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Infectious disease meeting next week -- New technologies, new treatments

September 4th, 2013

Beginning Tuesday, September 10, Denver's Convention Center will play host to one of the world's premier infectious diseases meetings, the 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Over 6,000 scientists are expected to attend, with a total attendance of nearly 9,000 people. Sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), ICAAC has traditionally been an outlet for the latest news on emerging trends in disease and new drugs.

Among the announcements expected next week:

Pertussis Rates Rise Significantly in US Elderly
A Drug for Genital Warts Effective Against Drug Resistant Influenza
Vitamin D Supplements Prevent Recurrent Ear Infections in Children
The Latest Epidemiology for C. difficile
Cutting-Edge Technology Uses Lasers to Rapidly Identify Multiple Pathogens

More information:
An online press kit containing tipsheets, press releases and a full press conference schedule can be found at bit.ly/53icaacpk. Press conferences will be livestreamed at www.microbeworld.org/asmlive.

Provided by American Society for Microbiology

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