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Journal of Virological Methods. 12 ( 1985) 183- 184 Elsevier

ANNOUNCEMENTS Vth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada,

ON COMPARATIVE 4-10 May 1986

VIROLOGY

The main theme of the conference is devoted to new vaccines and chemotherapy in prevention and treatment of viral diseases of man, animals, fish, and plants. The evening workshops and posters will include all aspects of comparative virology, from virus diagnosis to the basic and applied research in viral biotechnology. PIenary Sessions: (1) biotechnology, viral immunogens and immunogenicity; (2) genetically engineered virus vectors as vaccines; (3) vaccination with synthetic peptides; (4) viral vaccines; (5) molecular viral pathogenicity; (6) antiviral chemotherapy Workshops~ (1) quality control and standardization of viral vaccines; (2) anti-idiotypes as immunizing antigens; (3) monoclonal antibodies-treatment of virus diseases; (4) monoclonal antibodies - diagnosis and characterization of viruses; (5) new approaches to the rapid diagnosis of viruses; (6) cell-mediated immunity and interferon; (7) carrier-mediated antiviral compounds; (8) poliomyelitis - disappearance and return; (9) century of rabies vaccination; (10) viral hepatitis - progress; (1 I) rotaviruses - new developments in prevention; (12) slow neurological diseases -unconventional viruses and prions; (13) ‘viral satellites - prospects for use in biological control of plant diseases;

(14) AIDS - retrovirus

diagnosis,

For j~formar~~n please write to:Prof.

epidemiology

Dr. Edouard

biology

Kurstak,

and Immunology,

versity of Montreal, Montreal, P.Q. Canada

THE 1987 INTERNATIONAL DISEASE

SYMPOSIUM

and potential

prevention

Department

Faculty

of Micro-

of Medicine,

C.P. 6128, H3C 357.

Station

Uni“A”,

ON VIRAL HEPATITIS AND LIVER

The Sixth TriannuaE International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease will be held in London

at the Barbican

Centre

from 26 to 28 May,

1987,

Chairman of the Symposium: Professor Arie J. Zuckerman, Department of Medical Microbiology and W.H.O. Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Viral Hepatitis, London School

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Medicine,

(University

of London),

Keppel Street, London

General Secretary: Dr. Ralph London

Kohn,

WIM

Advisory

Services

Medical

Symposia,

Ltd., 79 Wimpole

Street,

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