The Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) is housed at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in Milwaukee.[1] The CIDR houses a BSL3 laboratory.[2] As of 2021, its focus is "on understanding the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis related to infection with all types of microorganisms, viruses, fungi or parasites."[3]
The CIDR was established in 2002 as the Center for Bioterrorism and Infectious Diseases (CBID).
The name was changed to its current status in 2010.[4]
Over a three-year period in the early 2010s, a total of four notifiable accidents involving dermal punctures.[1]
As of 2015, the MCW operated two BSL-3 laboratories both on the main campus in Wauwatosa.[1]
In May 2015, it was reported that "MCW's lab is registered with the federal government to work with the Gram-negative bacteria known as Francisella."[1]