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Media Advisory
For Immediate Release: April 20, 2006
Contact:
Media Relations (404) 639-3286
CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations
WHAT: 55th
Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference
WHO: The
CDC Disease Detectives will present findings from recent investigations,
including these:
- outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among river rafters in the Grand Canyon,
- outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a recreational water spray park,
- weight-loss attempts among obese adults
- risk of tuberculosis among staff at a Nairobi hospital,
- controlling a malaria outbreak in a tourist resort area in the Dominican Republic
WHEN: April 24-April 28, 2006
WHERE:
Sheraton
Midtown Atlanta Hotel at Colony Square
188
14th Street NE
Atlanta,
Georgia 30361
(404)
892-6000
www.sheraton.com
Important instructions: Registration is free. Media are asked to register on-site at the conference hotel.
For more information about the conference, visit: www.cdc.gov/eis/conference/schedule.htm
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