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ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
Thomas E. Wellems, MD, PhD
ASTMH President
Dear ASTMH Members,
Best wishes for the New Year! With the hope and optimism brought by the new U.S. Administration, I think this is an excellent time to reflect on the dynamics of our Society and the interests and accomplishments of our ASTMH members. Our December 2008 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, more jam-packed and lively than ever, saw attendance at a new record, breaking 3,175 registrants. Congratulations and a hearty thank you to the session organizers and the Scientific Program Committee for the vibrant program across clinical tropical medicine, molecular parasitology, medical entomology,
virology, infectious diseases epidemiology, and global health.
Member-Get-A-Member Recruitment Program to Launch Soon
With attendance at our annual meeting steadily growing from year to year, how is it that our Society membership declined in numbers after 2005? It may be difficult to believe, but in 2008 the number of participants at the ASTMH annual meeting exceeded the number of members in our Society for the first time (see graph). Our Membership Committee has looked into these trends and may have identified some possible explanations — one being that many unaffiliated meeting attendees would be happy to become members but they haven’t been tapped on the shoulder and encouraged to join the Society. With this in mind, ASTMH will soon launch a member-get-a-member, peer-to-peer recruitment drive promoting the advantages and value of membership. Watch your e-mail for announcements soon.
Upgraded ASTMH Web Site
The new version of the ASTMH Web site will be live this month! With a vibrant re-design, it offers expanded information and improved links to resources such as the recently donated Zaiman slide collection. Suggestions for further additions or enhancements to the Web site are welcome — please send your comments to Matthew Lesh.
Policy and Advocacy Activities
Under the leadership of Past President Kent Campbell, the ASTMH Policy and Advocacy Committee works to advance ASTMH’s key areas of interest in government affairs and legislation. The ASTMH Council in December considered and approved two proposals to improve communication of these interests on behalf of our Society: (1) install CapWiz/Knowlegis software on the ASTMH Web site to promote ready communication between our members, congressional representatives, and other key government staff and constituencies; and (2) officially allocate 10 percent of Executive Director Sally Finney’s time to policy and advocacy activities. Be sure to watch the ASTMH Web site for the coming availability of the CapWiz/Knowlegis system and the opportunities it can provide for your participation in influence and lobbying.
I am also pleased to report that the Drinker, Biddle and Reath (DBR) group is signed again this year to represent the interests of ASTMH in congressional appropriations. Lobbying activities and briefings arranged by DBR have substantially increased the name recognition of ASTMH in congressional offices on matters of tropical medicine and global health. Past President Mike Levine was invited last year to testify before the Senate DOD Appropriations Subcommittee, and DBR helped shape the language in appropriations pertaining to infectious diseases that disproportionally afflict impoverished populations of the world.
ASTMH Members Make a Difference
ASTMH is above all a society of members who define its initiatives, map its future, and mentor and support its fellows. Along these lines, I note with our special appreciation the recent efforts of ASTMH member and University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Professor Scott Weaver. Hurricane Ike in Galveston last year destroyed important facilities of the WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the UTMB Keiller and Medical Research Buildings. Flooding impacted the homes and apartments of more than 80 percent of UTMB predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. Scott put in a terrific effort on behalf of these trainees. He recruited assistance for their recovery from a number of sources, including support from ASTMH for trainees in tropical medicine research to attend the New Orleans Meeting.
I look forward to working with you this year as your president and welcome your thoughts and comments. Thank you for reading.
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
More than 3,175 tropical medicine professionals and students descended on New Orleans in November for the ASTMH 57th Annual Meeting, easily setting a new attendance record, and topping the previous mark by nearly 18 percent.
From December 7-11, 2009, the Sheraton New Orleans hosted the premier conference in the tropical medicine and global health field, which included a full slate of scientific and plenary sessions, symposia, award presentations and posters.
The ASTMH community came together like never before in a mission to further our collective understanding of tropical medicine.
The success of this year’s Annual Meeting was due to the tireless enthusiasm and energy of ASTMH members. The Society would like to thank everyone who played a role in developing the meeting, particularly the Scientific Program Committee, chaired by Edward T. Ryan.
