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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, which is pronounced "NYE-ad") is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services with a mission to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases in the United States and world at large.[1][2][3]

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Agency overview
FormedDecember 29, 1955; 68 years ago (1955-12-29)
JurisdictionUnited States Government
HeadquartersNorth Bethesda, Maryland, US (Rockville mailing address)
Agency executives

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  1. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2010-12-20. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2021-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. NIAID Recruitment Video, retrieved 2021-03-29
  3. "NIAID History | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases". www.niaid.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-29.