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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Ebola and Marburg viruses belong to the family Filoviridae and can cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers characterized by widespread tissue destruction with an incubation period of days Because of the safety concerns these viruses are designated as the biosafety level agents Currently there is no effective vaccine or therapeutic treatment against filoviral i ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Lassa fever virus LASV and Machupo virus MACV are hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses which are classified as Category A Agents Currently there are no licensed LASV or MACV vaccines and LASV MACV therapy is limited to use of the nucleoside analog ribavirin which is only partially effective and associated with significant side effects The impact of arenavirus ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The number of Lyme disease cases in the US has been recently estimated by the CDC at cases year This is major public health concern Currently available diagnostics rely on detection of the antibody response serology to Borrelia burgdorferi the causative agent of Lyme disease However serological tests are not accurate during the early stages of Ly ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The declining cost of whole exome sequencing WES is nearing the point at which the spread of WES into clinical practice will be limited largely by the cost of interpreting the results and comparing them to the patientandapos s clinical findings This project builds on our demonstrated capability to reduce this interpretation cost by pairing our diagnostic sof ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The proposed project is designed to fill an important yet unmet need by developing an online education program using simulations and scenario based learning to reach all public health and safety emergency responders and students responsible for emergency planning with and response for individuals with disabilities In Phase II the applicant organization P ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The thalassemias and sickle cell disease are serious genetic blood diseases which are WHO designated as a growing global health burden The disorders decrease production or alter structure of the b chain of adult hemoglobin A and are characterized by anemia chronic organ damage and early mortality HbF is another type of normal hemoglobin which is suppres ...

ABSTRACT: Underground facilities can be used by rogue governments to conceal command-and-control and to manufacture weapons of mass destruction, and are an increasingly important operational challenge to U.S. military forces. Our objective is to determine improved methods of detection essential to address this critical intelligence need. Activity below the ground causes seismic surface waves th ...