Infectious diseases remain a major challenge for human health. There are several aspects of these diseases that remain with an important deficit in scientific knowledge. There is a lack of knowledge about the pathogens themselves, which compromises the understanding of aspects of transmission and epidemiology, whose recent example of great importance is the Zika virus. In many other diseases, there is not enough advanced knowledge to understand the pathogenic mechanisms involved in the disease, as occurs in the disease caused by the Chikungunya virus, which limits the development of products for its prevention and treatment. There is also an imperative need for a global understanding of the interaction of infectious agents, which implies an understanding of relationships with
a) the environment;
b) with the various animals that interact with man;
c) with other pathogens to which the host has been or is exposed; and
d) the interaction with non-infectious diseases present in the population, as well illustrated by the interaction between tuberculosis and diabetes.

The Network's projects

Improvement of the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools against parasitosis
Coordinator: Luzia Helena Carvalho
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5305938120287353
Email: luzia.carvalho@fiocruz.br


​​Integrated understanding of the complexity of interaction in infectious diseases
Coordinator: Rodrigo Caldas Menezes
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2811769356300005
Email: rodrigo.menezes@ini.fiocruz.br

​​Dealing with emerging and reemerging arboviruses
Coordinator: Rafael Maciel de Freitas
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2309220985643999
Email: freitas@ioc.fiocruz.br

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