax: +1 (876) 977 1265
Mexico - Mexico City
Irma Lopez Martinez
Instituto de diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiologicos (INDRE)
Secretaría de Salud (SSA)
Departamento de Virología
Francisco de P Miranda 177
Col. Lomas de Plateros
Del. Álvaro Obregón
C.P. 01480
Ciudad de México
México
Fax: +52 (55) 6383 0030
Nicaragua - Managua
Angel Balmaceda Echeverria
Laboratorio de Virología
Dirección de Microbiología
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia (CNDR)
Ministerio de Salud, Complejo Concepcion Palacios
Managua
Nicaragua
Fax: 505-66440599, ext. 213-244
Panama - Panama City
Brechla Moreno A.
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud
Ave. Justo Arosemena
Calles 35
Panama
Fax: +507 527 4889
Paraguay - Asunción
Cynthia Vazquez a.i.
Departamento de Virologia
Laboratorio Central de Salud Publica
Avenida Venezuela y Teniente Escurra
Asunción
Paraguay
Fax: +595 (21) 292653
Peru - Lima
Blga. Johanna Nery Balbuena Torres
Laboratorio de Referencia Nacional Virus Respiratorios
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Av. Defensores del Morro No 2268
Chorrillos
Lima 9
Peru
Suriname - Paramaribo
Phyllis Pinas
Central Laboratory of the Bureau of Public Health
Rodekruislaan BR11AC
Paramaribo
Suriname
Fax: +597-497481
Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain
Gabriel M. Gonzalez-Escobar
Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
16-18 Jamaica Blvd
Federation Park
Trinidad and Tobago
Fax: 1-868-622-2792
United States of America - Atlanta
Rebecca Kondor, a.i.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Mailstop G-16
Atlanta 30333
Georgia
United States of America
Fax: 404-639-0800
Uruguay - Montevideo
Hector Chiparelli
Departamento de Laboratorio de Salud Publica
8 de Octubre 2720
Montevideo
Uruguay
Fax: +598 (2) 480 7014
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Caracas
Esperanza Briceño a.i.
Instituto Nacional de Higiene
Ciudad Universitaria UCV. Los Chaguaramos
Caracas 1051
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Fax: +58 (212) 662 4797
Eastern Mediterranean Region of WHO
Afghanistan - Kabul
Naseer Stanikzai a.i.
Central Public Health Laboratory
Cinama Pamir
Kabul
Afghanistan
Bahrain - Manama
Amjad Zaed
Public Health Laboratory
Building: 738 - Road: 1124 - Block 311
Manama
Kingdom of Bahrain
Fax: +973-17279228
Egypt - Cairo
Amel Mohamed Naguib
Virology Laboratory
Central Public Health Laboratory
Ministry of Health and Population
19 Sheikh Reehan Street
Abdeen
Cairo
Egypt
Fax: +(202) 227942034
Egypt - Cairo
Heba Abd El-Moniem Yassein
Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA)
51, Wezaret Elzeraa st.
