Belgian soldiers digging trenches in World War I. Photo from firstworldwar.com

 

 

Click one of the following for the Vector-borne Disease Bulletins from the Vector-borne Disease Section, California Department of Public Health.

May 2007: Vector-Borne Disease Bulletin June 2007: Vector-Borne Disease Bulletin Sept 2007: Vector-Borne Disease Bulletin     2008   Feb 2008: 2007 Summary Edition of the Vector-Borne Disease Bulletin April 2008: Vector-Borne Disease Bulletin

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Body lice can transmit infectious diseases to humans (epidemic typhus, louseborne relapsing fever, trench fever). Head lice also create serious public health problems by infesting humans (pediculosis).

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Vectorborne diseases in California having significant public health importance include infectious diseases whose pathogens are transmitted by, or in association with, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, lice, and rodents. Pediculosis is a non-infectious disease that results directly from infestations of humans by lice, usually head lice.