Country Delegates in Epidemiology

Argentina

Dr. Mirtha Eiman Grossi
Chief, National Program on Epidemiology
Epidemiology Directorate
Ministry of Health
Av. 9 de julio 1235
Buenos Aires
Phone: (+54-11) 43 79 90 43
(+54-11) 48 67 32 07 (private)
Fax: (+54-11) 4379-9127
E-mail: meiman@msal.gov.ar, meiman@elsitio.net

Brazil

Dr. Vera Lúcia Gattás
Technical Manager of Emerging and Reemerging Disease Surveillance
CENEPI-FUNASA
Ministry of Health-Brazil
SAS Bloco Quadra “N” 7º andar -Sala 717 ASA SUL
Brasília, DF
Phone: (+55-61) 314-6553, 226-7145 (private)
Fax: (+55-61) 226-6682
E-mail: vera.gattas@funasa.gov.br, veragattas@hotmail.com

Chile

Dr. Ximena Aguilera
Chief, Epidemiology Department
Public Health Section
Ministry of Health
MacIver 541
Santiago de Chile
Phone: (+56-2) 630-0891, 207-9830 (private)
Fax: (+56-2) 630-0505
E-mail: xaguiler@minsal.cl

Dr. Gualberto Piñánez
General Directorate of Health Surveillance
Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
Manuel Domínguez y Brasil
Asunción
Phone/Fax: (+595-21) 203-998 / 208-217
E-mail: opsmsvi@pla.net.py

Uruguay

Dr. María Savio
Director, Departament of Epidemiological Surveillance
Ministry of Public Health
18 de Julio 1892, 4o Piso Oficina 417
Montevideo
Phone: (+598-2) 409-1200, 401-2804 (private)
Fax: (+598-2) 408-8578
E-mail: depesa@internet.com.uy

Special Guests

United States of America

Dr. Nancy Cox
Chief, Influenza Branch
Center for Diseases Control (CDC)
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: (+404) 639-3591
Fax: (+404) 639-2334, 378-3700 (private)
E-mail: ncox@cdc.gov

Dr. James Le Duc
Acting Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases (CDC)
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID/CDC)
Phone: (+404) 639-3574
Fax: (+404) 639-3163
E-mail: JWL3@cdc.gov

Dr. Patrick W. Kelley
DoD Global Emerging Infections System
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
503 Robert Grant Ave. Silver Spring , MD 20903
Phone: (+301) 319-9935
E-mail: patrick.kelley@na.amedd.army.mil

Dr. Josefa M. Rangel
Foodborne & Diarrheal Diseases Branch
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID/CDC)
1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: (+404) 639 2206
Fax: (+404) 639-2205
E-mail: jjr2@cdc.gov

Advisors

Dr. Marcelo Bortman
General Coordinator, VIGIA Project
Lima 355 Capital
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone/Fax: (+54-11) 43 84 03 24, 43 84 03 25, 47 01 05 06 (private)
E-mail: mbortman@vigia.org.ar

Dr. Francisco Pinheiro
Consultant
TV Quintino Bocaiuva 974, AP. 901
CEP 66053-240 Belem, Pará, Brasil
Phone/Fax: (+55-91) 224-8446
E-mail: pinheirofp@uol.com.br

Secretariat

Dr. Marlo Libel
Regional Advisor
Program on Communicable Diseases
PAHO/WHO
525 23^rd Street Washington, DC USA
E-mail: libelmar@paho.org

Dr. Hernán Málaga
PAHO/WHO Representative in Paraguay
Av. Mariscal López casi Estados Unidos
Phone: (+595-21) 45 04 95/7
Fax: (+595-21) 45 04 98
E-mail: hernan@par.ops-oms.org

Dr. Marcia Moreira
Consultant in Epidemiology
PAHO/WHO-Paraguay
Av. Mariscal López casi Estados Unidos
Asunción, Paraguay
Phone: (+595-21) 45 04 95/7
Fax: (+595-21) 45 04 98
E-mail: moreiram@par.ops-oms.org

Dr. Gabriel Schmunis
Consultant
Program on Communicable Diseases
PAHO/WHO
525 23^rd Street, Washington, DC, USA
E-mail: schmunig@paho.org

Participants

Argentina

Dr. Paula Padula
Chief, Hantavirus Laboratory
INEI - ANLIS "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán"
Av. Velez Sarsfield 563
ARG-1281 Buenos Aires
Phone/Fax: (+54-11) 43 01 31 46
E-mail: ppadula@cvtci.com.ar

Dr. Marta Rivas
Chief, Physiopatogeniary Service
INEI - ANLIS " Dr .Carlos G. Malbrán"
Av. Velez Sarsfield 563
ARG-1281 Buenos Aires
Phone/Fax: (+54-11) 43 03 18 01
Phone: (+54-11) 48 23 45 22 (private)
E-mail: mrivas@anlis.gov.ar
isturiz@mail.retina.ar

Dr. Vilma Savy
Chief, Respiratory Viroses Service
INEI - ANLIS "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán"
Av. Veléz Sarsfield 563
Buenos Aires
Phone: (+54-11) 43 01 10 35, 48 54 86 48 (private)
Fax: (+54-11) 43 01 10 35
E-mail: vrmalbra@datamarkets.com.ar, vsavy@uol.com.ar

