Network of PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers and National Reference Laboratories for Dengue in the Americas

PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers

      Argentina
      Brazil
      Caribbean, English-Speaking
      Cuba
      Puerto Rico

National Reference Laboratories

      Colombia
      El Salvador
      French Guiana
      Mexico
      Nicaragua
      Paraguay

One of the objectives of PAHO/WHO is to strengthen diagnostic laboratory networks in the Region and promote exchange and technological transfer among them. The list below includes, for each institution and by country, a general information sheet describing the objectives, mission and vision, publications, and research projects of each PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center and National Reference Laboratory involved in diagnosing dengue in the Americas. At the end of each sheet is a link to a questionnaire on the laboratories' capacity, the techniques they use, and the networks in which they participate. The last link is to each institution's website. To include information on other National Reference Laboratories, please contact the Regional Program on Dengue.

PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers for Dengue

• Argentina: PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Dengue, National Institute on Human Viral Diseases (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanos / INEVH):
  General information   |   Laboratory   |   INEVH   (in Spanish)
• Brasil: PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Dengue, Evandro Chagas Institute (Instituto Evandro Chagas / IEC):
  General Information   |   Laboratory   |   IEC  (in Spanish)
• Caribbean, English-Speaking: PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Dengue, Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC):
  General Information  |   CAREC  (in English)
• Cuba: PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and Its Vector, "Pedro Kourí" Institute of Tropical Medicine (Centro Colaborador de la OPS/OMS para el Estudio del Dengue y su Vector, Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí" / IPK):
  General Information   |   Laboratory   |   IPK   (in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico: PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Dengue, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dengue Branch:
  CDC-Dengue (in English)

National Reference Laboratories

• Colombia: National Institute of Health (Instituto Nacional de Salud / INS):
  General Information   |   INS   (in Spanish)
• El Salvador: "Max Bloch" Central Laboratory Unit (Unidad de Laboratorio Central
  "Dr. Max Bloch"):
  General Information   |
  Laboratory   |   Bloch Lab   (in Spanish)
• French Guiana: Pasteur Institute of French Guiana (Institut Pasteur de la Guyane / IPG):
  General Information   |   Laboratory   |   IPG  (in English)
• Mexico: National Center for Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control / Institute for Epidemiological Diagnostics and Reference (Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Control de Enfermedades / Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos / CENAVECE/InDRE):
  General Information   |   Laboratory   |   CENAVECE / InDRE (in Spanish)
• Nicaragua: PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Dengue, National Diagnostic and Reference Center (Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia / CNDR):
  General Information   |   Laboratory   |   CNDR   (español)
• Paraguay: Central Public Health Laboratory (Laboratorio Central de Salud Pública / LCSP):
  General Information   |   LCSP   (in Spanish)