National Center for Diseases Control (NCDC)

(inventory of recent research projects and partner institutions)

1. Enhanced Epidemiologic and Laboratory Diagnostic Capacity for the Control of Botulinum Intoxication in Georgia;

Partner: US Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA

http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/projects.nsf/prjn/G-596

2. Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic-Resistance of Bacterial Infections in Georgia;

Collaborators: University of Maryland / School of Medicine / Department of Epidemiology and

Preventive Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Maryland Health Care System, Rockville, MD, USA

Partner : US Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA

http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/projects.nsf/prjn/G-597

3. Investigation of Natural Foci of Leishmaniasis in Georgia, Determination of Persons under the Risk,

Comparative Investigation of Strains Isolated from Different Sources and Their Identification;

Partner : US Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA

http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/projects.nsf/prjn/G-599

4. Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Republic of Georgia and the

Caucasus;

Collaborators: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Partner : US Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA

http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/projects.nsf/prjn/G-610

5. Epidemiology, Molecular Characteristics and Clinical Course of HCV Infection in Georgia;

Collaborators: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Partner : US Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA

http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/projects.nsf/prjn/G-616

6. Prevention of Amebiasis and Creation of Diagnostic Test-Systems for E. histolytica Strains Isolated in

Georgia;

Partner : US Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA

http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/projects.nsf/prjn/G-617

Improvement of Epidemiological Surveillance System of Yersiniosis. Investigation, Monitoring and

Molecular Characterization of Natural Foci of Yersinia (Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, Y.

enterocolitica) in Georgia; (project submitted for funding)

http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/projects.nsf/prjn/G-851

Collaborators: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / National Center for Infectious

Diseases/Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Fort Collins, CO, USA

University of London / London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Max von Pettenkofer-Institut for Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie Ludwig-

Maximilians-University Munchen, Germany