Media Advisory

CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations

WHAT:

56th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference

WHO:

The CDC Disease Detectives will present findings from recent investigations, including these:

• Elemental Mercury Exposure in a Child Care Center—New Jersey, 2006
• Unhealthy Dieting Practices: Which Teens Are at Highest Risk?—Oregon 2005
• Use of Coroner Data for Surveillance of Drug-Overdose Deaths—Los Angeles County, California, 1999-2003
• Outbreak of Hepatitis A Associated with Contaminated Spring Water—North Carolina, 2006
• Campylobacteriosis Outbreak Associated with Pasteurized Milk—California, May 2006

WHEN:

April 16-20, 2007

WHERE:

Sheraton Midtown Atlanta Hotel at Colony Square
188 14th Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30361
(404) 892-6000, www.sheraton.com

Important instructions:

Registration is free. Media are asked to register on-site at the conference hotel.

For more information about the conference, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/eis/conference/conference.htm

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES