National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Rocky Mountain Laboratory

In response to the widespread geographic distribution of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the Rocky Mountain Laboratory was established in Hamilton, Mont., in 1902 by the state of Montana for the Montana State Board of Entomology and the U.S. States Public Health Service. In 1928 a new building was constructed to serve the expanded work being done on Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The U.S. Public Health Service first leased and then purchased the building. In 1948, after a successful vaccine for the fever had been developed at the laboratory and the introduction of antibiotics made a cure possible, the laboratory became a part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institute of Health. It has continued to be active in research of the interrelationships of disease agents, wild and domestic animals and humans. Its location makes possible extensive animal experiment quarters and facilities for work with highly transmissible agents. The laboratory continues to study Rocky Mountain spotted fever, diseases in nature, the medical entomology of ticks, chronic viral diseases, the molecular biology of microorganisms, allergy antibodies, and immunologic aspects of diseases.

From the description of Records, 1910-1966. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 70969091

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