ASM LabCap Microbiology Training Working Group Meeting

The Secretary of the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Slum Upgrading Working Group

First Meeting of the ISHAM Working Group

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic inherited disease in the European Caucasian population, and by the number of patients the third orphan disease (at least in France). Based on the UK Cystic Fibrosis Survey, the incidence of this autosomal recessive disorder was evaluated in 1997 being one in 2415 live births (Dodge et al., 1997). The disease is due to mutations in the cystic fibro...

Adaptive Harvest Management Working Group Annual Meeting

Report of the working-group meeting

The continued threat of vector-borne diseases calls for both reactive and proactive efforts to mitigate the significant morbidity and mortality they cause. To anticipate future demands for novel vector control strategies, the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) formalized a work plan to evaluate genetic-control strategies for prevent...

Report of the Scientific Working Group meeting on Malaria