NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012
Vector-borne Diseases
Infectious diseases can be found everywhere, and NCEZID is engaged in preventing, tracking, detecting, and responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases throughout the United States and the world. Selected information and NCEZID activities are highlighted in this report.
The links below reference sections of NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012 with information about vector-borne diseases.
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Overview of NCEZID's work on vector-borne diseases
Stories that spotlight vector-borne diseases
- Fighting a real-life "contagion" in the Marshall Islands (dengue) [page 19]
- Oh, give me a home where brown dog ticks don't roam (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) [page 21]
- The plague dipstick—bringing the laboratory to the bedside [page 25]
- Multitasking in the lab—equipment that diagnoses flu can now be used to diagnose dengue [page 29]
- Bull's eye: An EIP-funded study targets Lyme disease in three states [page 44]
- The summer of our discontent—ArboNET gives state vital information during outbreak of West Nile virus [page 48]
- Critical support directed at critical needs (Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement [ELC]) needs [page 50]
- Bigger than a bread box—a win-win solution for curbing plague in Uganda [page 55]
- Fighting ticks and mosquitoes, naturally (natural repellent) [page 74]
- Developing a vaccine (dengue) [page 76]
- A dangerous new virus knocking at our door (chikungunya) [page 77]
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