Immune Function and Biodefense in Children, Elderly, and Immunocrompromised

儿童、老年人和免疫缺陷人群的免疫功能和生物防御项目将开发新的方法，用于保护或治疗免疫缺陷人群免受生物恐怖威胁的风险。该研究计划将包括鉴定导致这些人群对感染的易感性增加或疫苗有效性降低的生物学机制，以及测试旨在提高安全性或有效性的治疗方法的临床研究。这项研究将导致预防儿童、老年人和免疫功能低下人群的传染病。 该合同包括流感、尼帕病毒、埃博拉病毒、痘病毒的研究。

The Immune Function and Biodefense in Children, Elderly, and Immunocrompromised Populations program will develop novel methods for protecting or treating immunocrompromised individuals at risk from bioterror threats. The research program will cover the identification of biological mechanisms responsible for increased susceptibility to infection or decreased effectiveness of vaccines in these populations, as well as clinical research to test treatments designed to increase safety or efficacy. This research will lead to the prevention of infectious disease in children, the eldery and immunocompromised populations. This contract includes studies on influenza, nipah virus, ebola virus, poxvirus.