Dokki
Giza
Egypt
Fax: +(202) 37483187
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Tehran
Talat Mokhtari-Azad
Iranian National Influenza Center
School of Public Health
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
P. O. Box 6446-14155
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: +98 (21) 88950595
Iraq - Baghdad
Iman M. Aufi
National Influenza Centre
Al ilwiya
Andalous Square
Alnidhal Street
Mahala 103, street no 10
Baghdad
Iraq
Jordan - Amman
Mahmoud Hamad Al Gazo
Laboratory Directorate
King Hussein Street 58
Amman
Jordan
Fax: +962 6 4642781
Kuwait - Shaab
Sarah Al-Qabandi
Public Health Laboratory
Virology Unit
Hawally, block 3
Tunis Street
Shaab
Kuwait
Fax: 00965 22611646
Lebanon - Beyrouth
Mona Albeaini
National Influenza Centre
Research Laboratory
Rafic Hariri University Hospital
Beirut
Lebanon
Morocco - Rabat
Zakia Regragui
Laboratoire de virologie
Institut National d'Hygiène
Ministère de la Santé
27 Avenue Ibn Batouta
B.P. 769 Agdol
11400 Rabat
Morocco
Fax: +212 (37) 772 067
Oman - Muscat
Amina Al Jardani
Central Public Health Laboratory
Al Mujamaa Street
Muscat
Oman
Fax: +968-24793899
Pakistan - Islamabad
Muhammad Salman
National Institute of Health
Chak Shehzad
Park Road
Islamabad
Pakistan
Fax: +92 (51) 925 5099
Qatar - Doha
Ajayeb Al-Nabet
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Hamad Medical Corporation
P.O. Box 3050 Doha
Qatar
Fax: +974-44312751
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Ahmad Albarrag
Public Health Laboratory
Public Health Authority
King Abdulaziz Street
70 Alarid District
13354 Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sudan - Khartoum
Lubna Ahmed Badi Elhassan
National Public Health Laboratory
Federal Ministry of Health
Alqasr street
Khartoum
Sudan
Fax: +249 83780265
Syrian Arab Republic - Damascus
JAMEEL MHD KAMEL ALKHABAZ
Public Health Laboratories
Al Ghassani. Aleppo Street
Damascus
Syrian Arab Republic
Fax: +963 114442153
Tunisia - Tunis
Salma Abid
Laboratoire de Microbiologie
Unité de Virologie
EPS Charles Nicolle
Bvd 9 avril
1006 Tunis
Tunisia
Fax: +216 (71) 57 81 86
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Rawya Salem Al Dhaheri
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) Reference Laboratory
Shaikh Khalifa Medical City (Khaifa Hospital)
Al Karamah Street, Al Tabbiyah, Abu Dhabi City, Abu Dhabi
Landmark: Near Sheikh Khalifa Medical Pavalion
P.O.Box: 51900, Abu Dhabi
Fax: 009712-819-0612
European Region of WHO
Albania - Tirana
Silvia Bino
Institute of Public Health
Rr. Aleksander Moisiu No. 80
Tirana
Albania
Fax: +355 (437) 0058
Armenia - Yerevan
Shushan Sargsyan
National Virology Reference Laboratory
David Malyan Str., 37
Yerevan
Armenia
Austria - Vienna
Franz X. Heinz
Therese Popow-Kraupp
Department of Virology
Medical University of Vienna
Kinderspitalgasse 15
A-1095 Vienna
Austria
Fax.: 0043 1 40160 965599
Belarus - Minsk
Natalia Gribkova
Republican Research & Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology
Laboratory of Influenza and ILI
23 Filimonova St.
220114 Minsk
Belarus
Fax: +375 (172) 376295
Belgium - Brussels
François Dufrasne
Scientific Institute of Public Health
Juliette Wytsman street 14
Brussels
Belgium
Fax: +32 (2) 642.56.92
Website: http://www.iph.fgov.be/flu
Bulgaria - Sofia
Neli Korsun
National Laboratory "Influenza and ARD"
Department of Virology
National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
44A Stoletov Blvd
1233 Sofia
Bulgaria
Fax: +35929318132
Croatia - Zagreb
Irena Tabain
Croatian Institute of Public Health
Rockefellerova 12
Zagreb
Croatia
Fax: +385 (1) 468 3017
Cyprus - Nicosia
Despo Pieridou
Influenza Laboratory
Microbiology Department,
Nicosia General Hospital
215, Paleos Dromos Lefkosia-Lemesos str.
