[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 65598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31606]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Workshop on the Potential for Transfusion-Transmission of
Tickborne Agents
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces an
open meeting concerning the potential for transfusion-transmission of
tickborne agents.
Name: Workshop on the Potential for Transfusion-Transmission of
Tickborne Agents.
Times and Dates: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., January 14, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-12
p.m., January 15, 1999.
Place: Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, 130 Clairmont
Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: The objectives of this meeting are to review current
information on tickborne pathogens and their potential for transmission
by blood transfusion; identify information gaps and research
priorities; and identify approaches to reduce the risk of transfusion-
related infections from tickborne agents.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include:
1. Epidemiology of Major Tickborne Diseases
2. Mechanics of Transmission to the Human Host
3. Pathogenesis, Clinical Disease, and Persistence of the Organism
in Human Host
4. Persistence, Detection, Inactivation of Organisms in Blood and
Blood Products
5. Studies in Donors and Recipients
7. Department of Defense Perspective/ Special Studies
8. Blood Banking Perspective of Transfusion Transmission of
Tickborne Agents
9. Panel Discussion
Other agenda items include announcements/introductions; question
and answer sessions; and consideration of future directions, goals, and
recommendations.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Written comments are welcome and should be received by the contact
person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
Contact Person for More Information: Tanya Mercer, Viral &
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, m/s G-13,
NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-1075, fax 404/639-4436.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: November 20, 1998.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-31606 Filed 11-25-98; 8:45 am]
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