Infec Dis Drug/Vacc Ed
Abstract
This Project funds development of candidate medical countermeasures (MCM: e.g. vaccines, drugs, diagnostic kits/devices) for militarily relevant infectious diseases. This also funds methods to determine if insects are infected with pathogenic organisms thereby posing a risk to service members' and control insect exposure/prevent Warfighters form being bitten by those insects. It funds research that supports conclusive human clinical trials to demonstrate MCM effectiveness safety and related manufacturing tests. This work, which is jointly performed by military laboratories, civilian contracted pharmaceutical firms and foreign research partners, is directed toward the prevention of disease, early diagnosis, and speeding recovery once diagnosed. Medical products approved for human use must meet the U.S. FDA approval before MCM can be used on Warfighters. Development priority is based upon four major factors: (1) the extent of the disease within the Combatant Commands' theater of operations, (2) the clinical severity of the disease, (3) the technical maturity of the proposed solution, and (4) the affordability of the solution (development, production, and sustainment). Malaria, dysentery, hepatitis , and Dengue diseases (a severe debilitating disease transmitted by mosquitoes), which are found in all Combatant Command areas and are at the top of the infectious diseases risks list.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 849_0604807A_5_2040_PB_2019
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