Research Alliance for Veterinary Science and Biodefense BSL-3 Network (RAV3N): Report on network origin and phase I activities.

Recent disease events have heightened awareness for the need for collaboration between the nation's public health and veterinary infectious disease communities to improve preparedness for current and future biological threats. To address this need, the U.S.

Considerations for design and implementation of vaccine field trials for novel foot-and-mouth disease vaccines.

Vaccines are commonly used to control Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in endemic regions and form an important part of contingency plans for FMD-free countries. Conventional FMD vaccines have numerous limitations, and the U.S.