February 25, 2005

University of Texas Medical Branch

The University of Texas Medical Branch Institute of Human Infections and Immunity and the UTMB McLaughlin Symposia in Infection and Immunity, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Collaborative Bioscience Initiative and the UK Department of Trade and Industry, are hosting a three-day workshop beginning today aimed at creating new partnerships between researchers and working on infectious diseases at the interface between human and animal health.

The meeting will focus on the problems posed by diseases such as influenza, SARS, tuberculosis, anthrax, West Nile encephalitis and mad cow disease. The agents responsible for these diseases exist both in humans and animals and circulate between species, creating the danger of new disease outbreaks as they adapt to new hosts. 

For a complete schedule of events, visit http://research.utmb.edu/mclaughlin/science.shtm.

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