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Description
An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host. MeSH
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Blood-Borne Infections
7 drugs (6 approved, 1 experimental)
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
1 approved drug
Communicable Diseases, Imported
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
30 drugs (27 approved, 3 experimental)
Approved Indicated Drugs (4)
Phase 3 Indicated Drugs (19)
Phase 2 Indicated Drugs (21)
acellular pertussis vaccine (including diptheria and tetanus toxoids) (Tripedia)
inactivated japanese encephalitis vaccine (Ixiaro)
Inactivated polio virus - Enhanced (IPOL)
Other Experimental Indicated Drugs (7)
Organization Involved with Phase 4 Indications (394)
Aase and Ejnar Danielsens Foundation
Addis Continental Institute of Public Health
American Urogynecologic Society
Amhara Public Health Institute
Babol University of medical scienses
Badalona Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
BJ Govt Medical College & Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune
California HIV/AIDS Research Program
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Case Western Reserve University
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Changchun University of Chinese Medicine
Changzhi City People's Hospital
Changzhou traditional Chinese medicine hospital
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicines
China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Copenhagen Health Science Partners
Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital
European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio
French National Network of Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases
Fundacio Lluita Contra la SIDA
Grassroots Health Nutrition Institute
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Guangzhou Yipinhong Pharmaceutical CO.,LTD
Handan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis
Hepatobiliary Disease Hospital of Jilin Province, Jilin, China
HIV-NAT Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center
HopeXchange Medical Center, Ghana
Hospital of South West Jutland
Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Hubei University of Chinese Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ilam University of Medical Sciences
Infectious Diseases Physicians, Inc.
Institut de Médecine et d'Epidémiologie Appliquée - Fondation Internationale Léon M'Ba
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias
Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran
International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center (IATEC)
Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kenya National AIDS & STI Control Programme
Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana
Laboratorios Nacionales de Biológicos y Reactrivos
Laboratorios Senosiain, S.A. de C.V.
Liaoning Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
Lower Saxony Center for Nephrology
Luohe Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Menzies School of Health Research
Methodist Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Misr University for Science and Technology
National Cancer Institute, Egypt
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme
No.2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
People's Liberation Army of China
PNG Institute of Medical Research
Resilient Cosmeceuticals Pvt. Ltd
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Center
Scientific Centre of Urology, Republic of Kazakhstan
Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Shanghai iCELL Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
Sociedad Andaluza de Enfermedades Infecciosas
Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction
State University of New York, Buffalo
St. John Providence Health System
St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, Missouri
Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital
Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil
Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study (SwiSCI)
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taipei Veteran General hospital
The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya
The Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang
The Hong Kong Society of Nephrology
The Society for the Relief of Disabled Children, Hong Kong
The University of Texas, Dallas
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Université catholique de Louvain
University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves
University of British Columbia
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
University of Colorado, Denver
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Southern Denmark
University of Texas at Houston
University of Texas, Galveston
University of Texas, San Antonio
Vancouver Island Health Authority
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Vita-Salute University of Milano. Italy
VLIR Institutional University Collaboration Programme
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Washington University in St. Louis
Western Norway Regional Health Authority
Xiangbei Welman Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Organization Involved with Phase 3 Indications (339)
Adapt Produtos Oftalmológicos Ltda.
AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource
Ajanta Hospital and Research Centre
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
Biotec Services International Ltd
Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network
Calydial, Site de Vienne, CH Lucien Hussel
Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
Cardresearch - Cardiologia Assistencial e de Pesquisa LTDA
Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
Centre de Recherches et d'Etude sur la Pathologie Tropicale et le Sida
Centre hospitalier de Perpignan
Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing
Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital
Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network
Conception Hospital, Marseille
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Centre
Dipexium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Federal Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation, Inc.
Groupe d'Etude sur le Risque d'Exposition des Soignants aux Agents Infectieux
Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Hat Yai Medical Education Center
Hoosier Cancer Research Network
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
Humanity & Health Research Centre
Indian Council of Medical Research
Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda
Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira
Interactive Research and Development
International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda
Kigali Central University Hospital, Rwanda
King Edward Medical University
King George's Medical University
K.L.E.S Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical research Centre
Korea Health Industry Development Institute
Laboratório Teuto Brasileiro S/A
Labormedizinisches Zentrum Dr. Risch
Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital
Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium
Mantecorp Industria Quimica e Farmaceutica Ltd.
