The Queen's GIS Lab will be hosting the "VIIIth Annual International Meeting
on Research Advances and Rabies Control in the Americas" (also known as the
Rabies in The Americas meeting)in Kingston, Ontario, Canada from November 2
to 6, 1997.  The conference will focus on basic scientific contributions and
applied research in the understanding and control of this fatal viral
disease.  Particular emphasis will be placed on the transfer of technology
and techniques in rabies investigation and control.  Conference sessions are
designed for a diverse public health and biomedical audience, particularly
professionals in Canada, the United States, and Latin America.  The sessions
will explore research advances, diagnostic issues, viral pathobiology, oral
immunization, descriptive and molecular epizootiology, host ecology, legal,
political and economic issues, and technological advances in rabies
surveillance and control.  For additional information, please contact either:
 
                        Dr. Rowland Tinline
                               GIS Lab
                          Queen's University
                       Kingston, Ontario, Canada
                        Phone: (613) 545-6039
                   Email: [log in to unmask]
                                  or
                        Dr. Christopher Nunan
                 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
                           300 Water Street
                    Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
                        Phone: (705) 755-1554
 
I understand information on the ferrets rabies shedding studies will be
discussed and additional information released at this conference.  Can
anyone attend?
 
The web site for more information is:
 
http://www.gis.queensu.ca/RReporter/rabies_conference/registrationform.cfm
 
Hugs to all. tle
[Posted in FML issue 2107]