The Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (CVID), formerly known as the Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, is a longstanding multi-disciplinary research and training center within the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology that serves as a cornerstone for infectious disease research and education at Colorado State University.
CVID researchers have been successful in defining mechanisms of pathogen persistence and transmission, and developing new surveillance, control, and prevention strategies for vector-borne and emerging zoonotic diseases. World-class facilities, including BSL-3 laboratories and large insectary complexes, provides an outstanding scientific environment for researchers inside and outside CSU wanting to manipulate pathogens in vertebrate hosts and arthropod vectors. CVID investigators house one of the only bat breeding colonies for use in experimental research in bat-borne viral diseases.
CVID projects range from local surveillance for COVID-19 and West Nile virus, to international field studies in various African and Central American countries. Research foci include chikingunya, dengue, malaria, Rift Valley fever, Zika virus, COVID-19, MERS, influenza, hantavirus disease and more.
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Students shine at Rocky Mountain Virology Conference
Emerging scientists from across the region were recognized for their outstanding research at the 25th annual Rocky Mountain Virology Conference, held at CSU’s Mountain Campus.
9News Denver: Colorado West Nile cases, deaths continue to climb
Greg Ebel is a professor in the Center for Vector-borne Infectious Diseases in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State University, studying West Nile and the mosquitoes that carry it.
RMPBS: West Nile virus is back. Here’s how Colorado is responding.
Although Colorado is home to many types of mosquitos, Culex tarsalis mosquitos, which are particularly adept at spreading West Nile virus, thrive in the state, said Greg Ebel, director of the Colorado State University Center for Vector Borne Infectious Diseases.