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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Contagious, Endemic, Epidemic, Irresistible, Malignant, Pandemic, Poisonous

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, illness from potential agents of bioterrorism, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.

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