The University of Pretoria's Centre for Viral Zoonoses (UP CVZ) is a research Centre of excellence in viral zoonotic diseases of public health concern in Africa but also globally. The Centre joins forces of established research groups in arbovirology, bat and other small mammals viral zoonotic diseases, rabies and rabies-related lyssaviruses, viral pathology, medical entomology and ecology between three faculties (Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Faculty of Veterinary Science).