List of contributing authors
(in alphabetical order)
Prof. Dr. Judith H. Aberle,
Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. Heidi Åhman,
Senior Manager Medical Lead Finland & Baltics, Pfizer Vaccines, Helsinki, Finland
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
Dr. Marshall E. Bloom,
National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT, USA
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Johannes P. Borde,
Praxis Dr. J. Borde, Gesundheitszentrum Oberkirch, Germany
Department of Medicine II, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Michael Bröker,
Editor, Global Health Press, Singapore / Marburg, Germany
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. Martina Del Manso,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
Dr. med. Daniel Desgrandchamps,
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Scientific Consulting Daniel Desgrandchamps, Rotkreuz, Switzerland
Prof. Andrey Dmitrovskiy,
National Scientific Center for Extremely Dangerous Infections, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dobler,
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany
Dr. Dagny Cathrine Haug Dorenberg,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division for Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
B.Sc. Kristin Skarsfjord Edgar,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division for Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
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. Maria Sergeevna Esyunina,
Regional Medical Advisor, Vaccines, Pfizer Innovations LLC, Moscow, Russia
Prof. Dr. Anders Fomsgaard,
Chief Physician, 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. Sara Gredmark-Russ,
Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Wlodzimierz Gut,
Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health-NIH (NIPH-NIH), Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Haditsch,
Medical Head, Labor Hannover MVZ, Hannover, Germany; TravelMedCenter Leonding, Austria
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
Prof. Dr. Franz-Xaver Heinz,
Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Oleksandr Hnatiuk
Epidemiologist, SI Volyn Regional Laboratory Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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. Anu Jääskeläinen,
Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki University Hospital, Laboratory Services (HUSLAB), Department of Clinical Microbiology, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Olaf Kahl,
tick-radar GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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
Dr. Volha Kniazeva,
Republican Research and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. Minsk, Belarus
Prof. Dr. Herwig Kollaritsch,
Institute for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Andrea Kröger,
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Kunze,
Center for Public Health, Institute of Social Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Dr. Kuulo Kutsar,
Health Board, Tallinn, Estonia
Dr. András Lakos,
Centre for Tick-borne Diseases, Outpatient Service, Budapest, Hungary
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
Heidi Elisabeth H. Lindstedt,
Senior Adviser, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
Prof. Dr. Åke Lundkvist,
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Ute Mackenstedt,
Department of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
MScPH Eszter Mezei,
National Public Health Center, Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control, 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 Public Health Center, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Uranshagai Narankhuu,
Department of Epidemiology, National Center for Zoonotic Disease, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Dr. Igor Nebogatkin,
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Kiev, Ukraine
SI Public Health Centre of the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Dr. Tsogbadrakh Nyamdorj,
Director, National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna K. Överby,
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Umeå University, Sweden
The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå, Sweden
Olga Onishchuk,
Epidemiologist, Manevychi interdistrict department of the SI Volyn Regional Laboratory Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Dr. Katarzyna Pancer,
Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health-NIH (NIPH-NIH), Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Katrine M. Paulsen,
Senior Adviser Microbiology, TINE SA, Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Prof. Dr. Petr Pazdiora,
Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Petrović,
Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
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
Dr. Eva-Maria Pöllabauer,
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Prof. Vanda Vatslavovna Pogodina†,
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution, Moscow, Russia
Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia († passed away in early 2020)
Prof. Tatjana Poponnikova,
Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics, Kemerovo State Medical University, Russian Federation
Prof. Dr. Klara M. Pósfay-Barbe,
Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Geneva, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Potkonjak,
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
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. Giovanni Rezza,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
Dr. Flavia Riccardo,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
Prof. Dr. Elizabeta Ristanović,
Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daniel Růžek,
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Josef Schmitt,
Editor-in-Chief, Global Health Press, Singapore
Strategic and Scientific Advisor, “Vaccelerate” European Clinical Trial Consortium, Cologne University, Germany
Ph.D.-student 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 Teaching Hospital, Szombathely, Hungary
Dr. Zoran Simonović,
National Institute of Public Health, Maribor, Slovenia
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. Karin Stiasny,
Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. Igor Stoma,
Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus
Dr. Vanessa Suin,
Quality coordinator, Clinique Saint Pierre Ottignies, Ottignies, Belgium
Dr. Mikael Sundin,
Division of Paediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Jochen Süss,
Tick Information Center, Lippersdorf, Germany
Dr. Maria Syrochkina,
Pfizer Vaccines, Moscow, Russia
Dr. Valentina Tagliapietra,
Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
Dr. Sergey E. Tkachev,
Research Center “Regulatory Genomics” of Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Dr. Marjan Van Esbroeck,
National Reference Center for Arboviruses, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Dr. Steven Van Gucht,
Viral Diseases, Infectious Diseases in Humans Directorate, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
M.Sci. Renata Varnaite,
Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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
Dr. Tamara Vuković-Janković,
Senior Medical Manager, Medical and Scientific Affairs, International Developed Markets Pfizer, Belgrade, Serbia
Mpharm Berit Sofie Wiklund,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division for Infection Control and Environmental Health, Oslo, Norway
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
Assoc. Prof. Dace Zavadska,
Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
Department of Children Infectious Diseases, Children Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
Prof. Elyes Zhioua,
Department of Parasitology, Institute Pasteur of Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia
Prof. Vladimir Igorevich Zlobin,
Irkutsk State Medical University, Ministry of Public Health of Russian Federation, Irkutsk, Russian Federation