Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 17th, 2008
This year's conference theme is "Public Health Epidemiology: Adapting to a Changing World." The theme -- and much of the research to be presented during the conference -- reflects the increasing challenges to public health posed by emerging threats or by familiar risks that have evolved to become more pervasive and persistent.
"The recent outbreak of salmonella infection in Alamosa, Colorado caused by contamination of the public water supply is an example of...
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