The AICAP March 2009 Newsletter is now available for download at www.aicap.umd.edu. There is important information about the diagnostic tools being developed by AICAP investigators, check it out. Please also read the call for proposals on education/training projects. Thanks!

7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza

The 7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza will be held at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, USA, on April 5-8, 2009. Oral and poster presentations will focus on poultry and wild birds including pathobiology, virus reservoirs and ecology, molecular basis of virulence, vaccines and diagnostics, phylogenetics and molecular epidemiology, risk assessment, transmission, national and international control strategies, economics, updates on recent highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks and impact on human health with a focus on occupational and exposure risks. For more information please visit the conference website.