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- 3. What is the acronym for United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases?
- 5. To advance medical biological defense to protect our military and the nation, is USAMRIID's ________.
- 6. The current Deputy Commander of USAMRIID is COL Claudia L. ________.
- 8. The location of USAMRIID is at Fort ________.
- 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.
- 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?
- 11. USAMRIID is the only Biosafety Level (BSL) 4 research facility in the Department of ________.
- 13. The very first disease worked on at USAMRIID, in 1969, was Venezuelan equine ________.
- 14. To provide leading edge medical capabilities to deter and defend against current and emerging biological threat agents, is USAMRIID's _______.
- 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. Research conducted at USAMRIID leads to vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and training programs that protect both ________ and civilians.
- 2. USAMRIID is the largest ________ research facility in the nation.
- 4. In 2023, USAMRIID focused on the ________ virus from Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania.
- 7. The current Commander of USAMRIID is COL Aaron C. ________.
- 12. For safety, in a BSL 4 lab, employees must wear positive-pressure ________ suits and breathe filtered air as they work.