The 9th International Meeting "Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases" (MEEGID IX), originally to be held in Nairobi, is rerouted to Irvine, California, due to the current political events in Kenya. It will be co-organized by the University of California at Irvine and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in France.

Principal organizers are Francisco J. Ayala (Dept Ecology and Evolution, UC Irvine) and Michel Tibayrenc (IRD).

The MEEGID meetings are organized in synergy with the new journal Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier; http://www.elsevier.com/locate/meegid), covering the same scientific topic. Launched only 6 years ago, Infection, Genetics and Evolution is now published with six issues per year, and has been indexed by Medline and Index Medicus, starting from the first issue. It has been quoted 3.5/5.0 ("very good") by the US National Library of Medicine. It is now covered by ISI and the official impact factor for 2007 is 2.407 (ISI Web of knowledge).

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MEEGID IX Poster (pdf)
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