CONTENTS 



Page 



Location and History 1 



The Center's Mission 1 



Safety Precautions 3 



Support Activities 5 



Diseases Studied 6 



General Areas of Research 7 



Research Disciplines 8 



Research Highlights 11 



The Center's Future 13 



Note: The pictures of the virus particles on the cover are electron 

 micrographs taken at Plum Island. They are magnified c. 175,000 times. 



This publication supersedes Miscellaneous Publication 931, "The 

 Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory." 



Washington, D.C. Issued May 1975 



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