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Babesiosis in Fairfield County, Connecticut

January 4, 2017

Babesiosis is caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells and are spread by certain ticks. In the United States, tickborne transmission is most common in particular regions and…

Geographic Distribution and Expansion of Human Lyme Disease, United States

January 4, 2017

KrzysztofZawadzki

Tick

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Geographic Distribution and Expansion of Human Lyme Disease, United States Kiersten J. Kugeler, Grace M. Farley, Joseph D. Forrester, and Paul Mead Author affiliations:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort…

CDC Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016

January 4, 2017

KrzysztofZawadzki

Social Marketing, Zika

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Seventy years after CDC was founded to fight mosquitoes that carried malaria, CDC found itself entrenched in combat with another mosquito-borne illness, Zika virus. CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center…

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Babesiosis in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Geographic Distribution and Expansion of Human Lyme Disease, United States

CDC Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016