National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge

Vector-borne diseases are infections in which the pathogenic microorganism is transmitted from an infected individual to another by an arthropod or other vector, sometimes with animals serving as intermediary hosts.

Nearly half of the world's population is infected by vector-borne diseases, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. The distribution of the incidence of vector-borne diseases is grossly disproportionate, with the overwhelming impact in developing countries located in tropical and subtropical areas.The Center for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research Dr. Francisco Cambournac (CEVDI), located in Águas de Moura, belongs to the Infectious Diseases Department and serves as a national and international reference center for vector-borne viral and bacterial diseases.

It is a unit for reference diagnosis, epidemiologic surveillance and scientific research, destined to support the development of studies in the field of the infectious agents transmitted by vectors to Man and animals. At CEVDI are studied diseases such as Lyme borreliosis, tularemia, Q fever, Meditterranean spotted fever and other rickettsioses, Chikungunya, West Nile and Dengue fever, arenavirus and hantavirus  hemorrhagic fever among others. At present, CEVDI is responsible for the implementation and execution of the REVIVE program, a national project on the surveillance of arthropod vectors. Also, the CEVDI researchers provide intramural and extramural technical expertise and assistance in professional training activities.

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