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  1. 3. What is the acronym for United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases?
  2. 5. To advance medical biological defense to protect our military and the nation, is USAMRIID's ________.
  3. 6. The current Deputy Commander of USAMRIID is COL Claudia L. ________.
  4. 8. The location of USAMRIID is at Fort ________.
  5. 9. The SPL is the acronym for the Special ________ Laboratory which received and analyzes clinical, environmental and biological material for the presence of biological threat agents and disease causing agents.
  6. 10. What is the acronym for the one-week hands-on program available during the summer for rising 7th through 12th graders aimed at engaging young people with STEM early in their academic careers?
  7. 11. USAMRIID is the only Biosafety Level (BSL) 4 research facility in the Department of ________.
  8. 13. The very first disease worked on at USAMRIID, in 1969, was Venezuelan equine ________.
  9. 14. To provide leading edge medical capabilities to deter and defend against current and emerging biological threat agents, is USAMRIID's _______.
  10. 15. The Biodefense Reference Material ________ is an accredited, high-quality pathogen facility that securely maintains, characterizes, and distributes the diverse bacterial and viral agents needed to support DoD-sponsored biodefense research and development activities.
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  1. 1. Research conducted at USAMRIID leads to vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and training programs that protect both ________ and civilians.
  2. 2. USAMRIID is the largest ________ research facility in the nation.
  3. 4. In 2023, USAMRIID focused on the ________ virus from Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania.
  4. 7. The current Commander of USAMRIID is COL Aaron C. ________.
  5. 12. For safety, in a BSL 4 lab, employees must wear positive-pressure ________ suits and breathe filtered air as they work.