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Contact: Trent Stockton
tstockt1@jhmi.edu
410-955-8665
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

SARS – Special late-breaking session

Experts from Johns Hopkins and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials from Toronto and Singapore will discuss the latest developments on the recent outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). This special session of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America 13th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held Monday, April 7, 2003 at 5:30 p.m., at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

Experts at the meeting will also discuss the latest findings and recommendations for bioterrorism preparedness, smallpox, infection control, preventing antibiotic resistance and insuring the health and safety of patients and health care workers alike.

The scientific meeting will be held on April 5-8, 2003 in Arlington Virginia. For more information, visit: www.shea-online.org and http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2003/March/030331.htm

To speak with an expert from Johns Hopkins, contact Trent Stockton at 410-955-8665 or Gary Stephenson at 410-955-5384.

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