--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Infectious Diseases * Volume 3 * Number 1 * January-March 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- News and Notes Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Hot Zone 1997: Conference on Emerging Diseases" will be held in Lexington, Kentucky, at the Hyatt Regency on June 27 and 28, 1997. The conference is hosted by the University of Kentucky and the University of Cincinnati. Topics include human immunodeficiency virus infection, vector-borne diseases, viral diseases, tick-borne diseases, prion diseases, and antibiotic resistance. Continuing medical education credit hours (10.5) will be offered. For complete information contact Continuing Medical Education, University of Kentucky, L007 Kentucky Clinic, Lexington, KY 40536-0284 or e-mail sbsize00@pop.uky.edu. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Infectious Diseases National Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA