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United States of America | The scope of the NIAID research portfolio has expanded considerably in recent years in response to new challenges such as:  bioterrorism - emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases including:
 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- West Nile virus
- malaria
- tuberculosis
- the increase in asthma prevalence among children in this country
The
growth of NIAID programs also has been driven by unprecedented
scientific opportunities in the core NIAID scientific disciplines of: - microbiology
- immunology
- infectious diseases
Advances
in these key fields have led to a better understanding of the human
immune system and the mechanisms of infectious and immune-mediated
diseases | The Strategic Plan and Research Agendas stress two overarching and complementary components:Basic
research into agents with bioterrorism potential and the specific and
nonspecific host defense mechanisms against those agents Applied research with predetermined milestones for the development of countermeasures. |
