Notice to Readers
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
CDC, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the
American Society for Microbiology, the National Foundation for CDC,
and other organizations will cosponsor the International Conference
on Emerging Infectious Diseases March 8-11, 1998, in Atlanta. The
conference will explore the most current research, surveillance,
and prevention and control programs addressing all aspects of
emerging infectious diseases. Attendance is limited to 2500
participants.
The conference will consist of general and plenary sessions,
symposia, and roundtables with invited speakers, presentations on
emerging infections activities, oral and poster presentations based
on submission of an accepted abstract, and exhibits. The deadline
for abstract submission is October 31, 1997. Information about
later submission of abstracts for consideration as late-breakers is
included in the program materials. Abstracts should address new,
reemerging, and drug-resistant infectious diseases that affect
human health. A listing of specific categories for submission is
included in the registration information.
Additional information is available from four sources: the
home page for the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm), from the home page for
CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases (http://www.cdc.gov/
ncidod/whatsnew.htm), by sending an e-mail to
meetinginfo@asmusa.org, or by calling (202) 942-9248. Proceedings
of the conference will be published in Emerging Infectious
Diseases.
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