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Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

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Nov. 27, 2008 Experimental TB Drug Explodes Bacteria from the Inside Out
Nov. 21, 2008 Study of Ancient and Modern Plagues Finds Common Features
July 2, 2007 Human Antibodies that Block Human and Animal SARS Viruses Identified
June 17, 2007 NIAID Media Availability: Blood-Brain Barrier Breached by New Therapeutic Strategy
June 27, 2007 NIAID Media Availability: Antibodies Protect Mice from Developing Respiratory Tularemia
June 6, 2007 NIAID Media Availability: NIAID Releases MDR/XDR Tuberculosis Research Agenda
April 2, 2007 NIAID Expands Capability for Influenza Research and Surveillance
Feb. 21, 2007 2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed and Publicly Accessible
Jan. 3, 2007 New Details on How the Immune System Recognizes Influenza
Jan. 3, 2007 NIAID DNA Vaccine for H5N1 Avian Influenza Enters Human Trial
Dec. 6, 2006 NIAID Media Availability: New "GreeneChip" Identifies Multiple Pathogens Rapidly and Accurately
Sept. 25, 2006 H9N2 Avian Flu Vaccine Paired with Adjuvant Provokes Strong Human Immune Response at Low Doses
Sept. 12, 2006 Successful Public-Private Partnership Between NIAID and Sequella Yields Promising New TB Drug for Clinical Testing
Sept. 11, 2006 Live H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Vaccines Show Protection in Animal Studies
July 12, 2006 New NIAID Program Aims to Model Immune Responses and Key Infectious Diseases
July 6, 2006

Prion Disease Infectivity Causes Heart Damage in Mouse Study

May 3, 2006 NIH Dedicates the C.W. Bill Young Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
April 26, 2006 NIAID Media Availability: Vaccine Given Post-Exposure Protects Monkeys Against Deadly Marburg Virus
April 13, 2006

Researchers Discover New Disease-Causing Bacterium in Patients with Rare Immune Disorder

March 29, 2006

H5N1 Avian Flu Virus Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Healthy Adults

Jan. 17, 2006

Mutation that Protects Against HIV Infection May Raise Risk of West Nile Virus Illness

Oct. 12, 2005 Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Proves Effective in Adults, Adolescents
Oct. 5, 2005

Unmasking the 1918 Influenza Virus:
An Important Step Toward Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

Oct. 5, 2005

Genomes of More than 200 Human Flu Strains Reveal a Dynamic Virus

Oct. 3, 2005

Large Tularemia Vaccine Contracts Among New NIAID Biodefense Awards

Sept. 28, 2005

NIAID and MedImmune Join Forces to Develop Potential Pandemic Influenza Vaccines

Sept. 7, 2006

Emerging Staph Strains Found to be Increasingly Deadly and Deceptive

Sept. 7, 2005

NIAID Scientists Characterize the Most Infectious Prion Protein Particles

July 6, 2005

Scientists Discover How Nipah Virus Enters Cells

June 1, 2005 New NIAID Grants Strengthen National Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Network
April 24, 2005 Promising New West Nile Therapy Cures Disease in Mice
April 18, 2005
NIAID Begins Clinical Trial of West Nile Virus Vaccine
March 23, 2005 NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine
Dec. 13, 2004 First U.S. SARS Vaccine Trial Opens at NIH
Dec.13, 2004 Broad-based Vaccination of Wild Mice Could Help Reduce Lyme Disease Risk in Humans
Dec. 9, 2004 NIAID-Sponsored Clinical Trial Aims to Boost Flu Vaccine Supply
Nov. 15, 2004 NIAID Launches Influenza Genome Sequencing Project
Nov. 15, 2004 NIAID Launches Expanded Flu Web Site for the Media
Nov. 1, 2004 NIAID Launches Program to Improve Medical Tools Against Emerging Infectious Diseases
Aug. 17, 2004 NIAID Taps Chiron to Develop Vaccine Against H9N2 Avian Influenza
July 26, 2004 Genome-Wide Analysis Provides Detailed Understanding of Flesh-Eating Bacteria Epidemics
July 13, 2004 NIAID Expands West Nile Virus Treatment Trial
July 11, 2004 New Method Enables Researchers to Make Human SARS Antibodies Quickly
July 7, 2004 The Continual Challenge of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Jan. 27, 2003 Research Reveals How Strep Bacterium Evades Immune System
July 15, 2002 Viruses Help Strep Bacteria Turn Deadly
June 6, 2002 Scientists Become Filmmakers to Decipher Immunity
April 25, 2002 Single Gene Leap Led to Flea-Borne Transmission of Plague Bacterium
March 28, 2002 NIAID Study Results Support Diluting Smallpox Vaccine Stockpile to Stretch Supply
Nov. 29, 2001 NIAID Takes Next Genome Step
Jan. 24, 2001 Gene Sequence of Deadly E. coli Reveals Surprisingly Dynamic Genome
July 31, 2000 NIH Scientists Unravel Clues to Ebola Hemorrhaging
May 8, 2000 Researchers Unravel Genome for 'Superbug' Bacterium Using One Day's Production Capacity
(Department of Energy/NIAID-supported research)
July 18, 1996 Scientists Identify Genes Critical to Transmission of Bubonic Plague

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