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About the Dengue Branch
What
is the Mission of the Dengue Branch?
The mission of the
Dengue Branch is to 1) develop and maintain national and international
surveillance for dengue and dengue hemorrhagic
fever; 2) provide laboratory reference and diagnostic services to
local, state, national, and international health agencies; 3) provide
epidemic aid and investigate dengue epidemics; 4) conduct field and laboratory
research on the biology, behavior, and control of Aedes aegypti
and other mosquito vectors of dengue; 5) conduct research on and provide
consultation and assistance to local, state, national, and international
health agencies on improved methods for surveillance, prevention, and
control of epidemic dengue; 6) provide training in laboratory and clinical
diagnosis, and on surveillance, prevention, and control of dengue; 7)
develop, implement, and evaluate new community-based intervention strategies
for prevention of epidemic dengue; 8) function as a WHO Collaborating
Center for Reference and Research on Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
- Diagnostic
and Reference Section: 1) Provides reference and diagnostic
services to local, state, national, and international health agencies;
2) maintains virologic surveillance for dengue viruses in Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; 3) provides authoritative advice
on the laboratory diagnosis of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever;
4) conducts research to develop new diagnostic tests that are more
sensitive and specific; 5) conducts research on dengue virus nucleic
acid sequence variation and gene evolution to support epidemiologic
investigation; 6) provides laboratory training on the virologic
and serologic diagnosis of dengue; 7) serves the diagnostic and
reference functions of the WHO Collaborating Center for Reference
and Research on Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
- Entomology
Section: 1) Conducts field and laboratory research on the
biology, behavior, surveillance and control of the mosquito vectors
of dengue viruses with emphasis on Aedes aegypti; 2) provides
consultation and assistance on mosquito surveillance and control
to local, state, national, and international health agencies; and
3) provides training on Aedes aegypti biology, behavior,
surveillance and control; 4) serves the entomologic and ecologic
investigation functions of the WHO Collaborating Center for Reference
and Research on Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
- Epidemiology
Section: 1) Develops and maintains clinical and epidemiologic
surveillance for dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever; 2) develops
new and improved methods of surveillance in Puerto Rico; 3) investigates
and provides assistance on epidemics of dengue and other related
arbovirus diseases; 4) conducts epidemiologic field research on
risk factors for epidemic transmission; 5) provides training in
surveillance and epidemiologic methods for local, state, national,
and international health agencies; 6) serves the epidemiologic investigation
and clinical consultative functions of the WHO Collaborating Center
for Reference and Research on Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
DVBID
Organizational Structure
The organizational
structure of DVBID includes three branches that compose the division:
the Arbovirus Diseases Branch, the Bacterial
Diseases Branch, and the Dengue Branch (located in San Juan, Puerto
Rico).
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