Dr. María del Valle Martínez
Public Health Medicine
Ministry of Health
9 de Julio 356, 5º. Piso
Córdoba
Phone: (+0351) 422-3540, 421-9592 (private)
E-mail: mmartinez@arnet.com.ar

Dra. Sonia Beatriz Blanco
National Coordinator for Vector Control
Ministry of Health
9 de Julio 356, 5º Piso
ARG-5000 Córdoba
Phone: (+54-351) 426-4705, (+54-3543) 421-2247 (private)
Fax: (+0054-351) 422-3540
E-mail: soniablanco@arnet.com.ar, bblanco@arnet.com.ar

Bolivia

Dr. Aleida Natali Nina Cruz
Chief, Virology Laboratory
National Institute of Health Laboratories (INLASA)
Pasaje Rafael Subieta 1889
Miraflores, La Paz
Phone: (+0591-2) 22 66 70
Fax: (+0591-23) 22 82 54, (+0591 12) 403 80
E-mail: avicita@latinmail.com, aleidanina@hotmail.com

Lic. Esther Damiani Moisés
Chief, Enteropathogen and Cholera Laboratory
National Institute of Health Laboratories (+INLASA)
Calle Rafael Zurieta No. 1886
Miraflores Bajo, La Paz
Phone: (+591-2) 22 66 70, 35 66 58 (private)
Fax: (+591-2) 228254
E-mail: estherpan@latinmail.com

Brazil

Dr. Wyller Alencar de Mello
Evandro Chagas Institute
FUNASA
National Influenza Center
Avenida Almirante Barroso 492
CEP 66090-000 Belem, Pará
Phone: (+55-91) 214-2013
Fax: (+55 91) 214-2005
E-mail: wyller@iec.pa.gov.br

Dr. Terezinha Maria de Paiva
Respiratory Virus Laboratory
Adolfo Lutz Institute
Av. Dr. Arnaldo 355
CEP 01246-902 São Paulo, SP
Phone: (+55-11) 30 68 29 13
Fax: (+55-11) 30 85 35 05, 30 85 32 45
E-mail: tterezinha@uol.com.br

Chile

Dr. Valeria Prado
Director, Microbiology Program
School of Medicine
University of Chile
Av. Independencia 1027
Santiago
Phone: (+56-2) 678-6641, 229-7270 (private)
E-mail: vprado@machi.med.uchile.cl

Dr. Andrea Sakurada Zamora
Chief, Microbiology Unit
Institute of Public Health
Marathon 1000
Santiago
Phone: (+56-2) 350-7447
Fax: (+56-2) 350-7582
E-mail: isp-micro@entelclieve.net

Paraguay

Dr. María Almirón
Chief, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Institute for Health Science Research
Río de la Plata y Lagerenza, P.O. Box 2511
Asunción, Paraguay
Phone: (+595-21) 42 36 18, 42 20 69
Fax: (+595-21) 48 01 85
E-mail: malmiron@quanta.com.py

Dr. Antonio Arbo
Chief, Pediatric Service
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Ministry of Public Health Pública and Social Welfare
Av. Venezuela y Florida
Asunción
Phone/Fax: (+595-21) 29 21 64
E-mail: msearbo@conexión.com.py

Dr. Manuel Arbo
Chief, Infectology Department
Juan Max Boettner Institute
Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
Av. Venezuela y Florida
Asunción
Phone: (+595-21) 42 09 82, 20 37 80 (private)
Fax: (+595-21) 22 67 82
E-mail: marbo@planet.py

Dr. Eugenio Báez
Chief of Infectology
Social Security Institute
Asunción
Phone: (+0971) 21 04 39 (private)
E-mail: eugeniobaez@hotmail.com

Dr. Vilma Basualdo
Chief, Bacteriology Research Laboratory
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Av. Venezuela y Florida
Asunción
Phone/Fax: (+595-21) 292-164, (+0971) 252-748 (private)
E-mail wdb@rieder.net.py

Dr. Julio César Manzur Caffarena
Director, Central Public Health Laboratory
Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
Av. Venezuela y Florida
Asunción
Phone/Fax: (+595-21) 29 49 99
E-mail: labcent@pla.net.py

Dr. Malvina Páez Bruno
Coordinator, Epidemiological Intelligence Group
Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
Manuel Domínguez casi Brasil
Asunción
Phone: (+595-21) 20 47 28
Fax: (+595-21) 20 39 98
E-mail: opsmsvi@pla.net.py, malvinapaez@yahoo.es

Dr. Carmen Portillo
Chief, Influenza Surveillance
Central Public Health Laboratory
Avenida Venezuela y Florida
Phone/Fax: (+595-21) 29 49 99
E-mail: portilloc@pol.com.py

Dra. Mercedes Zaracho
Jefe del Área Microbiología
Central Public Health Laboratory
Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
Avenida Venezuela y Florida
Phone/Fax: (+595-21) 29 49 99
E-mail: labcent@pla.net.py

Uruguay

Dr. Felipe Schelotto
Professor of Bacteriology and Virology, Department Head
Institute of Hygiene
University of the Republic
Av. Alfredo Navarro 3051
Montevideo
Phone: (+598-2) 487-5795
Fax: (+598-2) 487-3073, 708 3692 (private)
E-mail: bacvir@hc.edu.uy