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Schools receive $42 million grant to develop bioterror vaccines

Emergency Management Alert, September 10, 2003

The University of Maryland School of Medicine will lead a multi-school effort to develop vaccines to protect against bioterrorism, the Associated Press reports.

The Middle Atlantic region will receive a five-year, $42 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The schools will create vaccines to guard against anthrax, smallpox, and West Nile virus, and will also study antibodies that could produce short-term protection.

The collaboration will include 16 research institutions, such as Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, George Washington University, West Virginia University, and University of Pittsburgh.

The researchers will study viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever, such as Ebola and Marburg, and target E.coli and shigella, bacteria considered to be threats because a small amount causes severe illness. Researchers also plan to design better diagnostic tests and needle-free vaccinations for fast response to a biological attack or infectious disease outbreak.

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