# 5472
For infectious disease geeks there is nothing quite like attending a scientific conference where scores of scholarly presentations are given over a 3 or 4 day period.
Of course, we all aren’t lucky enough to attend these meetings. And even when we are, it isn’t possible to sit in on all of the presentations.
The next best thing is getting your hands on the conference’s abstract book, slide presentations, and pdf files.
And today, we’ve got exactly that from last February’s IMED 2011 Conference held in Vienna, Austria.
IMED is the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, and it is organized by the ISID (International Society for Infectious Diseases).
In the 219 page abstract book you’ll find brief descriptions of well over 200 presentations and studies given at the conference. You’ll find alternate download links on the Current Scientific Program page.
Better yet, there are now 78 detailed PDF files on a wide variety of presentations, many containing the slide presentations given at these talks.
Since there are too many to list, and more may yet appear, I’ll simply give you the link to the listing page.
IMED 2011 • Vienna, Austria • February 4-7,2011
Scientific Program (updated January 26, 2011)
2011.02.28 Slide presentations for many of the presentations are now available. Please click the links below.
Just a few of the topics covered at this conference include:
Diseases at the Wildlife-Human Frontier
H1N1 Pandemic
Biosecurity and One Health
Emerging Diseases and the Media
Antibiotic Resistance
New Vaccines and Old Foes: Emerging Issues in Vaccine Preventable Diseases
New Surveillance Strategies
Climate Change and Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infection Prevention in the Healthcare Setting
Farm to Table: Foodborne Diseases
While I’ve just begun to examine this impressive bounty of infectious disease information I expect to highlight several of these studies and presentations over the next few weeks.
In the meantime, explore and enjoy this treasure trove of information.
But pack a lunch. You’ll probably be at it a long time.
