Compare Before and After
The NIAID has changed there web page and removed Lyme Disease as a potential agent of bioterrorism as of 12/01/05
in the Frequently Ask Question section, question number 10.
Before 12/01/2005:
10. Are NIAID scientists already studying potential agents of bioterrorism?
Even before the current emphasis on biodefense, NIAID scientists had been studying organisms that cause a variety
of infectious diseases. Potentially,
some of these microbes also could be used as agents of bioterrorism. Examples of diseases caused by these agents include plague, Lyme disease,
rabies, tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile virus disease, influenza, anthrax infection, Ebola virus hemorrhagic
fever, HIV, tuberculosis, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and Q fever. All of this work has been carried
out in either the Maryland or Montana laboratories with required safety measures in place
After 12/01/2005:
10. Are NIAID scientists already studying potential agents of bioterrorism?
Even before the current emphasis on biodefense, NIAID scientists had been studying organisms that cause a variety
of infectious diseases. Examples of diseases caused by these organisms include plague, rabies, tick-borne encephalitis,
West Nile virus disease, influenza, anthrax infection, Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever, HIV, tuberculosis, transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies, and Q fever. Potentially, some of these microbes also could be used as agents of bioterrorism.
All of this work has been carried out in either the Maryland or Montana laboratories with required safety measures
in place. (Modified 12/1/05) |
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