What is the Mission of the Bacterial Zoonoses Branch?
The mission of the Bacterial Zoonoses Branch is to 1) develop and maintain surveillance for vector-borne bacterial zoonoses with emphasis on Lyme disease, plague, tularemia, bartonellosis, and tick-borne relapsing fever; 2) provide consultation, laboratory services, epidemiologic services, and epidemic aid to local and state health departments and to national and international agencies for these same diseases; 3) conduct laboratory and field research on vector-borne bacterial zoonoses to improve diagnosis, prevention, and control; 4) train technical and professional personnel in diagnostic, reference, and research laboratory methods, epidemiology, disease ecology and control; 5) function as a WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Plague Control and the National Center for Lyme Disease Reference and Research. • Diagnostic and Reference Section: 1) Provides diagnostic and reference services for Lyme disease, plague, tularemia, and relapsing fever to the other CDC divisio