Marjan Industria e Comercio ltda
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mercy Hospital for Women, Australia
MV Hospital and Research Center
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
National Cheng Kung University
National Health Service, United Kingdom
National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
New England Research Institutes
Om Surgical Centre and Maternity Home
Oregon Health and Science University
Pediatric Municipal Hospital of Rzeszow, Poland
Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Baragwanath
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Thailand
Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceutical
Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust
Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center (SIMSRC)
Second Military Medical University
Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.
Shanghai Zerun Biotechnology Co.,Ltd
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS)
Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
South East Asia Research Collaboration with Hawaii
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases
Swiss National Science Foundation
Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale
Technical University of Dresden
Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration
The Immune Response Corporation
The Public Health Centre 28 Krung thon buri
United States Agency for International Development
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Universidad Francisco Marroquín
University Hospital of North Norway
University of California, Davis
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
University of Naples Frederico II
University of Picardie Jules Verne
University of the Witwatersrand
Vakzine Projekt Management GmbH
VenatoRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Organization Involved with Phase 2 Indications (295)
Academic and Community Cancer Research United
AiCuris Anti-infective Cures GmbH
AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation
A.O. Ospedale Maggiore di Lodi
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
BioMed Valley Discoveries, Inc
Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome
Central Clinical Hospital #1 of LLC Russian Railways
Centre de Recherche St-Louis, Quebec, Canada
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's National Medical Center
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Trial Network, Denmark
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Eastmed Academic Clinical Trial Center, East Lynne, South Africa
European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG)
Finch Research and Development LLC.
Fondo Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo en Salud, Chile
Government of the Republic of Guinea
HealthCare Partners, Montebello, USA
HealthCare Partners, Pasadena, USA
Hospital Regional de Punta Arenas
Hualan Biological Bacterin Co. Ltd.
Idaho Falls Infectious Diseases, PLLC
Indiana Clinical Trials Center
Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazaro Spallanzani
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Lviv National Medical University
Medical Research Council, South Africa
Medical University of Southern Africa
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Mississippi Medical Research, LLC
Montana Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Research Center, Egypt
National University of Singapore
Nebraska Centre for Substance Abuse Research
Novel Anti-Infective Technologies, LLC
Omnispec Clinical Research Inc, Mirabel, Canada
Park Medical Center, Witbank, South Africa
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine
Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc. (PRA)
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Pokrovskaya Hospital, St. Petesburg, Russia
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Regional Hospital Heilig Hart, Tienen, Belgium
Research Institute of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Uzbekistan
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS, Australia
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Saint-Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "City Clinical Hospital No. 31"
Sanotize Research and Development Corp.
Scientific and Research Center "Eco-Safety"
Shanghai Zhangjiang Biotechnology Limited Company
Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute
St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
St. George Albert Clinic Zeged University Hospital
St. Petersburg state budgetary institution of health care " City hospital № 26"
Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd.
TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
The Alfred Research Trusts Small Project Grant.
The American Geriatrics Society
The Amputation Prevention Center at Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines, USA
The Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group
The Center for Rheumatic Disease, Allergy, & Immunology
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The international Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Paris
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Topstone Research, Toronto, Canada
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
University of California, Berkeley
University of Roma La Sapienza
University of Southern California
University of Western Australia
Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Galatea Clinic
Vsevolozhsk Clinical Interdistrict Hospital
Organization Involved with Phase 1 Indications (74)
Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health
German Center for Infection Research
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Hammersmith Medicines Research
Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Manitoba
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt
Nanjing Sanhome Pharmaceutical, Co., Ltd.
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Organization Involved with Other Experimental Indications (134)
Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario
Advanced Clinical Research Inc.
Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute
Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Pescara
Beijing Institute of Disease Control and Prevention
Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences
Centro Regional para el Estudio de las Enfermedades Digestivas
Community Research Initiative of New England
Cornea Research Foundation of America
Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Biotecnologia
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
Hospital Corporation of America
Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vietnam
Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Istituto Clinico Humanitas - Rozzano (MI), Italy
Kenezy Gyula Korhaz es Rendelointezet
Liverpool John Moores University
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Provincial Government of Western Cape
Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS)
Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg Megyei Korhaz es Egyetemi Oktatokorhaz
Technical University of Denmark
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