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<p>By André B. Sobocinski, Historian, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).<br><br>"Established at the end of the Second World War to investigate tropical diseases affecting U.S. service personnel in the Pacific theater, it could be said that NAMRU-2 truly came into its own when it was reactivated in Taipei, Taiwan in September 1955. Under the command of pioneering scientist Capt. Robert Phillips, NAMRU-2 honed an international reputation for its fight against parasitic diseases, most notably cholera."<br></p>
<br>Subjects: Navy Medicine Live Blog; cholera; NAMRU-2; history of medicine</div>
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U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</div>
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