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National Center for Infectious Diseases
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
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Overview of DivisionThe Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases (DVRD) is one of six divisions of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, and it is one of the largest and most diverse organizations within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. DVRD’s mission is to prevent illness and death caused by many viral and rickettsial diseases of public health importance in the United States and throughout the world. In fulfilling this mission, the Division relies on the expertise and personal dedication of its approximately 350 professional and support staff, who work in a broad range of scientific, technical, and administrative fields. The Division fully integrates modern laboratory and epidemiologic sciences for the accomplishment of its mission; disease surveillance and epidemiologic field investigations are integrated with microbiologic and molecular biological laboratory technologies and many special reference diagnostic services. The Division is composed of the Office of the Director, two Activities (Biometrics and Infectious Diseases Pathology), and six disease-oriented Branches that conduct major programs for the prevention and control of influenza, viral respiratory and enteric diseases, viral exanthems and herpesvirus diseases, viral and rickettsial zoonoses, and diseases caused by exotic and dangerous viral pathogens. In addition, staff of the Office of the Director are engaged in selected public health issues (e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Reye syndrome, viral diseases in day-care centers) and blood safety activities as well as the provision of administrative and scientific oversight and support services for the Division. The Division also houses nine WHO Collaborating Centers for Reference and Research: Viral Hepatitis; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Control of Influenza; Enteroviruses; Measles; Rabies; Rickettsial Diseases; Respiratory Virus Diseases Other Than Influenza; Smallpox and Other Poxvirus Infections; and Special Pathogens.
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