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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Workshop on Prevention and Control of Waterborne 
Cryptosporidiosis: An Emerging Public Health Threat

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces an 
open meeting concerning Cryptosporidium contamination of public water 
supplies.

    Name: Workshop on Prevention and Control of Waterborne 
Cryptosporidiosis: An Emerging Public Health Threat.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.--3:30 p.m., September 22, 1994; 1 
p.m.--4 p.m., September 23, 1994.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The objective of this meeting is to discuss the 
immediate and long-term public health practice, policy, and research 
needs concerning Cryptosporidium contamination of public water 
supplies.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will focus on:

1. Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis in the United States
2. Testing for Cryptosporidium in Untreated and Finished Surface 
Water
3. Infectious Dose
4. Infectious Dose and Community Risk
5. Insights and Lessons Learned from the Milwaukee Outbreak, the 
Investigation, and Follow-up Surveillance Activities
6. Presentations and Discussion on Waterborne cryptosporidiosis and 
the immunosuppressed
7. Cryptosporidium Testing and the Information Collection Rule
8. Presentations and Discussions: Issues and Perspectives on 
Cryptosporidium in Public Water Supplies

    The discussion will include presentations by community, State, 
and Federal representatives. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the 
contact person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Margaret R. Hurd, DPD, 
NCID, CDC, Mailstop F-22, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 
30341-3724, telephone 404/488-7761.

    Dated: September 2, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-22229 Filed 9-8-94; 8:45 am]
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