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Research Projects Subjects of Investigation at this Location

Each ARS research project has related subjects of investigation.  Listed below are the subjects of investigation currently conducted at this location.

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Subjects of Investigation
Animal research, general
Beef cattle, live animal
Dairy cattle, live animal
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Horses, ponies, and mules
Insects
Sheep, live animal
Swine, live animal
Viruses
Wild animals
Research Projects within Sheep, live animal
item A Genetic Approach to Assess the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease Vectors
item Addressing Agricultural Biorisk Evidence Base Gaps with Applied Research
item Advance Development of FMD Diagnostics and Production of Mosaic FMD Virus-Like Particles to Globally Relevant FMDV Serotypes
item African Swine Fever Collaborative Agreement
item Agricultural Research Service - American Type Culture Collection Biological Repository Partnership
item Animal Studies in BSL-3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
item Applied Epidemiological Approaches to Evaluate the Progressive Control Pathway for Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Endemic Regions
item Assessing the Risk of Arthropod-Borne Disease in the Caribbean and the Americas (RACE Risk of Arthropod-borne diseases in the Caribbean)
item Assessment of CCHV in Ugandan Cattle Corridor and Kenyan Arid North Tick Populations
item Assessment of the Immune Response to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Small Ruminant and the Influence of Other Viral Diseases Susceptibility
item BSL4ZNet Secretariat Support and Maintenance
item BSL4ZNet Support and Maintenance
item CCHFV Prevalence Outside the Ugandan Cattle Corridor
item Center for Tick Surveillance
item Characterization and Diagnostic Detection of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Strains Causing Outbreaks in North America
item Characterization of Arbovirus-mosquito-vertebrate Host Interactions
item Characterization of Risk for Emerging High-consequence Zoonoses in Liberia
item Communications Best Practices for High-containment Laboratories
item Comprehensive Mapping of Livestock B Cell Receptor Repertoire Using Single-cell Sequencing to Enhance Vaccine Development
item Demonstration of Long-term Protection Against RVFV Infection Afforded by a Single Dose of Rift Valley Fever Smithburn MLV Vaccine in Sheep
item Detection and Characterization of Arboviruses and Environmental Influences on Transmission at the U.S. Wildlife and Livestock Interface
item Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging and Emergent Arboviruses in Mosquitoes in the Caribbean
item Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging Arboviruses in Brazil
item Detection from Relevant Matrices on Sherlock Disposable Molecular Platform
item Developing Collaborative Research Partnerships with the BSL4 Zoonotic network (BSL4Znet): Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
item Development and U.S. Based Production of a Rugged Fully Encapsulating Suit for the ABSL-4 Ag and other BSL-4 Environments (Phase 3)
item Development of a Novel Epitope-based Vaccine Candidate for FMDV
item Development of Diagnostic Reagents and Assays for Arbovirus Surveillance
item Development of Lateral Flow Assays for Rift Valley Fever Virus Antigen and Antibody Detection
item Development of Reagents and New Technology for Detection and Surveillance of Lumpy Skin Disease
item Ecological Investigations of Emerging High-consequence Zoonotic Viruses at High-priority Livestock, Wildlife, and Human Interfaces
item Effects of Environmental Temperature on Arbovirus Vector Competence of Various Mosquito Species
item Endemic Ecology and Molecular Epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Asia and Africa
item Enhancement of Lumpy Skin Disease Diagnostic: Antigen Generation for an Indirect ELISA Kit and Development of New Monoclonal Antibodies
item Epidemiological Fitness Assessment of Segmented RNA Viruses
item Epidemiological Modeling of Vector-borne Diseases
item Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
item Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Rift Valley Fever Virus
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Surveillance in Kenyan Livestock by Sampling at Animal Concentration Points
item Host and Vector Transcriptional Responses for Transboundary Arboviral Disease of Livestock
item Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
item Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
item Intervention Strategies to Respond, Control, and Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
item Investigating Arbovirus Dissemination and Transmission
item Investigating Risk Factors of Rift Valley Fever Virus Direct Transmission in Kenya
item Investigating the Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in Endemic and Incursion Ecological Zones
item Investigating the Ecology, Evolution, and Spatio-temporal Patterns of Arbovirus Spread in the United States
item Investigation of Arboviral Infection Rates and Blood Meal Sources of Various Mosquito Species in Rift Valley Fever Endemic Areas in Kenya
item Memorandum of Understanding Between the USDA, Agricultural Research Service and the USDA, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
item Mid-infrared Spectra (MIRS) Paired with Visual Spectrum Images for Deep Learning Based Classification of Surveillance Variables
item Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Livestock
item Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Wildlife
item Molecular Characterization of Arbovirus-Mosquito-Vertebrate Host Interactions
item Mosquito Cis-regulatory Elements Associated with Arbovirus Infection
item Mosquito Vector Predictive Modeling in a Changing Climate
item Novel Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
item Population Genetics of Potential Rift Valley Fever Virus Vectors in South Africa
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) Outbreaks in North America
item Predicting Insect Contact and Transmission Using Historical Epidemiological Data
item Prediction of Viral Zoonoses and Reverse Zoonoses Using Next Generation Serodiagnostics (NGSeroDx)
item Quantitative Analysis of the Fomite Transport Risk Reduction Provided by Shower Out Practices in Various Containment Settings
item Rational Development of Recombinant Vaccines for African Swine Virus and Classical Swine Fever
item RAV3N Phase II: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item RAV3N Phase III: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Rift Valley Fever Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
item Southeastern USA Arbovirus Landscape
item Southwestern USA Arbovirus Landscape
item Strategic Safety Climate Management Initiatives for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Support Research Collaboration Efforts Between USDA/ARS and International Scientists Working on Priority Research Projects of Mutual Interest
item Support Research Collaborations, Scientific Trainings, and Conferences for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
item Supporting Foreign Transboundary Arbovirus Research
item The Agrosecurity Partnerships for Innovative Research (ASPIRE) Project for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Transmission Dynamics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Uncovering Zoonotic Viral Threats: A Bioinformatic Approach to Pathogen Monitoring in Kenyan Environments
item Understanding Pathogenesis and Epidemiology for Controlling Foreign Animal Diseases
item UTMB-USDA Collaboration on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks and Animals
item Vector Surveillance at an Active Cache Valley Virus Focus
item Waste Water Surveillance for the Detection of Zoonotic Spillover Event
item Xenosurveillance Using Arthropod Vectors to Characterize Vector-borne Disease Epidemiology
item Zoonotic Biosurveillance: Novel Approaches to Pathogen Monitoring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo