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A Brief Background About The Tropical Infectious

Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC)

TIDREC serves as a focal point for national and

international collaborative research for academic

institutions and research industries in Malaysia. At

present, TIDREC’s local research partners include

Malaysia Genome Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia,

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Universiti Putra Malaysia and

the Monash University Sunway Campus. TIDREC’s

international research collaborators include the U.S.

Naval Medical Research Unit 2 (NAMRU-2), the Baylor
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College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, the National Cheng

Kung University, Taiwan, the University of Texas at San

Antonio, Texas and all the ICRES and DengueTools

participating institutions. The centre also houses the

WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference &

Research.
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