2029 Strovolos
Nicosia
Cyprus
Czechia - Prague
Martina Havlickova
National Institute of Public Health
Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology
48 Srobarova
10042 Prague 10
Czechia
Fax: +420 (2) 7173 0695
Denmark - Copenhagen
Thea Kølsen Fischer
Statens Serum Institut
Virus Surveillance and Research Section
Artillerivej 5
2300 Copenhagen
Denmark
Fax: +45 32 68 31 48
Estonia - Tallinn*
Johanna Kristina Tamm
Laboratory for Communicable Diseases
Health Board
Paldiski mnt 81
Tallinn 10614
Estonia
Fax: +372 6943 651
Finland - Helsinki
Niina Ikonen
National Institute for Health and Welfare
Virology Unit
Mannerheimintie 166
PO Box 30
00271 Helsinki
Finland
Fax: +358 29 524 8355
France - Lyon
Bruno Lina
Martine Valette
Centre National de Référence du Virus Influenza Région Sud
Laboratoire de Virologie Est
Institut de Microbiologie Bat A3
Centre de biologie et de pathologie Est
59 Boulevard Pinel
Bron Cedex 69677 Lyon
France
Fax: +33 (0)4 72 12 95 00
France - Paris
Sylvie Van der Werf
Institut Pasteur
25 rue du Docteur Roux
75724 Paris Cedex 15
France
Fax: 33 1 40 61 32 41
Georgia - Tbilisi
Ann Machablishvili
National Influenza Center
Centre for Disease Control and Public Health
0177 Tbilisi
Georgia
Fax: +995 32 2 311485
Germany - Berlin
Ralf Dürrwald a.i.
Robert Koch-Institute
Nordufer 20
13302 Berlin
Germany
Fax: +49 (30) 45 47 26 05
Greece - Athens
Andreas Mentis
Institut Pasteur Hellénique
National Influenza Center, Southern Greece
Virology Department
127 Avenue Vassilissis Sofias
11521 Athens
Greece
Fax: +30 (210) 642 3498
Hungary - Budapest
Istvan Jankovics
B. Johan National Center for Epidemiology
Virology Department
Gyali ut 2-6
P.O.Box 64
Budapest
Hungary
Fax: +36 (1) 476 1368
Iceland - Reykjavik
Arthur Löve
Landspitali - University Hospital
Armuli 1A
P.O. Box 8733
Reykjavik
Iceland
Fax: +354 (543) 5949
Ireland - Dublin
Cillian De Gascun
National Virus Reference Laboratory
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
Fax: +353 12697611
Israel - Tel Hashomer
Michal Mandelboim
Central Virology Laboratory
Public Health Services
Ministry of Health
Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel Hashomer
Israel
Fax: +972 (3) 530 24 57
Italy - Rome
Simona Puzelli
Department of Infectious Diseases
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Viale Regina Elena, n. 299
Roma 00161
Italy
Fax: +39 (6) 4990 2082
Kazakhstan - Almaty
Aknur Saparaliyevna Mutaliyeva
National Reference Laboratory for Control of Viral infections
Research-Practical Center of Sanitary-Epidemiological Expertise and Monitoring
Auezova Str. 84
480006 Almaty
Kazakhstan
Fax: +7 72723756155
Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
Gulbarchyn Saparova a.i.
