| LII.org (Home) | About LII IPL.org Suggest a Site Subscribe to New This Week Contact |
|
|
 |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
|||
Lyme Disease
 Websites presented in alphabetical order CDC: Lyme Disease 
 Basic explanation about lyme disease from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Discusses how it is spread, its geographic distribution, the life cycle of the ticks that transmit the disease, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, prevention, and research. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Insects & Arachnids Last updated Jul 8, 2004 LymeNet: Lyme Disease Network
Contains information on the diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment of lyme disease and its neurologic manifestation in children. Also provides a searchable newsletter, bulletin board, medical and scientific abstracts, legal information, support groups and books, pictures of ticks and rashes, and links to related resources. http://www.lymenet.org/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Insects & Arachnids Last updated Apr 1, 2004 National Park Service Public Health Program: Illnesses and Diseases
A collection of fact sheets on illnesses and diseases such as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, E. coli, giardia, and viral encephalitis. In-depth coverage of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) features sections on risk reduction, camping precautions, and rodent-proofing. Each fact sheet includes related references. http://www.nps.gov/public_health/docs/docs.htm#illness Topics: Animals, Infectious Diseases, National Parks & Forests Last updated Oct 14, 2009 Using Insect Repellents Safely
Guide to choosing and using insect repellents, with precautions for adults and children. Includes a section on avoiding Lyme disease and ticks ("The Western black-legged tick, the species that most often transmits the disease, is found in 55 of California's 58 counties"). Written by the California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation, for the National Ag Safety Database. http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000901-d001000/d000987/d000987.html Topics: Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jun 3, 2008 |
|||
| Copyright © 2009, Librarians' Internet Index, LII. All rights reserved. Financial support for LII (Librarians' Internet Index) comes from the The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology and the IPL Consortium. LII is hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology. |