Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)“The Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) is a national and international leader in researching, preventing, and controlling viruses and bacteria spread by vectors including mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. … DVDB … “is part of CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). DVBD has four branches: 1) Arboviral Diseases Branch: Focuses on viruses spread by mosquitoes and ticks. This branch is responsible for viruses like chikungunya, West Nile, yellow fever, and Zika. This branch also serves as the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Arthropod-Borne Viruses Reference and Research;
2) Bacterial Diseases Branch: Focuses on bacteria spread by ticks and fleas. This branch is responsible for bacteria like Lyme disease, plague, and tularemia. This branch also serves as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Bacterial Vector-Borne Diseases. 3) Dengue Branch: Focuses on the four dengue viruses spread by mosquitoes; 4) Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch: Focuses on a special category of bacteria primarily spread by ticks, lice, and fleas. This branch is responsible for bacteria like Q fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and typhus fevers. … [the] division’s global reference collection contains pathogens dating back 100 years.”