Vector Biology

Vector Biology






A female Anopheles minimusmosquito, a vector of human malaria, feeds on a human host. Credit: CDC

The Vector Biology Research Program supports research to discover new ways to prevent the spread of disease. Vectors—organisms that transmit pathogens to hosts—include mosquitoes, ticks, triatomine bugs, sand flies, black flies, tsetse flies, fleas, mites and certain freshwater snails.

• NIAID Role
• NIAID Labs
• Resources for Researchers
• Contacts
• Research Features
• Effect of Arthropod Blood Feeding on Infectious Diseases

International Congress of Entomology—Sept. 25-30, 2016, Orlando, Florida

Media Availability: NIH-Funded Scientists Describe How Mosquitoes Are Attracted to Humans—Dec. 5, 2013

Media Availability: Bacterial Infection in Mosquitoes Renders Them Immune to Malaria Parasites—May 9, 2013