[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21291]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Program Announcement 98092]
The Epidemiology of Opportunistic Infections in Bone Marrow
Transplant Recipients Notice of Availability of Fiscal Year 1998 Funds;
Amendment
A notice announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1998 funds
for cooperative agreements for the epidemiology of opportunistic
infections in bone marrow transplant recipients was published in the
Federal Register on July 28, 1998, [Vol. 63 FR Number 144]. The notice
is amended as follows:
On page 40294, First column, under ``Eligible Applicants'', the
first paragraph, second sentence should read: ``Eligible applicants
must perform or collect data on >100 new BMTs per year in order to
maximize the number of BMT recipients under surveillance, and therefore
increase the power of the study.'' On page 40294, Second column, under
``Recipient Activities'', paragraph c., second sentence, the second
sentence should read: ``This should include methods to determine risk
factors and incidence rates of important OIs.'' On page 40295, First
column, under ``Capacity (35 Points)'', the fourth paragraph should
read: ``Extent to which the applicant demonstrates it has collected
data on the likely important OIs, as well as possible new and emerging
OIs such as Streptococcus Viridans spp., coagulase-negative
Staphylococcus spp., etc. On page 40295, Third column, fourth paragraph
should read: For program technical assistance contact: Clare A.
Dykewicz, M.D., M.P.H., CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, Mailstop A12, 1600
Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone (404) 639-4932, FAX (404)
639-4664, Email address: cad3@cdc.gov.''
All other information and requirements of the notice remain the
same.
Dated: August 4, 1998.
John L. Williams,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-21291 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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