Posted on Oct. 14: Emerging emergencies

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/LoebMark_opt.jpg” caption=”Mark Loeb”]The last SARS patients have been discharged from our hospitals and the the West Nile virus seems less menacing as the cooler weather approaches.

While these infectious diseases might seem less of a threat to the general public, there are serious ongoing challenges that confront our public health system. These challenges will be highlighted in the latest Science in the City public lecture by infectious diseases specialist Mark Loeb.

Loeb's lecture, SARS and the West Nile Virus: Roadmaps for Emerging Infectious Diseases, will explore the importance of rapid and accurate diagosis, risk assessment, disease containment and vaccine development.

As the Scientific Director of the Canadian SARS Research Network and one of the lead researchers in the first study in Canada to track the prevalence of West Nile virus, Loeb has been on the frontlines and will offer some insight into the important recommendations coming from the recent SARS commissions and the West Nile virus study .

The lecture will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the Hamilton Spectator Auditorium, 44 Frid Street in Hamilton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This is a free lecture and all are welcome.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/LoebMark_opt.jpg" caption="Mark Loeb"]The last SARS patients have been discharged from our hospitals and the the West Nile virus seems less menacing as the cooler weather approaches.<p><br />
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While these infectious diseases might seem less of a threat to the general public, there are serious ongoing challenges that confront our public health system. These challenges will be highlighted in the latest <i>Science in the City</i> public lecture by infectious diseases specialist <a href="http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/ceb/who/faculty/loeb.htm">Mark Loeb</a>. <p><br />
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Loeb&#039;s lecture, <i>SARS and the West Nile Virus: Roadmaps for Emerging Infectious Diseases</i>, will explore the importance of rapid and accurate diagosis, risk assessment, disease containment and vaccine development. <p><br />
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As the Scientific Director of the Canadian SARS Research Network and one of the lead researchers in the first study in Canada to track the prevalence of West Nile virus, Loeb has been on the frontlines and will offer some insight into the important recommendations coming from the recent SARS commissions and the West Nile virus study .<p><br />
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The lecture will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the Hamilton Spectator Auditorium, 44 Frid Street in Hamilton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This is a free lecture and all are welcome.

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