Upcoming HIV/AIDS Conferences: December

Title: 2012 HIV Diagnostics Conference
City: Atlanta
State: GA
Country: United States
Dates: 12/12/2012 - 12/14/2012
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Diagnostic Tests; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Surveillance
Description: The 2012 HIV Diagnostics Conference, co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), provides an opportunity for clinicians, clinical and public health laboratorians, HIV/AIDS program managers and directors, and industry representatives to review developments in HIV diagnostics, share data and research findings, and establish collaborations. Since its inception in 2005, the HIV Diagnostics Conference has served as an opportunity for those interested in issues related to HIV diagnostic testing to gather and discuss new developments and related prevention and surveillance measures. The 2012 conference comes at a moment when there are important, new developments in HIV testing. There are now 4th generation antigen/antibody assays on the market that are sensitive enough to detect early infection, and a new HIV-1/2 diagnostic testing algorithm -- proposed at the 2010 conference -- is being recommended.
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL).
Contact: For more information, contact Dr. Tam Van, Manager, HIV, Hepatitis, STD & TB Programs, Association of Public Health Laboratories, E-mail: tam.van@aphl.org; Fax: (240) 485-2700; or access the web site: www.hivtestingconference.org/.
Notes: Abstract submission deadline: September 21, 2012. A limited number of scholarships are available to provide partial support for potential conference attendees who would otherwise be unable to participate.

Many of these conferences come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network's conference database.