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- Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
- Quantitative Analysis of the Fomite Transport Risk Reduction Provided by Shower Out Practices in Various Containment Settings
- Viral Ecology of Henipaviruses in Endemic Settings and Intervention Strategies to Prevent their Spread to Domestic Animals
- Transmission Dynamics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
- Ecological and Epidemiological Investigations of High-consequence Zoonotic Pathogens at the Livestock, Wildlife and Human Interface
- Prediction of Viral Zoonoses and Reverse Zoonoses Using Next Generation Serodiagnostics (NGSeroDx)
- Assessment of CCHV in Ugandan Cattle Corridor and Kenyan Arid North Tick Populations
- Ecological Investigations of Emerging High-consequence Zoonotic Viruses at High-priority Livestock, Wildlife, and Human Interfaces
- Natural History Studies of Henipaviruses and Emerging Bat Borne Viruses
- Ecological Surveillance of Emerging High-consequence Zoonotic Viruses using Novel Assays
- Development of Agriculture Model Capabilities for Emerging Disease Threats
- Emerging Coronaviruses Gap Analysis Workshop
- CCHFV Prevalence Outside the Ugandan Cattle Corridor
- The Bat Cave: Viral Diversity and the Factors Driving Cross-species Transmission
- Ecology of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh
- Development of LAMP Based Diagnostics for Emerging Disease Threats
- Development of Multiplex Species Agnostic Diagnostics
- Characterization of Emerging Zoonotic Threats
- Investigation of Henipaviruses and Other Viral Spillover Events
- Detection from Relevant Matrices on Sherlock Disposable Molecular Platform
- Multi-Country Ecological Surveillance of High-Consequence Zoonotic Pathogens
- Nipah VLP Vaccine for Pandemic Preparedness
- Whole Slide Imaging Analysis Using AI
- Development and Evaluation of Diagnostics for High Consequence Pathogens
- Uncovering Zoonotic Viral Threats: A Bioinformatic Approach to Pathogen Monitoring in Kenyan Environments
- Nipah VLP Vaccine for Pandemic Preparedness
- Diversity and Cross-species Spillover of High-risk Zoonotic Viruses in Padma River Basin of Bangladesh
- Waste Water Surveillance for the Detection of Zoonotic Spillover Event
- Investigation of Nipah Virus Pathogenesis
- Diversity and Cross-species Spillover of High-risk Zoonotic Viruses in Padma River Basin of Bangladesh
- Zoonotic Biosurveillance: Novel Approaches to Pathogen Monitoring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Uncovering Zoonotic Viral Threats: A Bioinformatic Approach to Pathogen Monitoring in Kenyan Environments
- Animal Studies in BSL-3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
- UTMB-USDA Collaboration on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks and Animals
- Effects of Environmental Temperature on Arbovirus Vector Competence of Various Mosquito Species
- Mosquito Vector Predictive Modeling in a Changing Climate
- Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging Arboviruses in Brazil
- Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
- Predicting Insect Contact and Transmission Using Historical Epidemiological Data
- Molecular Characterization of Arbovirus-Mosquito-Vertebrate Host Interactions
- Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Livestock
- Investigating Risk Factors of Rift Valley Fever Virus Direct Transmission in Kenya
- Molecular Characterization of Arboviruses in South African Livestock
- Characterization of Arbovirus-mosquito-vertebrate Host Interactions
- Development of Diagnostic Reagents and Assays for Arbovirus Surveillance
- Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
- Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) Outbreaks in North America
- Rift Valley Fever Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
- Japanese Encephalitis Virus Prevention and Mitigation Strategies
- Insecticidal Nanoparticles
- The Impact of Insects as Animal Food
- Investigation of Arboviral Infection Rates and Blood Meal Sources of Various Mosquito Species in Rift Valley Fever Endemic Areas in Kenya
- Pathogenesis and Wildlife Host Range of Japanese Encephalitis Virus
- Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging and Emergent Arboviruses in Mosquitoes in the Caribbean
- Exosomes as Mediators of Arbovirus Transmission by Insects
- Development of Lateral Flow Assays for Rift Valley Fever Virus Antigen and Antibody Detection
- Identifying Flavivirus Determinants of Entry and Replication and Design of Potential Vaccine Candidates
