National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Volume 1: Frontiers in Research - Georgiev, Vassil St.; Western, Karl.; McGowan, John J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2008)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): An Overview -- Microbiology and Infectious Diseases -- Biotools for Determining the Genetics of Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases and Expediting Research Translation Into Effective Countermeasures -- Spore Surface Components and Protective Immunity to Bacillus anthracis -- New Candidate Anthrax Pathogenic Factors -- Ehrlichiae and Ehrlichioses: Pathogenesis and Vector Biology -- Multiple Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) of Brucella spp. Identifies Species-Specific Markers and Insights into Phylogenetic Relationships -- Expression of the MtrC-MtrD-MtrE Efflux Pump in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Bacterial Survival in the Presence of Antimicrobials -- What can Mycobacteriophages Tell Us About Mycobacterium tuberculosis? -- Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Differ in their Intracellular Growth in Human Macrophages -- Mechanisms of Latent Tuberculosis: Dormancy and Resuscitation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Separating Latent and Acute Disease in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis -- Mutant Selection Window Hypothesis: A Framework for Anti-mutant Dosing of Antimicrobial Agents -- The NIAID Influenza Genome Sequencing Project -- Lessons From the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Iceland -- Control of Notifiable Avian Influenza Infections in Poultry -- Understanding the Complex Pathobiology of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Viruses in Birds -- Development of Prophylactics and Therapeutics Against the Smallpox and Monkeypox Biothreat Agents -- The Hierarchic Informational Technology for QSAR Investigations: Molecular Design of Antiviral Compounds -- Antivirals for Influenza: Novel Agents and Approaches -- Anti-Infectious Actions of Proteolysis Inhibitor ?-Aminocaproic Acid (?-ACA) -- A New Highly Potent Antienteroviral Compound -- Reduction and Possible Mechanisms of Evolution of the Bacterial Genomes -- Interaction of Yersinia pestis Virulence Factors with IL-1R/TLR Recognition System -- IS481-Induced Variability of Bordetella pertussis -- Microarray Immunophosphorescence Technology for the Detection of Infectious Pathogens -- Development of Immunodiagnostic Kits and Vaccines for Bacterial Infections -- Research in Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Contributions by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institutes of Health -- Disease Surveillance in Georgia: Benefits of International Cooperation -- Epidemiology (Including Molecular Epidemiology) of HIV, Hepatitis B and C in Georgia: Experience From U.S.-Georgian Collaboration -- The National Tuberculosis Program in the Country of Georgia: An Overview -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids -- Virus Receptor Wars: Entry Molecules Used for and Against Viruses Associated with AIDS -- HIV Latency and Reactivation: The Early Years -- HIV-1 Sequence Diversity as a Window Into HIV-1 Biology -- Human Monoclonal Antibodies Against HIV and Emerging Viruses -- Biological Basis and Clinical Significance of HIV Resistance to Antiviral Drugs -- NIAID HIV/AIDS Prevention Research -- Epidemiological Surveillance of HIV and AIDS in Lithuania -- Immunology and Vaccines -- TACI, Isotype Switching, CVID, and IgAD -- A Tapestry of Immunotherapeutic Fusion Proteins: From Signal Conversion to Auto-stimulation -- A Role for Complement System in Mobilization and Homing of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells -- Post-translational Processing of Human Interferon- ? Produced in Escherichia coli and Approaches for its Prevention -- B-cell Dysfunctions in Autoimmune Diseases -- A Model System for Studying Mechanisms of B-cell Transformation in Systemic Autoimmunity -- Breach and Restoration of B-cell Tolerance in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) -- Dendritic Cells: Biological and Pathological Aspects -- Immunomic and Bioinformatics Analysis of Host Immunity in the Vaccinia Virus and Influenza A Systems -- Immunoreactions to Hantaviruses -- Innate Immunity to Mouse Cytomegalovirus -- Research and Development of Chimeric Flavivirus Vaccines -- Correlates of Immunity Elicited by Live Yersinia pestis Vaccine -- Building a Sustainable Personal Research Portfolio -- Strategies for a Competitive Research Career -- Selecting the Appropriate Funding Mechanism -- Preparing and Submitting a Competitive Grant Application -- Identifying Research Resources and Funding Opportunities.
Keywords: Immunology; Infectious diseases; Microbiology; Allergy; Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Allergology