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Contact Us dot graphic Testimony bar   Testimony on the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' FY 1998 Budget by
Anthony S. Fauci Director, National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services  February 27, 1997  The
past year has been a time of considerable accomplishment at the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
as NIAID-supported scientists made major strides in
understanding, preventing and treating important infectious and
immunologic diseases that threaten the health of people in the
United States and abroad.  NIAID-supported investigators
reported significant new advances in fighting several of the
leading reportable infectious diseases in the United States,
including the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS),
chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis,
and Lyme disease. Significant progress was made i