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The National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ZVED) was organized in April 2007 under CDC’s Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases. ZVED provides leadership, expertise, and service in laboratory and epidemiological science, bioterrorism preparedness, applied research, disease surveillance, and outbreak response for infectious diseases.

Malaria Cases Reported in the United States, 2007

Chart: Reported Malaria Cases -- United States, 2007

Do you travel outside the United States to visit friends and relatives? Be aware of ways to prevent travel-related diseases like malaria.
Apr 2009 Though malaria transmission in the United States was successfully interrupted in the 1950's, CDC continues to conduct malaria surveillance in order to detect locally acquired cases. Since the Anopheles mosquito that carries the malaria parasite still exists in the United States, there is a constant risk that malaria could be re-introduced.

Did You Know..

Zoonotic Diseases: Approximately 75% of recently emerging infectious diseases affecting humans are diseases of animal origin; approximately 60% of all human pathogens are zoonotic.
Foodborne Illness: Each year, foodborne pathogens cause an estimated 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States.
Vectorborne Diseases: There have been 1.5 million West Nile virus infections since 1999. 2.5 billion people are at risk for dengue in more than 100 endemic countries with 50 million cases of dengue fever each year.
Malaria: There are between 300 and 500 million cases of malaria worldwide, and one million malaria deaths each year. Approximately 1,300 U.S. travelers contract malaria each year.
Healthy Water: One billion people in the world lack access to safe water for drinking, personal hygiene, and domestic use.
The Threat of Bioterrorism: ZVED scientists and researchers work on bioterrorism critical agents, including anthrax, plague, tularemia, and hemorrhagic viruses.