 | As influenza cases rise in Europe, experts urge uptake of H1N1 vaccine Whilst rates of influenza, particularly the new H1N1 strain, increase in intensity and geographical spread across Europe, the roll out of the vaccination campaigns is receiving mixed levels of uptake and opposition from anti-vaccine campaigners that puts at risk public health and lives. Read more in the press release. | |
 | Transantlantic task force on antibiotic resistance ESCMID and IDSA applaud US-President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the European Union (EU) Presidency, for establishing a transatlantic task force to address antibiotic resistance, an urgent and growing worldwide problem. Read more in the press release. | |
 | Register for ECCMID Vienna by 16 December 2009 and save Over 3000 abstracts were submitted for the 2010 ECCMID. Plan your trip to Vienna now to get the latest information in the infection fields. The scientific programme includes at least: 51 official symposia, 15 educational workshops, 14 meet-the-expert sessions, 13 keynote lectures and 10 integrated symposia. | |
 | New strains, tougher gains Europe is not immune to the growing global threat that can be posed by an isolated outbreak of an infectious disease in a seemingly remote part of the world, and therefore needs to be prepared to prevent, control and treat emerging, and re-emerging, infectious diseases. Read Giuseppe Cornaglia's editorial in the EU Public Health Services review.
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 Forthcoming ESCMID Events | 18 - 19 February 2010
Invasive Fungal Infections
ESCMID Conference
Rome, Italy |
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16 - 17 March 2010
Invasive Fungal Infections: Host - Pathogen Interaction
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Oslo, Norway |
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22 - 27 March 2010
Role of Anaerobic Bacteria in Infections: Diagnostics, Antibiotic Resistance, New Therapy Options
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
Groningen, The Netherlands |
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8 - 10 April 2010
Antimicrobial Stewardship: Measuring, Auditing and Improving
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Vienna, Austria |
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10 - 13 April 2010
20th ECCMID
Vienna, Austria |
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19 - 23 April 2010
Molecular Typing Methods for Bacterial Pathogens
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
Zagreb, Croatia |
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23 April 2010
3rd International Day for Fighting Infection
ESCMID Symposium
Florence, Italy |
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7 - 11 June 2010
Postgraduate Workshop in Clinical Parasitology
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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20 - 25 June 2010
8th Workshop "Professon V.J. Benedi" Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance - a Practical Approach
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
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