The Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) is housed at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in Milwaukee.
[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).
[4] Over a three-year period in the early 2010s, a total of four notifiable accidents involving dermal punctures.
[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.