Highlights included the opening plenary session and awards ceremony, in which the Society presented its highest honors.
A packed house at the opening plenary session
Two timely and pertinent pre-meeting courses were held Dec. 6-7: “Whole Genome Association Studies: Understanding the Genetic Basis of Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases” and “Malaria Eradication: Calibrating Aspirations, Technology and Commitment.”
A number of special events were held for students, fellows, residents and junior faculty, including a Student Reception, which provided an opportunity to interact with Society leaders, and several “Meet the Professors” sessions, which offered career development and mentoring information.
Departing ASTMH President Claire Panosian provided another highlight in a plenary session, with her address, “Mindshare: What the Heck is It? Why do We Need It? How do We Get It?”
The exhibit hall featured robust traffic as registrants learned about the latest cutting-edge products and services in the field. Our exhibitors provided a relaxed, friendly environment conducive to conversation and networking.
The ASTMH exhibit hall
Visit the ASTMH Web site to download the final program or abstract book, or order a CD-ROM of virtually every session from the meeting. Find out what you missed, or take home a reminder of what you learned in New Orleans.
Mark your calendar now for the 58th Annual Meeting, November 18-22, 2009, at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. Plan to attend and help the Society keep its momentum moving forward.
ASTMH thanks the supporters of the 57th Annual Meeting:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers
Medicines for Malaria Venture
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Novartis Pharma A.G.
Novartis Vaccines
Pfizer Inc.
sanofi aventis
Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals
sigma-tau SpA
SCYNEXIS, Inc.
Tech Lab, Inc.
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
The 2008 ASTMH awards ceremony was held on Sunday, Dec. 7 during the opening plenary session of the ASTMH 57th Annual Meeting. Outgoing ASTMH President Claire Panosian and Scientific Program Chair Edward T. Ryan hosted the festivities. For more information about ASTMH awards and honors, visit the Awards page on the ASTMH Web site.
Congratulations to the following award recipients:
Walter Reed Medal
Richard L. Guerrant
University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Claire Panosian and James Hughes present Richard L. Guerrant (left) with the Walter Reed medal
Harry Hoogstraal Medal
For outstanding lifelong service to medical entomology.
Daniel Sonenshine
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
Claire Panosian and Steve Higgs present Daniel Sonenshine (left) with the Hoogstraal Medal
Bailey K. Ashford Medal
For distinguished work in tropical medicine.
Kevin Kain
University of Toronto Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Ben Kean Medal
For a clinician or educator whose dedication to clinical tropical medicine and impact on the training of students, fellows and/or practitioners of tropical medicine is in keeping with the tradition established by Dr. Kean.
Jay Keystone
University of Toronto Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Communications Award
To recognize exceptional achievement in tropical medicine journalism with the potential to educate readers and inform public policy regarding diseases and health conditions specific to poor and underserved populations.
Charles Piller and Doug Smith
Los Angeles Times
"Unintended Victims of Gates Foundation Generosity"
Honorary Members
Pierre Ambroise-Thomas, MD, PhD
President, French National Academy of Medicine, Gentilly, France
Anastácio de Queiroz Sousa
São José Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Student Travel Scholarships
To support annual meeting travel of selected students and young investigators from developing countries and the United States.
Ambroise Ahouidi
Le Dantec Hospital & Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Sheri Anderson
University of Florida, Vero Beach, Florida, United States
Maria Arevalo
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
Emmanuel Arinaitwe
Makerere University-UCSF Malaria Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
Puji Asih
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
April Bobenchik
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
Richelle Charles
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Patchanee Chootong
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Astrid Cienfuegos
Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Kelsey Deus
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Anne Dickson
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Luc Djogbénou
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement/Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
Papa Drame
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Senegal
Brett Ellis
Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalaes (CPqAM), FIOCRUZ, Recife, Brazil
Christen Fornadel
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Kwadwo Frempong
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana
Dionicia Gamboa
Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Alexander Von Humboldt" Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
Phillip George
Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Bruno Ghersi
Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
Kathryn Griffiths
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States
Aaron Harris
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Yan Hu
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
Alisa Junpee
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Muhammed Khan
ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cynthia Khoo
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Joseph Koroma
Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Fiona Lovegrove
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robin Moudy
Wadsworth Center/New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States
Erick Muok
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
James Mutunga
Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Agnes Mwakingwe
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States
Norah Mwebaza
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Joaniter Nankabirwa
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Samuel Nsobya
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Charles Obonyo
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
Sarah Olson
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Pamela Orjuela-Sánchez
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Collins Ouma
University of New Mexico/KEMRI, Kisian, Kenya
Surendra Kumar Prajapati
National Institute of Malaria Research, Delhi, India
Edsel Salvana
University Hospitals Case Medical Center and NIH - University of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines
Anne Spichler
Health Municipality Secretariat of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Maria de Jesus Trovoada
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
Matt Tucker
University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida , United States
Iskra Tuero
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
Bhagyashree Manivannan Uradey
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Tom Were
University of New Mexico/KEMRI, Kisumu, Kenya
The 2008 Student Travel Scholarship recipients
Gorgas Memorial Institute Research Award
Designed to enhance and facilitate the development of scientific linkages between Panama, nationas of Central America and the Caribbean Islands, and the United States and Canada through support of short-term travel for young research investigators from these regions.
Luis Chaves
“Effects of Local and Regional Deforestation on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis across a Gradient in Southern Costa Rica”
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
Benjamin H. Kean Traveling Fellowship in Tropical Medicine
This fellowship is designed to support medical students, house staff and fellows involved in clinical or research electives in tropical areas.
Rushina Cholera
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Cassidy Claassen
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States
Jeffrey Collins
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Ryan Dare
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
William Hahn
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
Alison Han
Morehouse School of Medicine, Decatur, GA, United States
Anna Yasmine Kirkorian
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
Rebecca Lawniczak
Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, United States
Fiona Lovegrove
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Anna Minta
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
Kimberly Rutherford
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Meaghann Weaver
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
Robert E. Shope International Fellowship
This award provides support for a short-term research experience in the tropics in the area of arbovirology and/or emerging diseases.
Desiree LaBeaud
“Late Outcomes of Rift Valley Fever: Ijara Clinical Survey”
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Pfizer Centennial Travel Award in Basic Science Tropical Disease Research
This award provides support for a short-term research experience in the tropics.
Jessica Lin
“Evolution and Emergence of Drug-Resistant Malaria in Thailand”
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Elsevier Student Book Award
The Clinical Group and the Judging Committee for the 2008 Elsevier Student Book Award for clinical research announce this year recipient is Eugene Richardson, of the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY for his abstract, #827, “Caring for the Mother and Child in an Integrated Health System: The Utility of a Postnatal Bridging Card.” This work done in South Africa was accomplished under a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship for Medical Students and through the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, and University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
On behalf of the Clinical Group he is awarded a $350 gift certificate provided by Elsevier for his selection of books.
Thanks also to the other students who submitted entries in the competition, and to the members of the judging committee (Susan McLellan and Latha Rajan, Tulane University; Kent Kester, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Elizabeth Barnett, Boston Medical Center; Paul Southern, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Anne McCarthy Medical University Ottawa; and Pat Joyce, CDC) who gave of their time to judge the entries.
Young Investigator Awards
Following is a list of the recipients of the 2008 Young Investigator Awards.
Meera Venkatesan
Agnes Mwakingwe
Samantha McNulty
Jacqueline Janka
Shuyi Zhang
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
Leon Rosen
Leon Rosen was born in Los Angeles, Calif. on Oct. 4th, 1926. He received his undergraduate degree in medical sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 1945, and entered medical school at the University of California at San Francisco that same year. In 1946 he took a tropical medicine course taught by Drs. Bill Hammond and Bill Reeves, which sparked his interest in tropical and vector-borne diseases. That summer he became a student of Dr. Bill Reeves, working at the Bakersfield Field Station on avian malaria and viral encephalitis. After completing his medical degree in 1948, he served a rotating internship at the Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone, after which he did an M.P.H. in Epidemiology under the direction of Bill Reeves at the University of California at Berkeley. He then joined the U.S. Public Health Service and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, and took a job in Tahiti to study bancroftian filariasis in 1950. In Tahiti, he met and married his wife, Anne Marie.
