RESEARCH 16. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Update: outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome—worldwide, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003;52:241–8. 17. Varia M, Wilson S, Sarwal S, McGeer A, Gournis E, Galanis E, et al. Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada. CMAJ 2003;169:285–92. 18. Donnelly CA, Ghani AC, Leung GM, Hedley AJ, Fraser C, Riley S, et al. Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. Lancet 2003;361:1761–6. 19. Avendano M, Derkach P, Swan S. Clinical course and management of SARS in health care workers in Toronto: a case series. CMAJ 2003;168:1649–60. SARS TRANSMISSION 20. SARS outbreak in the Philippines. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2003;78:189–96. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/doc- store/wer/pdf/2003/wer7822.pdf 21. Peiris JS, Chu CM, Cheng VC, Chan KS, Hung IF, Poon LL, et al. Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coro- navirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective investigation. Lancet 2003;361:1767–72. Address for correspondence: Elmira Isakbaeva, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop A-34, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA; fax: (404) 639-4960; email: iae4@cdc.gov International Conference on Women and Infectious Diseases: from Science to Action The International Conference on Women’s Health and Infectious Diseases, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners, will be held at the Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia, February 27–28, 2004. Intended for clinicians, scientists, women’s health advocates, health educators, public health workers, academi- cians, and representatives from all levels of govern- ment and from community-based, nonprofit, philan- thropic, and international organizations, the confer- ence will promote prevention and control of infec- tious diseases among women worldwide. Featured sessions will include women and HIV/AIDS, perinatal infectious diseases, immu- nizations, links between infectious and chronic dis- eases, and the impact of globalization. Other topics include infectious disease disparities, gender-appro- priate interventions, and effective health communi- cation. Speakers will include, Julie L. Gerberding, CDC director, who will speak about the impact of infec- tious diseases on women; Carol Bellamy, executive director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), who will speak about globalization and its effect on infectious diseases among women; and Mirta Roses Periago, director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), will speak about prevention of infectious diseases among women globally. For information, about cost and registration, contact the Office of Minority and Women’s Health, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, at Web site: www.womenshealthconf.org; email: omwh@cdc.gov; or phone: BeJaye Roberts, 404-371-5492. Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 10, No. 2, February 2004 231