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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.

Questions and Answers About Lyme Disease
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Lyme Disease Risk Map
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

How Can Lyme Disease Be Prevented?
Source: UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy, UC Davis Medical Group.

Lyme Disease Prevention
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.

Preventing Lyme Disease
Source: Healthlink, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Prevention and Control
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Preventing Lyme Disease: A Patient's Guide
Source: American College of Physicians.

Lyme Disease in California (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.

Questions and Answers About Lyme Disease (pdf)
Source: California Department of Health Services.

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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.

Diagnosis
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Epidemiology
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Bacterium
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Prevention and Control
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vaccine Recommendations
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vector Ecology
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

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Online Resources

CDC Lyme Disease Home Page

California Dept. of Health Services, Infectious Disease Branch

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