The input of many specialists and non-specialists worldwide helped to establish the VAPAGuide (see acknowledgements and

Introduction by the authors (excerpt from the “Notfallhandbuch Gifttiere”, Junghanss and Bodio, 1996)).

The core team of the VAPAGuide consists of:

• Matthias Zepf, Dr. Markus Stoll and Jürgen Nitsch, Junidas GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany (software development and hosting)
• Elizabeth Morgan, Norwich, UK (translation)
• Alban Mahrer, Basel, Switzerland (data editing)
• Dr. Lukas Stammler, Basel, Switzerland (figures)
• Prof. Thomas Junghanss, Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany (author)
• Dr. Mauro Bodio, Basel, Switzerland (author)