Eurosurveillance, Volume
17, Issue
40,
04 October 2012
Eurosurveillance editorial team (

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ESCAIDE 2012, the sixth European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology, is now less than three weeks away. The conference, sponsored by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), is taking place in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, between 24 and 26 October.
This year’s conference programme includes planned keynote sessions on the following topics:
- zoonoses: the detection and management of emerging infections at the human/animal interface;
- vulnerability in 21st century public health;
- public health microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology: hand-in-hand in the field;
- vaccination: effectiveness, safety and implementation strategies for current and future vaccines.
For more details on the conference please consult the conference programme: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/ESCAIDE/programme/Pages/programme.aspx
The deadline for online registration for ESCAIDE 2012 is Friday 12 October. After this date, registration on-site will also be available.
ESCAIDE 2012 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). Participants can receive up to 16 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for attending ESCAIDE 2012.