Resources/Links

California Lyme Disease Association
http://www.calda.intranets.com

Centers for Disease Control tick information
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_tickborne.htm

Department of Entomology, NC State University
www.ces.ncsu.edu

Disease Maps, United States
http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
703-305-5017 http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemicals/deet.htm

Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Yr 2006 guidelines for Lyme disease http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v43n9/40897/40897.html

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society
http://www.ilads.org

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society guidelines also at this government site http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=4836&nbr=003481&string=lyme

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society Yr 2005 Lyme disease treatment guidelines
http://www.ilads.org/burrascano_0905.html

Jemsek Specialty Clinic
http://www.jemsekclinic.com/

Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org

National Research Fund for Tick-Borne Diseases, Inc.
http://nrftd.org/

North Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Public Health Pest Management
http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/phpm/html/ticks.html

North Carolina state data by county http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/pdf/CDbyDiseasebyYear2000-2004.pdf

North Carolina Lyme Disease Foundation
http://www.nclyme.org

NC Mosquito & Vector Control Association
http://www.ncmvca.org
(presentation at the Fall NCMVCA meeting by TIC-NC at their website)

Open Eye Pictures film on Lyme Disease http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/uos_background.html

Public Health Pest Management (NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources)
(919) 733-6407 http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/phpm/index.html

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study http://www.uga.edu/scwds/index2.htm

Tick-Removal Information:
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~acarolog/remove.htm

University of New Haven tick research group Veterinary information on tick-borne infections
www.unh-lyme.org

University of Wisconsin College of Veterinary Medicine
http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/zoonoses/
If you click on the sections for Ehrlichiosis, Lyme Disease, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, then follow the links for the disease in dogs, there is good information about signs of disease and treatment. The wording is somewhat technical, but accurate. It is fairly up to date (2004).