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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

 

Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases

Anthrax Aseptic (Viral) Meningitis Brucellosis Colorado Tick Fever Chagas Disease  Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Cysticercosis 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