3rd Internat. Conf. on HFRS and Hantaviruses

[Heikki Henttonen]

		  3rd  INTERNATIONAL  CONFERENCE 

			        ON

		     HFRS  AND  HANTAVIRUSES



	       will be held in Marina Congress Center

 
		       HELSINKI,  FINLAND


		    MAY 31  -  JUNE 3,  1995



		The topics will include;

		Hantavirus ecology and epidemiology
		Novel Hantaviruses
		Clinical Aspects and Pathogenesis
		Laboratory Diagnostics and Immune Response
		Antiviral and Vaccine Development
		Cell Interactions and Molecular Biology



The program will include both oral and poster sessions and we will 
request short abstracts at a later stage, but we have no plans to publish 
a proceedings volume of the conference. The program will cover all 
aspects of hantaviruses and hantavirus infections ranging from molecular 
biology to clinical manifestations, and a special emphasis will be given 
on the latest developments in the field.


For more information, contact the Congress Secretariat:

Haartman Institute, Dept Virology
P.O. Box 21, FIN-00014 Helsinki University, Finland
phone +358-0-434 6489,  fax +358-0-434 6491
e-mail: Antti.Vaheri at Helsinki.FI   or   Virpi.Tiilikainen at Helsinki.FI