- Animal and Arthropod Studies in BSL3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
- Exploration of Novel Virus-like Particle Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
- Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
- Development of Diagnostic Tools for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
- Epidemiological Modeling of Vector-borne Diseases
- Southeastern USA Arbovirus Landscape
- Assessing the Risk of Emergence, Transmission and Establishment of the Japanese Encephalitis Virus in the United States
- Characterization of Environmental Effects on Mosquito Saliva Composition Using Mass Spectrometry
- Vector Surveillance at an Active Cache Valley Virus Focus
- Xenosurveillance Using Arthropod Vectors to Characterize Vector-borne Disease Epidemiology
- Southwestern USA Arbovirus Landscape
- Host and Vector Transcriptional Responses for Transboundary Arboviral Disease of Livestock
- Mid-infrared Spectra (MIRS) Paired with Visual Spectrum Images for Deep Learning Based Classification of Surveillance Variables
- Improved Vector-Borne Disease Response in South Asia
- Investigating the Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in Endemic and Incursion Ecological Zones
- Characterization and Diagnostic Detection of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Strains Causing Outbreaks in North America
- Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Rift Valley Fever Virus
- Demonstration of Long-term Protection Against RVFV Infection Afforded by a Single Dose of Rift Valley Fever Smithburn MLV Vaccine in Sheep
- Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Wildlife
- Population Genetics of Potential Rift Valley Fever Virus Vectors in South Africa
- New Tools for Vector-pathogen-host Investigations
- Development of Novel Strategies to Investigate Arthropod Feeding and Arbovirus Transmission
- Investigating Arbovirus Dissemination and Transmission
- Investigating the Ecology, Evolution, and Spatio-temporal Patterns of Arbovirus Spread in the United States
- Establish, Develop and Coordinate a Network of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
- Developing Collaborative Research Partnerships with the BSL4 Zoonotic network (BSL4Znet): Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
- The Agrosecurity Partnerships for Innovative Research (ASPIRE) Project for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
- Support Research Collaboration Efforts Between USDA/ARS and International Scientists Working on Priority Research Projects of Mutual Interest
- Detection and Characterization of Arboviruses and Environmental Influences on Transmission at the U.S. Wildlife and Livestock Interface
- African Swine Fever Collaborative Agreement
- Novel Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
- Assessing the Risk of Arthropod-Borne Disease in the Caribbean and the Americas (RACE Risk of Arthropod-borne diseases in the Caribbean)
- Mosquito Cis-regulatory Elements Associated with Arbovirus Infection
- Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
- RAV3N Phase II: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
- Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
- A Scalable Vascularized Hydrogel System for Agricultural Vector-borne Disease Research
- Bio-hardened Environments: Integrating AI-based Biothreat Detection Networks into Situational Awareness and Rapid Response Systems
- Biologically-inspired Odor Olfactory Detection Guided Machine Learning (BIODOG-ML): Odor Detection from Canines to Instrumentation
- The Impact of Viral Recombination on the Epidemiology of Viruses
- Epidemiological Fitness Assessment of Segmented RNA Viruses
- Mosquito Dome Particles
- Maximum-containment Capabilities for Animal Studies
- Defining the Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Transcriptome of Cattle Health and Disease
- Considering FMDV Recombination and Strain Emergence in Context of Development of Live-attenuated Vaccines
- BSL4ZNet Secretariat Support and Maintenance
- Strategic Safety Climate Management Initiatives for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
- Communications Best Practices for High-containment Laboratories
- BSL4ZNet Support and Maintenance
- Characterization of Risk for Emerging High-consequence Zoonoses in Liberia
- MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry as an Additional Tool for Vector-borne Disease Surveillance
- Analysis of the Cross Protective Response Induced by ASFV Recombinant Vaccine ASFV-G-DeltaI177L
- Center for Tick Surveillance
