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• Bertil Christensson, professor och överläkare, Infektionskliniken, Skånes universitetssjukhus

Tidigare sakkunniga

• Ingard Løge, specialist inom allmänmedicin, universitetslektor, Institutionen för socialmedicin, NTNU, Trondheim