Combating disease, pursuing cures

Infectious diseases have always afflicted mankind. And always will. But in recent years, the emergence and re-emergence of illness-causing viruses and bacteria have increased at an alarming rate. With international air travel and trade, the next infectious disease originating from an overseas outbreak could be on our shores in a day or two.

Our National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), a state-of-the-art Biosafety Level 4 facility employs some of the world’s top scientists to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines. The NEIDL is part of a national network of infectious diseases laboratories at the forefront of research into diseases that are or may become major public health concerns.

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