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| Keywords: Front entrance Rocky Mountain Laboratories II.jpg Front entrance to NIAID's state-of-the-art biomedical research facilities at Rocky Mountain Laboratories RML in Hamilton Montana A key component of the NIAID Division of Intramural Research RML is perhaps best known for its research into vector-borne diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever Q fever and Lyme disease three illnesses caused by microbes whose formal names pay tribute to the RML scientists who discovered them Since 1928 when the landmark facility was constructed and two decades before that when its scientists worked out of makeshift cabins and tents RML has played a key role in our nation's health and well-being by focusing its talent and resources on the infectious disease threats of the day RML encompasses roughly 35 buildings on 35 acres of land and employs approximately 450 people Categories NIH Places Type Color Photo Source National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID Date Created 2009 Date Added 1/15/2013 Reuse Restrictions None - This image is in the public domain and can be freely reused Please credit the source and/or author listed above 2009-07-23 13 43 17 National Institutes of Health NIH National Institutes of Health NIH PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard National Institutes of Health | ||||
