[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21291]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Program Announcement 98092]


The Epidemiology of Opportunistic Infections in Bone Marrow 
Transplant Recipients Notice of Availability of Fiscal Year 1998 Funds; 
Amendment

    A notice announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1998 funds 
for cooperative agreements for the epidemiology of opportunistic 
infections in bone marrow transplant recipients was published in the 
Federal Register on July 28, 1998, [Vol. 63 FR Number 144]. The notice 
is amended as follows:
    On page 40294, First column, under ``Eligible Applicants'', the 
first paragraph, second sentence should read: ``Eligible applicants 
must perform or collect data on >100 new BMTs per year in order to 
maximize the number of BMT recipients under surveillance, and therefore 
increase the power of the study.'' On page 40294, Second column, under 
``Recipient Activities'', paragraph c., second sentence, the second 
sentence should read: ``This should include methods to determine risk 
factors and incidence rates of important OIs.'' On page 40295, First 
column, under ``Capacity (35 Points)'', the fourth paragraph should 
read: ``Extent to which the applicant demonstrates it has collected 
data on the likely important OIs, as well as possible new and emerging 
OIs such as Streptococcus Viridans spp., coagulase-negative 
Staphylococcus spp., etc. On page 40295, Third column, fourth paragraph 
should read: For program technical assistance contact: Clare A. 
Dykewicz, M.D., M.P.H., CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, Mailstop A12, 1600 
Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone (404) 639-4932, FAX (404) 
639-4664, Email address: [email protected].''
    All other information and requirements of the notice remain the 
same.

    Dated: August 4, 1998.
John L. Williams,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-21291 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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