Fourth International Conference on HFRS and Hantaviruses
CDC will cosponsor the 4th International Conference on HFRS
and Hantaviruses March 5-7, 1998, in Atlanta. The conference will
highlight scientific information concerning 1) clinical aspects, 2)
laboratory diagnostics, 3) pathogenesis and immune response, 4)
hantavirus ecology, 5) hantavirus epidemiology, 6) molecular
biology and cell interactions, 7) health education and prevention,
and 8) antiviral and vaccine development.
The conference will include plenary sessions with invited
speakers and oral and poster sessions based on accepted abstracts.
The deadline for abstract submission is October 31, 1997. Abstract
forms and additional information are available from CDC's Special
Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases,
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Mailstop A-26, 1600
Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30333; telephone (404) 639-1510;
fax: (404) 639-1509; e-mail akc8@cdc.gov. Information also is
available from the World-Wide Web at
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hantconf.htm
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