National Virology Laboratory
Department of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance
Ministry of Health
Frunze str 535
Bishkek 720033
Kyrgyzstan
Fax: +996 312 660538
Latvia - Riga
Gatis Pakarna
National Microbiology Reference Laboratory
Riga East University Hospital
Latvian Centre of Infectious Diseases
3 Linezera Street
Riga, LV-1006
Latvia
Fax: +371 67014568
Lithuania - Vilnius
Vilnele Lipnickiene
National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory
Geliu str. 9
Vilnius
Lithuania
Luxembourg - Luxembourg*
Malta - Msida
Christopher Barbara
Virology Laboratory of Mater Dei Hospital
Tal-Qroqq, Msida
MSD 2090
Malta
Fax: 356 254 56469
Montenegro - Podgorica
Zeljka Zekovic
Public Health Institute of Montenegro
Centre for Medical Microbiology
Ljubljanska bb
81 000 Podgorica
Montenegro
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - Rotterdam
North Macedonia - Skopje
Golubinka Bosevska
Laboratory for Virology and Molecular Diagnostics (LVMD)
Institute of Public Health
50 Divizija No 6
1000 Skopje R. N. Macedonia
Fax: + 389 2 3 223 354
Norway - Oslo
Olav Hungnes
Department of Virology
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
P. O. Box 4404 Nydalen
Lovisenberggata 8
N-0403 Oslo
Norway
Fax: +47 2107 6447
Poland - Warsaw
00-791 Warsaw
Poland
Fax: (48-22) 542-13-13
Portugal - Lisboa
Raquel Guiomar
National Influenza Reference Laboratory
Infectious Diseases Department
National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge
Av. Padre Cruz
1649-016 Lisboa
Portugal
Fax: +351 (21) 752 6400
Republic of Moldova - Chisinau*
Tajikistan - Dushanbe
Türkiye - Ankara
Romania - Bucharest
Mihaela Lazar
Cantacuzino Institute
Spl. Independentie nr. 103
C: P. 1-525, 050096
Bucharest
Romania
Fax: 40-21-3069307
Russian Federation - Moscow
Elena Ivanovna Burtseva
D.I. Ivanovsky Research Institute of Virology
FSBI “N.F. Gamaleya FRCEM”
Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Gamaleya str. 18
Moscow
Russian Federation
Fax: +7 499 193 61 83
Website: http://www.gamaleya.org
Russian Federation - St Petersburg
Andrey V. Vasin
Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza
Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
Prof. Popov str. 15/17
St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Fax: +7(812) 234 59 73, (812) 346 1270
Website: http://www.influenza.spb.ru
Serbia - Belgrade
Jelena Protic
Institute of Immunology, Vaccine and Sera "Torlak"
Vojvode Stepe-458
Belgrade 11221
Serbia
Fax: +381 (11) 469 654
Slovakia - Bratislava
Edita Staroňová
Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic
Trnavská cesta 52
826 45 Bratislava
Slovakia
Fax: +421 (2) 4437 2807
Slovenia - Ljubljana*
Spain - Barcelona
Tomàs Pumarola
Universidad de Barcelona
Facultad de Medicina
Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Farmacología y Microbiología
c/Casanovas 143
08036 Barcelona
Spain
Fax: +34 (93) 227 5522
Spain - Madrid
Inmaculada Casas
Francisco Pozo
Influenza and Respiratory Unit
Centro Nacional de Microbiología, ISCIII
Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2
Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid
Spain
Fax: +34 (915) 09 7966
Spain - Valladolid
José María Eiros Bouza
Universidad de Valladolid
Facultad de Medicina
Dpto. Microbiología, 6ª planta
Avda Ramón y Cajal, 7
47005 Valladolid
Spain
Fax: +34 (983) 423 022
Sweden - Solna
Emmi Andersson
Department of Microbiology
Public Health Agency Sweden
171 82 Solna
Sweden
Switzerland - Geneva
Ana Rita Gonçalves Cabecinhas
University of Geneva Hospitals
Laboratory of Virology
Division of Infectious Diseases
rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4
1211 Geneva 14
Switzerland
Website: http://www.influenza.ch
Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
Ashyrmyrat Gylyjov
Virological Reference Laboratory of Center of Public Health and Nutrition of State SES of MoH MIT
Georgly Street 84,
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 744013
Fax: + 99312 36 90 03
Ukraine - Kyiv
Oksana Artemchuk
Iryna Demchyshyna
Department of Influenza and ARVI and the Virology Reference Laboratory,
State Institution "Public Health Center Ministry of Health of Ukraine"
41, Yaroslavska Str.
