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RITA 2010

The annual Rabies in the Americas (RITA) meeting will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 17 to 22, 2010.


The 10th SEARG (Southern and Eastern African Rabies Group) meeting in Maputo, Mozambique has been postponed until January 25-28, 2011.


 


RITA 2009

The 20th International Conference on Rabies in the Americas (RITA) that will be held from Monday, October 19th to Friday, October 23, 2009 at Loews le Concorde hotel in the old Quebec City, in “La belle province” of Quebec, Canada.

For more information, registration, etc. visit http://www.rita2009.org.


Rabies and Emerging Viral Diseases in North Africa and Western Europe

Rabies is a serious public health concern in North Africa causing a heavy social and economic burden and its reintroduction represents a threat to Western European countries presently free of rabies in non-flying animals. A scientific colloquium “Rabies and Emerging Viral Diseases in North Africa and Western Europe” will be organized by the Institut Pasteur de Tunis, the STM (“Societé Tunisienne de Microbiologie”) and the partners of project RABMEDCONTROL (http://www.rabmedcontrol.org/), funded by the EU, This meeting will represent the opportunity to draw the precise picture of the rabies epidemiology in North Africa and the implications for West Europe. It will gather specialists of rabies who will present epidemiological, ecological, sociological and vaccinological key factors for rabies dynamics in North Africa and to present the situation of human and animal rabies in countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. This colloquium will be held on 6-7 June 2009 at Hôtel Méhari Hammamet in Tunisia (http://www.goldenyasmin.com/mehari-hammamet/fr/index.htm). Abstract submission (half a page to be submitted to chokri.bahloul@pasteur.rns.tn) before 10 May 2009. In each session, oral presentations of 10 min will be chosen from submitted abstracts. Participation fees: 400 Euros including accomodation and restauration.


2nd INTERNATIONAL BERLIN BAT MEETING:

BAT BIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Berlin, Germany, 19-21 February 2010

http://www.izw-berlin.de/

 


RIACON 2009

The 2nd Rabies in Asia conference [ RIACON 2009 ] scheduled to be held in Karachi, Pakistan from February, 20- 22, 2009 has been postponed. The revised date and venue will be announced later. The decision and the inconvenience caused to many is sincerely regretted.

For more information:

http://www.rabiesinasia.org/

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