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Petra Bogovič
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Japljeva, Slovenia
Calin Gherman
Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Önder Ergönül
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Koç University, School of Medicine
Istanbul, Turkey
Simin Florescu
Department of infectious Diseases,"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Victor Babes Clinical Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Bucharest, Romania
Klaus-Peter Hunfeld
Institute for Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology & Infection Control, Northwest Medical Centre, Academic Teaching Hospital, Medical Faculty, Goethe University
Frankfurt, Germany
Yves Hansmann
Tick-borne diseases Reference Center for the Eastern region
University Hospital of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Anna J Henningsson
Linköping University and Region Jönköping County, Clinical Microbiology
Jönköping, Sweden
Benoit Jaulhac
National Reference Center for Borrelia
University Hospital of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Mihaela Lupse
Department of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Leo A.B Joosten
Department of Internal Medicine and Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Centre
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Gabriele Margos
Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, National Reference Center for Borrelia
Oberschleissheim, Germany
Mateusz Markowicz
AGES, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene
Vienna, Austria
Sally Mavin
Director of the Scottish Lyme Disease and Tick-Borne Infections Reference Laboratory, Raigmore Hospital
Inverness, Scotland, UK
Andrei Mihalca
Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Corneliu Popescu
Department of infectious Diseases,"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Bucharest, Romania
Alice Raffetin
Tick-borne diseases Reference Center for Paris and the Northern region
Intercommunal Hospital of Villeneuve Saint Georges
Villeneuve Saint Georges, France
Emanuele Nicastri
Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases
Rome, Italy
Jacques Sevestre
University Hospital of Marseille, Infectious Diseases Department
Marseille, France
Violeta Briciu
Department of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Clinical Hospital of infectious Diseases
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Randi Eikeland
Norwegian Advisory Unit on Tick-Borne Disease
Kristiansand, Norway
Volker Fingerle
Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Centre for Borrelia
Oberschleißheim, Germany
Adriana Hristea
Department of infectious Diseases,"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Franc Strle
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Japljeva, Slovenia
Dace Zavadska
Children Clinical University Hospital
Riga Stradins University
Riga, Latvia
J.W.R. Hovius
Amsterdam UMC, Department of Infectious Diseases
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reto Lienhard
Borrelia Laboratory, National Reference Centre for Tick-Borne Disease, ADMed Microbiologie
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland