Surveillance for rift valley fever, rickettsia, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and crimean congo hemorrhagic fever disease pathogens from human samples and arthropod vectors collected from selected…

This $260,109 cooperative agreement from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences will support surveillance for Rift Valley fever, rickettsia, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever disease pathogens. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine will collect human samples and arthropod vectors from selected sites in Botswana to test for these pathogens. Under a subaward, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will assist with sample collection and processing in the field through the Chobe Research Institute. The surveillance aims to advance the medical research objectives of the Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects program (CFDA 12.750), which supports the Military and Public Health Systems. The three-year award was issued on April 15, 2021 to provide pathogen surveillance data and help prepare the uniformed services for health threats.

Surveillance for rift valley fever, rickettsia, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and crimean congo hemorrhagic fever disease pathogens from human samples and arthropod vectors collected from selected surveillance sites, botswana.