- A Genetic Approach to Assess the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease Vectors
- Development of Swine Models for High Consequence-emerging Zoonotic Threats
- Development and U.S. Based Production of a Rugged Fully Encapsulating Suit for the ABSL-4 Ag and other BSL-4 Environments (Phase 3)
- Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Vaccine FlagT4G Vaccine Efficacy: Assessing Oral Administration and Protection in Pregnant Sows
- Proteomic Analysis and Species-Specific Immune Responses in Livestock Vaccination Strategies
- Advance Development of FMD Diagnostics and Production of Mosaic FMD Virus-Like Particles to Globally Relevant FMDV Serotypes
- Subject Matter Expert Support to NBAF Science Transition
- Enhancement of Lumpy Skin Disease Diagnostic: Antigen Generation for an Indirect ELISA Kit and Development of New Monoclonal Antibodies
- Development of Reagents and New Technology for Detection and Surveillance of Lumpy Skin Disease
- Achieving Data Quality and Integrity in Maximum Containment Laboratories Training Course
- Epidemiology of FMD in Small Ruminants and Domestic Pigs in Uganda
- Support for Phase 3 of the RAV3N Partnership Between NBAF and Texas A&M University
- Addressing Agricultural Biorisk Evidence Base Gaps with Applied Research
- Addressing Agricultural Biorisk Evidence Base Gaps with Applied Research
- RAV3N Phase III: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
- Supporting Foreign Transboundary Arbovirus Research
- Investigation of the Risk of Zoonotic Spillovers
- Investigation of the Spillover of High Consequence Agriculture Pathogens from Periodomestic Mammals in Latin America
- Research, Development, Testing, and Technical Services to Advance the Technology Transfer of Veterinary Medical Countermeasures at the NBAF
- Production of GMP-compliant Master Seed Virus (MSV) for Development of Vaccine Against African Swine Fever (ASF)
- Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Assay for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Virus Like Particles (VLPs)
- Development and Evaluation of Nipah Virus Diagnostic Assay
- Development of a High Throughput System for Testing of Adjuvants for Toxicity and Efficacy
- Antibody Production and Optimization
- Development and Evaluation of Nipah Virus Vaccine in a Baculovirus Expression System
- Expression of Rift Valley Fever Virus Proteins for Diagnostic Assay Development
- Production of Master Seed Virus for Development of Vaccine Against African Swine Fever
- Development and Evaluation of Virus Like Particles (VLPs)for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Expressed in Multiple Expression Systems
- Development of Reagents to Risk Group 4 Pathogens for Development of Diagnostic Capacities
- Development of a Population Genetics Pipeline for Characterizing Viral and Vector Population Diversity
- Effects of Arbovirus Infection on Insect Feeding Behavior
- Using Transcriptomics and Proteomics to Understand Arbovirus Effects on Midge Sensory Function
- Infectious Disease Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility
- Immersive Internship Experiences for Federal Agency Careers
- Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Training Program for Research Support Personnel
- Development of Short-term Experiential Opportunities to Enhance the Veterinary Workforce
- Development of a Biosafety/Biorisk Management Graduate Certificate Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
- Immersive Internship Experiences for Federal Agency Careers
- Training the Biodefense Research Workforce for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF)
- Training a New Generation of Epidemiologists in Support of the NBAF Mission
- Development of Short-term Opportunities for Experience in High Containment Research Animal Support Careers
- Building Foundations for E. Ruminantium Vaccine Development
- Enhancing Capacity for Veterinary Pathology
- Training Veterinarians to be Entomologists
Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research
- Collaborative Animal Research between Kansas State University and ARS
- Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in North America
- Ecology of Hemorrhagic Orbiviruses in North America
- Effects of Repellent and Sublethal Insecticide Exposure on Culicoides Biting Midge Behavior and Susceptibility to Bluetongue Virus
- Characterization of Cellular Receptors for Bluetongue Virus
- Impact of Timing of Virus Acquisition on Bluetongue Virus Coinfection
- Impact of Flower Nectar on Mosquito Longevity and Virus Transmission
- Heritable Viruses in Insects
