Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases

Anthrax Aseptic (Viral) Meningitis Brucellosis Colorado Tick Fever Chagas Disease  Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Cysticercosis Delusory Parasitosis Dengue Erlichiosis/Anaplasmosis Hantavirus Leptospirosis Lice Lyme Disease Lymphocytic choriomeningitis

Malaria Plague Psittacosis (omithosis) Q-Fever Rabies Relapsing Fever (borreliosis) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Scabies Taeniasis Tularemia Typhus Fever West Nile Virus Yellow Fever

 

News

 

	New! H1N1 In Pets - CDC Q&A 2009 H1N1 in Companion Animals American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/public_health/influenza/new_virus/new_flu_virus_faq_pet_owners.asp http://www.avma.org/public_health/influenza/new_virus/default.asp United States Department of Agriculture
	ACIP votes to recommend reduced rabies vaccination series
	Rabies Testing Submissions Change June 1, 2009
	2008 Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease Newsletter
	The James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN)
	2009 Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease Conference & Workshop
	World Rabies Day Information
	Rabies Poster Contest Winners
	Salmonella & Pocket Pets:  Click here to find out about Salmonella & Pocket Pets or check out the new CDC's Healthy Pets website. CDC Turtle Q&A
	Chagas Disease

 

Mission

 

This program is responsible for monitoring, controlling and preventing diseases transmitted from animals or arthropod vectors to humans. 

• Performs West Nile Virus surveillance and prevention

• Monitors the occurrence and trends of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases through passive surveillance for human disease and epidemiologic investigations

• Coordinates animal surveillance for zoonoses

• Monitors the potential for transmission of infectious agents by vectors and recommends abatement and prevention measures 

• Provides information and guidelines for providers

• Arranges for specialized laboratory testing for vector borne and zoonotic diseases of public health importance;

• Provides technical consultation to local health agencies

• Assesses need for prophylaxis after potential exposure to rabies