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DISEASE

New program aims to identify prognostic biomarkers that indicate contagiousness following infection but before symptoms appear.

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Sepsis is an overwhelming blood infection, which when coupled with shock (such as that which may be experienced following a combat injury) has a mortality rate near 50 percent. Current methods to identify and treat sepsis may take 48 hours …
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Deployed U.S. forces have historically been exposed to diseases that are not prevalent in the U.S. such as malaria, leishmaniasis and dengue. To combat these disease threats, the U.S. military has excelled at infectious disease research and spurred some of …
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