The University of Texas Medical Branch Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Hepatitis Research, and the James W. McLaughlin Fellowship Fund, in collaboration with the British Consulate-General of Houston’s Science and Innovation Group and the UK Health Protection Agency is proud to announce a symposium centered around the theme of Controlling Emerging Infectious Diseases in the 21st Century on February 26-28, 2010 at Galveston Island Convention Center.

The symposium will include the following sessions:

Respiratory infections: influenza
Respiratory infections: tuberculosis and other respiratory infections
Mosquito- and tick-borne infectious diseases
Hepatitis C
Microbial drug resistance
Enteric bacterial and viral infections
Epidemiology of infectious diseases
BSL-4/ACDP-4 pathogens
Poster sessions in each of the above areas

This collaborative meeting will bring together U.S. and British experts to discuss the latest developments in basic and applied infectious disease research.