Kyiv, 04071
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Belfast
Tanya Curran
Regional Virus Laboratory
Kelvin Building
Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor Road
Belfast BT12 6BA
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Fax: +44 (0) 2890 634 803
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Glasgow
Rory Gunson
West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre
New Lister Building
8-16 Alexandra Parade
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow G31 2ER
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - London
Maria Zambon
Respiratory Virus Unit
Virus Reference Department
UK Health Security Agency
61, Colindale Avenue
London
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Fax: +44 (0) 208 200 1569
South-East Asia Region of WHO
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Meerjady Sabrina Flora
Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
(IEDCR)
Mohakhali Dhaka-1212
Bangladesh
Fax.: +880-2-8821237
Bhutan - Thimphu
Sonam Wangchuk
National Influenza Laboratory
Royal Centre for Disease Control
Department of Public Health
Ministry of Health
Serbithang, Thimphu
Bhutan
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Pyongyang
Kim Chol Su
Central Hygienic Anti-epidemic Station
Office of the WHO Representative
14 Hudong, Munsudong
Pyongyang
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
India - Kasauli
Usha Soren Singh
National Influenza Center
Central Research Institute
Kasauli (H.P.)
India
Fax: +91 (1792) 72016
India - Mumbai
Ranjana Deshmukh
Department of Virology
Acharya Donde Marg
Parel, Mumbai
India
Fax: +91 (22) 416 1787
India - Pune
Naveen Kumar
ICMR-National Institute of Virology
Department of Health Research
20-A Dr Ambedkar Road
P.O. Box 11
411001Pune
India
Fax: +91 (20) 26122669
Indonesia - Jakarta
Darmawali Handoko
Naional Health Biology Laboratory
Directorate General for Public Health
Ministry of Health
Jl. Percetakan Negara II No 23
Jakarta Pusat 10560
Indonesia
Fax:+62-21-424 53 86
Myanmar - Yangon
Htay Htay Tin
National Health Laboratory
35, Mawkundaik Road
Dagon Township
11191 Yangon
Myanmar
Fax: +95-1-371925
Nepal - Kathmandu
Runa Jha
National Public Health Laboratory
Pachali, Teku Kathmandu 44600
Nepal
Fax: + 977-1-4252375
Sri Lanka - Colombo
Jude Jayamaha
National Influenza Centre
Department of Virology
Medical Research Institute
PO Box 527
Borella
Colombo 8
Sri Lanka
Fax: +94 (1) 69 14 95
Thailand - Nothaburi
Malinee Chittaganpitch a.i.
National Influenza Centre
Department of Medical Sciences
National Institute of Health
88/7 Tiwanon Road, Muang
Nonthaburi 11000
Thailand
Fax : +66(2) 9510000 ext. 98406
Timor-Leste - Dili
Endang Soares da Silva
Influenza Laboratory
National Public Health Laboratory
Rau Bidau Toko Baru
Dili
Timor-Leste
Western Pacific Region of WHO
Australia - Nedlands
David Speers
Division of Microbiology
PathWest Laboratory Medicine
Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
Hospital Ave
Nedlands
WA 6009
Australia
Fax: +61 (8) 9346 3960
Australia - Melbourne
Chuan Lim
Virus Identification Laboratory
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL)
792 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia
Fax: +61 (3) 9 342 2666
Australia - Westmead
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
Philippe Dussart
Virology Unit
Institut Pasteur in Cambodia
5, Monivong boulevard
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Fax: + 855 23725606
China - Beijing
Dayan Wang
Chinese National Influenza Center
National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
155 Changbai Road
Changping District
Beijing 102206
China
Fax: +86 (10) 5890 0851
China - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Kowloon
Janice Lo Yee-chi
National Influenza Centre
Centre for Health Protection
382 Nam Cheong Street
Shek Kip Mei
Kowloon
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Fax: +852 2319 5989
Fiji - Suva
Eric Rafai
Center for Communicable Disease Control
Building 30, Tamavua Hospital Complex
Mataika House
Suva
Fiji
Fax: +679 (322) 3276
France - New Caledonia - Noumea
Dominique Baudon a.i.
