title: NIH response to open letter.
authors.forename: Anthony S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Fauci
authors.forename: Elias A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Zerhouni
mesh_terms: D001694:Biological Warfare; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics; D023482:Bioterrorism; D002017:Budgets; D005380:Financing, Government; D008829:Microbiology; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D017712:Peer Review, Research; D011634:Public Health; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States