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Vector-Borne Diseases

Educational Resources

Learn the facts about the most common vector-borne diseases in North Carolina and what you can do to reduce your chances of mosquito and tick bites.

Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

• Maps: Probable and confirmed cases of La Crosse encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, and West Nile virus in North Carolina by county, 2008-2012 (PDF, 602KB)
• NC DPH online disease information pages:
  • Mosquito-borne illnesses (arboviruses)
  • Eastern equine encephalitis
  • La Crosse encephalitis
  • West Nile virus

Tick-Borne Illnesses

• Maps and graphs (may be paired with fact sheets above):
  • Data on all vector-borne disease occurrence in North Carolina can be viewed on the North Carolina Disease Data Dashboard (NCD3)
• Poster:
  • Do you feel ILL after exposure to TICKS or tick habitats? (color poster of different kinds of ticks and the diseases they carry, along with a list of disease symptoms) - 11"x17" (PDF, 2.21 MB) and 8½"x11" (PDF, 1 MB)
• NC DPH online disease information pages:
  • Tick-borne illnesses
  • Anaplasmosis
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Lyme disease
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other tick-borne spotted rickettsial diseases