13-17 May 2013, 5th World Congress on Leishmaniasis (WorldLeish 5) Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil.
The World Congress on Leishmaniasis (WL) is one of the most important events in the field of Tropical Medicine and a unique opportunity for leishmaniacs to meet each other and interact with exchange of experiences. Leishmaniasis is considered one of the major neglected diseases in the world, whose large scale control has rarely been achieved. This event occurs every four years in an endemic country. The number of participants has increased progressively and the WL has become a must-come meeting for students and researchers on leishmaniasis from all over the world. Brazil was chosen to host the Worldleish5 for having the largest scientific community working on leishmaniasis, besides being the Latin American country with the largest cases of the disease, especially with the alarming increase in the number of urban focus of visceral leishmaniasis in the past decades. The skin form of the disease is common in all rural areas of the country, where sometimes the diagnosis and treatment are difficult. In this scenario, it is not surprising that Brazil has the largest scientific community in the leishmaniacs, as they are affectionately called the researchers fully dedicated to the study of leishmaniasis. In this context, the organizing committee is fully committed to making the WorldLeish5 a unique and unforgettable experience for all participants and an excellent opportunity to discuss the latest advances in leishmaniasis research, with the launch of new ideas and products. Also, we will optimize the possibility of interactions to stimulate broad lines of research and research collaborations.
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30 May-2 June, 2013, 17th Annual HIV Update: Contemporary Issues in Management, Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA, USA
Directed by Peter F. Weller, MD, FACP, Lori A. Panther, MD, MPH, and Rachel P. Baden, MD, the HIV Update course is a comprehensive Continuing Medical Education program specifically designed to foster the integration of all aspects of HIV care. The face of the HIV epidemic has become more multifaceted, such that the care of today's HIV patients may involve management of non-AIDS-defining malignancies, reproductive issues, renal disease and liver disease as well as ensuring adherence to life-long antiretroviral therapy. Continuing Education credit is also available for nurses and pharmacists. Sponsored by Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
For more information visit www.HIVupdateBoston.com.

13-15 June 2013, 6th International Congress on Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Kinshasa, DR Congo
The main theme will be, "The Infectious and Parasitic: Research and Control." It will focus mainly on the following conditions: Amoebiasis, cholera, cysticercosis and other helminth infections, bacillary Dysentery, Typhoid fever, hemorrhagic fevers, childhood communicable diseases (eg. measles), tetanus, meningitis, Monkeypox, Onchocerciasis, Malaria, Polio, schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, ulcer Buruli VHI-AIDS, etc.
For more information contact: info_cipip@yahoo.be

12-23 Aug 2013, 13th edition of the Dengue International Course, Havana, Cuba
Under the auspices of: Tropical Medicine Institute of Havana, 'Pedro Kouri' Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), Cuban Society of Microbiology & Parasitology, Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba (MINSAP), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/ World Health Organization (WHO). The objective of the course is that participants -- physicians, virologists, immunologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, entomologists, and health managers, among others interested in this field, along with many professors from several prestigious national and international institutions -- may have the opportunity to debate on the most relevant and updated aspects of this disease and its control.
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5-10 Sept 2013, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, Cape Town, South Africa
In 25+ years, Options for the Control of Influenza has become the largest scientific forum solely focused on the prevention, control, and treatment of influenza. Join your colleagues from academia, industry, and government agencies for this important triennial event. The Options VIII conference will draw an international audience of virologists, infectious disease specialists, physicians, clinicians, scientists, public health specialists, researchers, epidemiologists, healthcare policy experts, and government agency staff to review the most recent advances in influenza science. The Options VIII Conference Chairs welcomes the latest scientific research on influenza for Oral or Poster presentation during the Options for the Control of Influenza VIII conference. (Travel awards available)
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17-20 September 2013, 31st World Veterinary Congress, Prague, Czech Republic
If you come to Prague you may attend highly attractive lectures with world class speakers. Scientific Program Sessions include: Canine & Feline Medicine, Canine & Feline Surgery, Equine Medicine & Surgery, Bovine Medicine, Exotic Animals Medicine, Porcine Medicine, Global Veterinary Seminar on Animal Welfare, Aquatic Medicine, Poultry Medicine, Food Hygiene, Epidemiology, Veterinary Professional Wellness.
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28-30 October 2013, Chikungunya 2013, Langkawi Island, Malaysia
Chikungunya 2013 is a major conference focusing on chikungunya and related alphaviruses. A broad range of topics will be addressed by leading experts; the conference will appeal to virologists, clinicians, epidemiologists and entomologists. There will also be opportunities for selected participants to present papers at oral and poster sessions, including a number of Young Investigator Awards.
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3-5 November 2013, What Will it Take to Achieve and AIDS-free World? San Francisco, CA, USA
This translational medicine conference on HIV research is organized jointly by the editors of The Lancet and Cell.
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2-5 April, 2014, 16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Capetown, South Africa
The meeting will encompass all of the fields in infectious diseases with particular attention being paid to the major infectious causes of death in Africa and elsewhere, which include AIDS, malaria, TB, pneumonia and enteric infections including typhoid fever and diarrhea. In all of these fields there are exciting interventions underway in Africa, the results of which will be presented in Cape Town. In addition there are major areas of neglected tropical diseases that will be discussed and a particular focus will be on the largely uncounted burden of nosocomial infections in developing countries. The ISID has always had its focus on the global burden of infectious diseases and it is important for us to announce our return to Africa some 20 years after the last meeting of the Society there in Kenya in 1992.
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27 July-1 August 2014, International Union of Microbiological Societies 2014 Congresses, Montréal, Canada

• XIVth International Congress of Mycology
• XIVth International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology
• XVIth International Congress of Virology

Congresses website: http://www.montrealiums2014.org/

16-18 January 2015, International Conference on Infectious & Tropical Diseases (ICTID), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The ICTID will focus on infectious and tropical problems in Asia and Africa, and on other global problems such as malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, dengue/other viral fevers, melioidosis, schistosomiasis, hemorrhagic fevers, ricketsioses, diarrheal diseases, sepsis, meningitis, respiratory tract infections, avian influenza, neglected infectious diseases, hepatitis and others.

The target public of ICTID are doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory staff, and last year medical students. The number of the participants is limited to 400. Abstracts from scientists all over the world are welcome, and will be published in a separate international medical journal, together with the lectures.

For more information please contact Professor Dr. Georg Gossius or visit http://ictid.webs.com.