NIH Monkeypox Smuggling Release — page 8

a. a -- Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 10:55 AM To: Baric, Ralph S; Denison, Mark (NIH); Munster, Vincent (NIH/NIAID) [E]; @gmail.com<mailto: @gmail.com><mailto: @gmail.com> Cc: CDR USARMY MEDCOM AFHSC (US); (NIH/NIAID) [E]; Vogel, Leatrice (NIH/NIAID) [E] Subject: MERS CoV Dear Ralph, Mark, Vincent and MattI received the MERS CoV isolate from Jordan from at NAMRU-3 in Egypt through (cced) in the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC). I asked for permission to share the virus with you. If you read the email chain below, you will see that has said that 'We have no problem with your sharing aliquots with the colleagues mentioned in your email. All we ask is the opportunity to foster future research between your colleagues and ours and that AFHSC-GEIS and NAMRU-3 (especially ) be acknowledged in published research involving this pathogen.' I am sure you will not hesitate to agree to this and that you will honor his request. Please send me a copy of your CDC shipping permit and cc and Lea. The name of the virus is MERS-CoV Hu/Jordan-N3/2012 We will have to run your paperwork by our Safety office but will work to get you an aliquot as soon as possible. Best regards, Kanta -- Kanta Subbarao, MD, MPH Chief, Emerging Respiratory Viruses Section Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH Phone: Fax: Email: @niaid.nih.gov<mailto: @niaid.nih.gov><mailto: @niaid.nih.gov> ******************************************* The information in this e-mail and any of its attachments is confidential and may contain sensitive information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage devices. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shall not accept liability for any statements made that are sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of the NIAID by one of its representatives. ******************************************* On 6/25/13 10:18 AM, CDR USARMY MEDCOM AFHSC (US)"