Lice
Vector-borne Disease Bulletin
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Click one of the following for the Vector-borne Disease Bulletins from the Vector-borne Disease Section, California Department of Public Health.
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Pediculosis
Resources:
"A Parent's Guide to Head Lice 2008" brochure and "Guidelines for the Control and Prevention of Head Lice in Child Care Facilities" published by the California Department of Public Health.
Louseborne Diseases
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
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.