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The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID, pronounced U-Sam-Rid) is a Military Research Institute for Medicine based at Fort Detrick , Frederick, Maryland used for Research of Infectious Disease that may have defensive applications against Biological Warfare that would protect the citizens of the United States . The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases was for a time the only United States Department Of Defense Laboratory equipped to study highly hazardous Viruses at Biosafety Level 4 . There is another at the National Naval Medical Center currently. The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases is a critical resource for the Army, the Department of Defense, and the United States . It has award-winning military and civilian Scientist s, highly trained support personnel, and unique, State-of-the-art research facilities. Investigators at the facilities contribute to advances in scientific knowledge and collaborate with the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention , the World Health Organization , and academic centers of excellence worldwide. The research institute was the first bio-facility of its type to research the Ames Strain of anthrax, determined through Genetic Analysis to be the Bacteria used in the 2001 Anthrax Attacks . The organization's role in Ebola-Reston Outbreak of 1989 was the focus of Richard Preston 's bestselling 1994 Book '' The Hot Zone '' ( ISBN 0385479565) and his other book '' The Demon In The Freezer ''. It was also prominently featured in the 1995 biomedical thriller '' Outbreak .'' SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |