NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "PARASITE ANTIGENIC

UNCLAS BRASILIA 001082 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE PASS TO DHHS/NIH/FIC FOR KEVIN BIALY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO KSCA OSCI BR SUBJECT: NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "PARASITE ANTIGENIC DIFFERENCES AND HOST GENETIC IN TEGUMENTARY LEISHMANIASIS" REF: STATE 80014 ¶1. On May 26, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Parasite Antigenic Differences and Host Genetic in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis," or International Research Infectious Diseases (IRID) R03, (number AI070909 01 /PAS-04-111). The site covered in this project is under the direction of Dr. Amelia M. Ribeiro de Jesus, at the Federal University of Bahia Medical School, Salvador (Bahia),Brazil. ¶2. The Embassy sees no adverse foreign policy implications with respect to this research project. We emphasize the importance of complying with Brazilian laws on the export of data and biological material. ¶3. We are providing this assessment of foreign policy implications in advance of receiving approval from the Brazilian Government for the proposed research to go forward, in order to assist NIH in completing the domestic review process. Upon receipt of Brazilian approval, the Embassy will notify NIH by cable. CHICOLA