BLUMBERG Lucille Hellen Prof National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa MB BCH MMed (Micro) ID (SA) FFTM (RCPS, Glasgow) DTM&H DOH DCH Johannesburg South Africa Email: lucilleb@nicd.ac.za Professor Lucille Blumberg is a Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, of the National Health Laboratory Service, and currently also medical consultant to the Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases for rabies and viral haemorrhagic fevers. She has specialist qualifications in clinical microbiology, travel medicine, and infectious diseases. Her special interests are in tropical diseases, travel medicine, malaria, the viral haemorrhagic fevers and rabies. She is a member of a number of South African expert groups on Ebola, rabies, malaria and serves on various WHO Advisory Groups. She established the Mass Gatherings Unit at NICD in 2009 to prepare for and respond to communicable diseases risks for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

BLUMBERG Lucille Hellen Prof National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa MB BCH MMed (Micro) ID (SA) FFTM (RCPS, Glasgow) DTM&H DOH DCH Johannesburg South Africa Email: lucilleb@nicd.ac.za Professor Lucille Blumberg is a Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, of the National Health Laboratory Service, and currently also medical consultant to the Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases for rabies and viral haemorrhagic fevers. She has specialist qualifications in clinical microbiology, travel medicine, and infectious diseases. Her special interests are in tropical diseases, travel medicine, malaria, the viral haemorrhagic fevers and rabies. She is a member of a number of South African expert groups on Ebola, rabies, malaria and serves on various WHO Advisory Groups. She established the Mass Gatherings Unit at NICD in 2009 to prepare for and respond to communicable diseases risks for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.