National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, illness from potential agents of bioterrorism, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.

The NIAID-funded Influenza Genome Sequencing Project is a collaborative effort designed to increase the genome knowledge base of influenza and help researchers understand how flu viruses evolve, spread and cause disease. ^[1]

Organizational Structure

Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS)
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation (DAIT)
Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)
Division of Intramural Research (DIR)
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID)
Office of the Director (OD)
Vaccine Research Center (VRC)

References

↑ http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/genomes/mscs/influenza.htm

External links

NIAID home page
Vaccine Research Center Information about NIH NIAID vaccine research clinical trials

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