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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CNN: Weeks after a tick bite, he couldn’t speak or move. A slew of tests finally gave him a diagnosis
“But in some appreciable fraction of cases, the virus is really able to replicate effectively in neurons and other cells in the brain, and that’s where you have this brain damage that can happen,” said Dr. Greg Ebel, a professor of microbiology, immunology and pathology at the Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Disease at Colorado State University.
Denver Post: Weather along Colorado’s Front Range has been favorable for mosquitoes this summer
While all mosquitoes may be annoying, the ones Coloradans need to worry about are from the Culex group of species, which transmit West Nile virus, said Greg Ebel, a professor of microbiology, immunology and pathology at Colorado State University’s Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Disease.
Two CSU students awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
MIP students Isabella Hamner and Kylee Pham were awarded Goldwater Scholarships for 2026.