CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases.www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid The Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID) serves as a national and international reference center on vectorborne viral and bacterial diseases. The division has three branches: the Arbovirus arbovirus Any of a large group of viruses that develop in arthropods (chiefly mosquitoes and ticks). The name derives from “arthropod-borne virus.” The spheroidal virus particle is encased in a fatty membrane and contains RNA; it causes no apparent harm to the Diseases Branch, the Bacterial Zoonoses Zoonoses Infections of humans caused by the transmission of disease agents that naturally live in animals. People become infected when they unwittingly intrude into the life cycle of the disease agent and become unnatural hosts. Branch, and the Dengue Branch. Emphasis is placed on laboratory and epidemiologic research to improve diagnosis, surveillance, prevention, and control of diseases of major public health importance such as Lyme disease, dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever, West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. , yellow fever, arboviral encephalitis, plague, and tularemia tularemia (t  lərē`mēə) or rabbit fever, acute, infectious disease caused by Francisella tularensis (Pasteurella tularensis). . The Web site listed above offers resources on these
diseases, including publications, fact sheets, and links.
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