Viral Special Pathogens Branch (VSPB)

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. Viral Special Pathogens Branch.
• Description:
  VSPB conducts outbreak responses nationally and internationally, and develops, evaluates, and improves methods for the treatment, prevention, and laboratory diagnosis of hazardous disease agents. VSPB works with the familiar viruses such as Ebola and hantavirus, as well as the viruses causing the following diseases:
  
  Marburg hemorrhagic fever
  
  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)
  
  • Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
  
  • Rift Valley fever (RVF)
  
  • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM)
  
  • Lujo hemorrhagic fever (LUHF)
  
  • Lassa fever
  
  • Chapare hemorrhagic fever (CHHF)
  
  • Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD)
  
  • Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever (AHF)
  
  • Tick-borne encephalitis
  
  • Omsk hemorrhagic fever (OHF)
  
  • Hendra virus disease
  
  • Nipah virus encephalitis
  
  CS258350A
  
  
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Name as Subject:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. Viral Special Pathogens Branch.
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:891eafde002e4f74694a7545efb065325d544e44b4ab82b392f43cf7365959ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32637/cdc_32637_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 835.03 KB ]