Return-path: <@VM1.MCGILL.CA:[log in to unmask]> Received: by MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (MUSIC Mailer V5.1.0); Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:36:57 EST Received: from MCGILL1 (NJE origin SMTP@MCGILL1) by VM1.MCGILL.CA (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 4899; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:36:09 -0500 Received: from sirocco.CC.McGill.CA by VM1.MCGILL.CA (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Mon, 23 Mar 98 14:36:08 EST Received: from jd.mcgill.ca (MGH156155.MGH.McGill.CA [198.168.156.155]) by sirocco.CC.McGill.CA (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id OAA11269 for <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:36:00 -0500 X-SMTP-Posting-Origin: jd.mcgill.ca (MGH156155.MGH.McGill.CA [198.168.156.155]) Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:35:03 -0500 From: Dr J d Maclean <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Fwd: Tropical Disease Course] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > TROPICAL MEDICINE; A CLINICAL AND LABORATORY UPDATE > > Montreal, McGill University > > May 20,21,22 > >This is the 9th time this bi-annual course has been offered, once again bringing together a list of excellent tropical medicine clinicians from North America, with teaching faculty from the McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease. The course objective is a review of basic and new concepts of a range of tropical health subjects. The focus is on the diagnostic and therapeutic with a background of public health. The practice of clinical tropical medicine both with and without laboratory resources will be addressed. > > > >Subject matter will be: > > > Screening of returning travelers JD MacLean McGill U > Death, dying and detention abroad D MacPherson U MacMaster > Typhoid, prevention and treatment M Levine U Maryland > Investigation of tropical fevers D Freedman U Alabama > Tuberculosis in Travelers D MacPherson U MacMaster > New drugs for old worms D Freedman U Alabama > Cholera troubles M Levine U Maryland > A review of recent epidemics M Libman McGill U > Clinical vignettes > Hands-on Laboratory: Helminths E Kokoskin McGill U > > > >Risk modification: Vitamin A, Zinc B Ward McGill U > >Epidemiology of AIDS in the tropics R Bollinger Johns Hopkins > Understanding the parasite serologies B Serhir McGill U > >The limits of the O and P E Kokoskin McGill U > >Drug resistance in malaria K Kain U Toronto > >The immunocompromised traveller R Bollinger Johns Hopkins > >African hemorrhagic fevers B Ward McGill U > >Culturing intestinal bacteria M Libman McGill U > >Diagnosing and treating malaria K Kain U Toronto > >Clinical vignettes > >Hands-on laboratory: Protozoa E Kokoskin McGill U > > > >Multiple drug resistance in TB L Poirier U Montreal > >Chronic diarrhea B Ward McGill U > >Tropical dermatology JD MacLean McGill U > >The science of medical map making G Lonergan Public Health > >Psychologic problems of the uprooted L Kirmayer McGill U > >The global program in vaccines J Pickering McGill U > >Travel on a limited vaccine budget D Tessier Hop St Luc > >Internet resources Y Fortin Hop St Luc > >Altitude sickness L Green McGill U > >Clinical vignettes > Hands-on Laboratory: Blood parasites E Kokoskin McGill U > > \ > >For further information contact Kelly McCulloch Glover, Postgraduate Board, > Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, Quebec H3G1A4 > > Telephone-(514)937-6011 (ext. 4173) > > Fax (514)934-1779 > > E-mail [log in to unmask] > > Web Site at http://www.mcgill.ca/mgh_pgb