In 1952, Dr Rosen returned from Tahiti and earned a Doctor of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, working under Dr. Lloyd E. Rozeboom. He then returned to Panama, taking an assignment at the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama City. It was during this assignment that he did his first work on dengue fever, a disease that was among his favorites throughout his career.
After two years in Panama, he decided he needed to know more about virology and returned to NIAID in Bethesda where he joined Dr. Robert Hubner’s laboratory. This was a very productive period of his career, working on adenoviruses, reoviruses, rhinoviruses, picornaviruses and other enteroviruses. During that time, Leon became an international expert on enteroviruses, establishing a definitive numbering system for the serotypes of rhinoviruses and reoviruses. He and his collaborators in NIAID described many new viruses during this period.
In 1962, Dr. Rosen was assigned to Honolulu, Hawaii to establish the Pacific Research Section of NIAID, NIH. This was his home until he retired in 1994. With his move to Hawaii, he began to focus his research more on arboviruses, primarily the flaviviruses. During this 32-year period, he published many seminal papers on such disease topics as bancroftian filariasis, eosinophilic meningitis, dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, and transovarial/vertical transmission of flaviviruses. He attracted talented professionals to work with him in Hawaii, including Gordon Wallace, Duane Gubler, Robert Tesh, Tim Kuberski, Andy Dean and John Shanley, and developed collaborative research with colleagues throughout the Pacific, Asia, Africa and Europe.
While Dr Rosen retired from the U.S. Public Health Service in 1978, he continued to head his laboratory in Honolulu as Director of the Arbovirus Program, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, of the University of Hawaii until 1994. A Francophile all his life, he spent much of his retirement in Paris and the French countryside. He maintained a position as a visiting scientist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, remaining actively involved in scientific studies until a few years before his death. He loved the ocean and was an avid diver all his life. Dr Rosen above all else, was an outstanding scientist. Throughout his career, he never lost touch with the laboratory or the field, often doing his own laboratory work and going to the field at every opportunity. He was an excellent mentor and laboratory manager, and a patient, hands-on teacher.
Dr. Rosen received many honors during his career, including the Baily K. Ashford Medal in 1968 for outstanding contributions to tropical medicine in mid career, and the R.M. Taylor Award in 2000 for outstanding life time contributions to arbovirology, both from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He served as President of that Society in 1976.
Leon died of pneumonia complicated by Parkinson’s Disease on October 9, 2008. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ann Marie, his three children, Linda, Albert and David, and four grandchildren.
John Dick Fleming MacLean
John Dick Fleming MacLean, MD, FRCPC, MRCP (UK), DCMT (Lond.), passed away Jan. 22, 2009 at age 68. Dr. MacLean was a longtime ASTMH member who served on the Society Council and as president of the ASTMH Clincal Group. He was director of the McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases and an associate professor at McGill University's Department of Medicine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
One of the most influential voices in tropical medicine, Dr. MacLean developed the McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases into a leading international research and clinical institution. His contributions to the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene were numerous and significant, and will be greatly missed. Speaking at leading medical schools, he helped inspire new generations of tropical medicine students.
According to the McGill Centre, his interests focused on "outbreak investigations, most frequently involving parasitic disease outbreaks in Canada (malaria, North American liver fluke [Metorchis conjunctus], Trichinosis and zoonotic strongyloides)." He also studied the development of new diagnostic tests for human parasitic diseases.
Dr. MacLean is survived by his wife Meta, children Jenne (John), Sara (Craig), and James (Nicholas), and sister Frances McIntosh (Alastair).
Donations in Dr. MacLean's honor can be made to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, or the charity of your choice. A celebration of his life will be held at Redpath Hall, McGill University on Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m.
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
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ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
The complete archives of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene News are available, from the publication's first issue through today. Explore ASTMH's unique history through vivid articles, meeting recaps and rare photographs. This new database is searchable by year or keyword, including author name. Take a few minutes, or a few hours, to delve into the Society's rich past and read about the forefathers of tropical medicine.
A half-century ago, the 1950s were winding down, and a new era was about to begin. In the world of tropical medicine and global health, momentous changes were underfoot. By examining the archives of the ASTMH newsletter's 1959 issues, we can see how far our field has come in five decades, and how much work still remains.
A Snapshot of the Society
Technological Advances
News from the Field
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
ASTMH Seeks Tropical Medicine Photos
Have images from the field you'd like to share with fellow ASTMH members? The Society is seeking high-quality images for use on our Web site and in this publication. Contact Matthew Lesh, managing editor, to contribute.
2009 Symposium Submissions
The 2009 symposium submission site will open in early February. The submission deadline is March 4.
2009 Abstract Submissions
The 2009 abstract submisison site will open in early March. The submission deadline is May 6.
2009 Travel Award Applications
The 2009 travel award application guidelines will be available in early February at http://www.astmh.org/meetings/index.cfm. The application deadline is April 1.
2009 Young Investigator Award Applications
The 2009 Young Investigator Award application guidelines will be available in early February at http://www.astmh.org/meetings/index.cfm. The application deadline is April 1.
Benjamin Kean Traveling Fellowship in Tropical Medicine
Submit your online application beginning February 4 on the ASTMH Web site. Application deadline: March 3
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has established a fellowship in Dr. Kean's name, administered by the ASTMH Clinical Group (American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health - ACCTMTH), that will provide travel expenses for medical students who arrange clinical tropical medicine or tropical medicine research electives in areas afflicted by tropical diseases. Round-trip airfare (best-price ticketing) and up to $1,000 toward living expenses will be provided. Kean Fellows will be required to prepare and present reports describing their activities.
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
The ASTMH Executive Committee has named Dr. Tom Monath to serve as the Society’s representative to the One Health initiative. One Health is a project of the American Veterinary Medical Association which aims to improve the health of humans, animals and the environment by bringing together professionals from those areas. As the Society’s representative, Dr. Monath, a past president of ASTMH, will participate as a member of One Health’s Steering Committee and provide reports to the ASTMH Council.
Read more about the One Health initiative at www.onehealthinitiative.com.
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) is seeking a Web Editor. The Editor, working with ASTMH staff, will oversee content and contribute ideas for growing the Society's new Web site, which will be launched later this month.
Specifically, the editor will:
The position requires an average of 1-2 hours per week.
The full position description is available on the ASTMH Web site.
Apply by Feb. 12, 2009
To apply, e-mail a statement of interest and CV to Matthew Lesh, ASTMH communications manager, by February 12, 2009.
ASTMH Newsletter: Volume 58 Number 1
January 2009
117th Tropical Medicine Expedition to Kenya
February 1-13, 2009
Contact: Kay Schaefer, MD, PhD
Cologne, Germany
Phone/Fax: +49-(0)221-340 49 05
contact@tropmedex.com
www.tropmedex.com
15th Tropical Medicine Expedition to Uganda
February 22 - March 6, 2009
Contact: Kay Schaefer, MD, PhD
Cologne, Germany
Phone/Fax: +49-(0)221-340 49 05
contact@tropmedex.com
www.tropmedex.com
1st Tropical Medicine Expedition to Tanzania
March 22-April 3, 2009
Contact: Kay Schaefer, MD, PhD, MSc, DTM&H
Cologne, Germany
Phone/Fax: +49-(0)221-340 49 05
contact@tropmedex.com
www.tropmedex.com
Bangkok, Thailand Tropical Medicine Course
May 12-22, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand
Contact: Ted Kuhn
intlmed@mcg.edu
www.mcg.edu/ems/com/internationalmed/thailand.htm
6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
Septempber 6-10, 2009
Verona, Italy
Contact: Zeno Bisoffi, zeno.bisoffi@tropicalmed.eu
www.festmih.org/verona2009/
ASTMH Council Meeting
November 18, 2009
Washington, DC USA
Contact: info@astmh.org
ASTMH 58th Annual Meeting
November 18-22, 2009
Washington, DC, USA
Contact: info@astmh.org
www.astmh.org
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