Development of a Rapid, Sensitive and Specific Antibody Detection System to Facilitate Diagnosis of Ehrlichial and Rickettsial Diseases

Not Available There is a pressing need for simplified, user friendly, field level data management and archival tools with which data providers can efficiently archive all forms of test information and which will result in increased utilization of DARE asset. SARA proposes enhancements to the Test Information Management Enhancement (TIME) and similar systems which will benefit both the data provider (DP) at weapons effects simulators, and the archivist, also known as the Data Engineer (DE), responsible for maintaining the data archive. Our enhancements are designed such that the DP will benefit by being provided with reusable web-based tools which simplify logging and tracking of data products during test operations. DARE users will benefit from the prospect of a substantial increase in simulator data becoming available on DARE; and the program which use ARES, PHETS, LB/TS, and NTS facilities will benefit by having secure access to data; and by the potential for a reduction in the number of data management products which DTRA/AO or other DTRA agencies must support. The immediate benefits of this effort are the rapid availability of simulator data to DARE, and improved management and access to photos, test documents, and numeric data for test scientists, engineers, and program managers at DTRA/AO. The long term benefits include acceleration of data loading into DARE, an increase in the number of DARE data providers, an expected resulting increase in the number of DARE users, and reductions in the cost of simulator data management.