- Investigators
- Tzipori, Saul
- Institutions
- Tufts University
- Start date
- 2006
- End date
- 2010
- Objective
- The NIAID research agenda in Food and Waterborne Diseases will be implemented at the direction of the Project Officer. This inter-disciplinary consortium will address food and waterborne pathogens (bacteria, viruses, and protozoa) included in the NIAID Category A, B, C priority organisms list.
- More information
- Non-Technical Summary: The ability to quickly diagnose and treat food- and water-borne pathogens is of paramount importance. This research will play a critical role in protecting the country from bioterrorist threats. We will establish a Microbiology Research Unit (MRU) in the Food & Waterborne Diseases (FWD) Integrated Research Network (IRN).
Approach: The FWD IRN will 1) evaluate vaccines, therapeutics, and rapid detection methods; 2) integrate human mucosal immunity with clinical research; 3) increase research and product development activities; and, 4) include the ecology and microbiology of food- and water-borne diseases as well as drug resistant pathogens.
- Funding Source
- Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
- Project source
- View this project
- Project number
- MASV-SUB571
- Accession number
- 207290
- Categories
- Escherichia coli
- Antimicrobial Resistance
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