Infectious Diseases: Lyme Disease
The Department of Health Services has developed this web page to educate our local community about Lyme Disease. Information is provided for the local community and for health providers.
For the Community
Ticks and Tickborne Diseases
Source: Marin Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District.
Overview of Lyme Disease
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Lyme Disease Risk Map
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lyme Disease Prevention
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
Preventing Lyme Disease
Source: Healthlink, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Lyme Disease in California (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.
Questions and Answers About Lyme Disease (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.
For Health Providers
Overview of Lyme Disease
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ticks & Lyme Disease: California's Perspective (pdf)
Source: Gary Green, MD, Infectious Diseases, Kaiser Medical Center, Santa Rosa, CA.
Lyme Disease in California (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.
An Update on the Epidemiology of Lyme Disease in California (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.
An Update on the Epidemiology of Lyme Disease in California, Part II (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.
Testing Results from Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease Agent) from Western Black-Legged Ticks (Ixodes pacificus) (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.
Online Resources
California Dept. of Health Services, Infectious Disease Branch
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For more information about Disease Control,
please contact:
Disease Control Unit
DHS - Public Health Division
625 5th Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-565-4567
Fax: 707-565-4565