National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Link to NIAID Home Page Link to NIAID Home Page Link to NIH Home Page
NIAID Home Health & Science Research Funding Research News & Events Labs at NIAID About NIAID

Prion
 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
 Chronic Wasting Disease
 Basic Research
 Cross-Species Transmission
 Therapeutic Approaches


Prion Diseases

Related Links

Government

Other Federal agencies work on prion issues from standpoints of research, public health, food supply safety, and animal health. The following links provide more information.

National Institute on Aging
31 Center Drive, MSC 2292
Bethesda, MD 20892
1-800-222-2225 or 301-496-1752

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824
1-800-352-9424 or 301-496-5751

National Library of Medicine
MedlinePlus

8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
1-888-FIND-NLM (1-888-346-3656) or 301-594-5983

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
1-800-311-3435 or 404-639-3534

Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740-3835
1-888-SAFEFOOD (1-888-723-3663)

U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250

Non-Government

World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland 41-22-791-21-11

back to top


See Also

  • Breakthrough in Detecting Prion Infections
  • Prion Therapy Inhibits Infection in Mice
  • Prion Disease News Releases
  • View a video explaining NIAID scientist Byron Caughey's research on developing a better test for the proteins responsible for mad cow disease (Windows Media Player Format, SMIL captioned, 3 MB, Credit: ScienCentral, Inc.)
    How do I view captions in Windows Media Player? (PDF)
  • Related Links

    View a list of links for more information about prion diseases.

    E-mail Icon E-mail this page
    Print Icon Print this page
    Plug-ins and Viewers
    To open PDFs on this page, download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
    To play audio/video content on this page, visit the plug-in page.

    See Also

  • Breakthrough in Detecting Prion Infections
  • Prion Therapy Inhibits Infection in Mice
  • Prion Disease News Releases
  • View a video explaining NIAID scientist Byron Caughey's research on developing a better test for the proteins responsible for mad cow disease (Windows Media Player Format, SMIL captioned, 3 MB, Credit: ScienCentral, Inc.)
    How do I view captions in Windows Media Player? (PDF)
  • Related Links

    View a list of links for more information about prion diseases.