Department of Virology
Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie
9-11 avenue Paul Doumer
BP 61
98845 Noumea
New Caledonia
France
Fax : 687279748
Japan - Tokyo
Hideki Hasegawa
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Influenza Virus Research Center
Gakuen 4-7-1
Musashi-Murayama
Tokyo
Japan
Fax: +81 42 565 2498
Lao People's Democratic Republic - Vientiane
Phengta Vongphrachanh
National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology
Km 3, Thadeua Road
Vientiane
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Fax: 856 21 350209
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Jamal I-Ching Sam
Department of Medical Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur 50603
Malaysia
Fax: +60 (3) 7958 4844
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Ravindran Thayan
Virology Unit
Infectious Disease Research Centre
Institute of Medical Research
National Institutes of Health
Selangor
Malaysia
Fax: +6 03 26938094
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
Burmaa Alexander
National Center for Communicable Diseases
Ministry of Health
Nam Yan Ju Street 1
Bayanzurkh district, 13th horoolol
Ulaanbataar
Mongolia
Fax: +976 11 450267
New Zealand - Wellington
Sue Huang
National Influenza Centre
Institute of Environmental Science and Research
66 Ward Street
Wallaceville
Upper Hut 5018
Wellington
New Zealand
Fax: +64 (4) 529 0601
Website: http://www.esr.cri.nz/
New Zealand - Auckland
Margaret C. Croxson
Department of Virology & Immunology
Auckland City Hospital
Gate 4, Grafton Road
Auckland 1148
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea - Goroka
Amanda Lang a.i.
Institute of Medical Research
P.O. Box 60
Goroka
Papua New Guinea
Fax: +675 (15) 732 1998
Philippines - Muntinlupa City
Socorro P Lupisan
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
Department of Health
9002 Research Drive, Filinvest Corporate City
Alabang, Muntinlupa City 1781
Philippines
Fax: +632 842 2828
Republic of Korea - Seoul
Eun Jin Kim
Division of Viral Diseases
Centers for Laboratory Control of Infectious Disease
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro
Osong-eup, Heungdeol-gu,
Cheongju-si, Chuncheongbuk-do
Republic of Korea, 28159
Fax: 82-43-719-8219
Singapore - Singapore
Nancy Tee
National Public Health Laboratory
Communicable Disease Division
BLK G, National Centre for Infections Disease (NCID)
Level 13
16 Jalan Tan Tock Seng
Singapore 308442
Fax: +65 6251 5829
Viet Nam - Hanoi
Hoang Vu Mai Phuong
Influenza Laboratory
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
1 Yersin Street
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Fax: +(84) 38210853
Viet Nam - Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyen Thanh Long
Influenza laboratory
Pasteur Institute
167 Pasteur Street
District 3
Ho Chi Minh City
Viet Nam
Fax: +(84) 8 38231419
GISRS documents
- Next-generation sequencing of influenza viruses - General information for national influenza centres (PDF, 896 KB)
Last updated October 2019 - Practical guidance for national influenza centres establishing or implementing neuraminidase inhibitor susceptibility surveillance
Updated 2018 - Operational
Guidance on Sharing Seasonal Influenza viruses with WHO Collaborating
Centres (CCs) under the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response
System (GISRS)
Last updated 31 October 2017 - Operational
Guidance on Sharing Influenza Viruses with Human Pandemic Potential
(IVPP) under the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework
Last updated 30 June 2017 - WHO information for molecular diagnosis of influenza virus - update
Last updated in February 2021 - Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza
April 2011 (correction 2017) - Serological diagnosis of influenza by microneutralization assay (PDF, 854 KB)
6 December 2010 - Use of influenza rapid diagnostic tests
September 2010 - Pandemic contingency planning checklist for National Influenza Centres (NICs) and other national influenza laboratories (PDF, 168 KB)
20 August 2009
Nomenclature
Standardization of terminology for the pandemic A(H1N1)2009 virus
Standardization of terminology for the influenza virus variants infecting humans: Update Jan 2014
Updated unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
New clade designation of H5 HA
Standardization of terminology for the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus (PDF, 92 KB)