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Expert Speaks About Hepatitis B and C Viruses When: October 14, 2004
Where: Bethesda, MD
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) People interested in hearing more about host-virus interactions that determine how a person fights off the liver diseases hepatitis B and hepatitis C, can view a taped webcast of a lecture, The Host-Virus Standoff during Persistent Viral Infections, that was originally broadcast live. The expert speaker was Francis V. Chisari, M.D., Professor of Virology, Head of the Division of Experimental Pathology, and Director of the General Clinical Research Center, Scripps Research Institute.
The talk was part of NIAID's annual Kinyoun Lecture series, which honors Joseph J. Kinyoun, M.D., Ph.D., who in 1887 founded the Laboratory of Hygiene from which the NIH evolved. Next Steps
A Web cast of the lecture is available at http://videocast.nih.gov. For further information, contact Cynthia Nishikawa Fabry at (301) 496-5719.
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