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What is PATRIC?

• PATRIC, the PathoSystems Resource Integration Center, is a multi-faceted bioinformatic website containing genomic and associated information on the eight important human pathogens listed below.
• PATRIC’s focus is genomic information related to biodefense and emerging or re-emerging human diseases.
• PATRIC’s goal is to facilitate the discovery of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics (counter-measures) for diseases caused by our pathogens, and to support the needs of our pathogen research communities.
• PATRIC is one of eight Bioinformatics Research Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institutes of Health through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
• PATRIC is a freely available public resource and is being created at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.