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Arboviruses

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Alerts & Hot Topics

• NC DHHS Memo: Zika Pregnancy Registry Update - September 15, 2017 (PDF, 438 KB)
• NC DHHS Memo: Zika Virus Diagnosis, Management and Reporting - June 6, 2017 (PDF, 423 KB)
• NC DHHS Memo: Update on Endemic Arboviral Diseases – May 11, 2018 (PDF, 285 KB)
• NC DHHS Memo: Zika Pregnancy Registry - June 20, 2016 (PDF, 216 KB)
• NC DHHS Memo: Chikungunya Virus Surveillance – April 1, 2015 (PDF, 114 KB)

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Manuals & Guides

• NC DHHS: N.C. Communicable Disease Manual for Local Health Departments - Case definitions, investigation steps, and reporting information for the mosquito-borne illnesses reportable in North Carolina: arboboviral encephalitis/meningitis including Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), LaCrosse encephalitis (LAC), and West Nile virus (WNV); dengue fever; malaria; and yellow fever.
• CDC Division of Vectorborne Diseases: Information on Arboviral Encephalitides - Scientific overview.
• CDC Division of Vectorborne Diseases: Arboviral Diseases - Includes disease-specific symptoms, clinical evaluation, treatment, and diagnostic testing information.

Prevention and Patient Education:

• From NC DHHS:
  • Mosquito-Borne Illness in North Carolina - Facts about West Nile Virus, La Crosse and EEE (PDF, 546KB)
  • Mosquitoes in Your Yard? (PDF, 456KB)
  • Making Sense of Tick and Mosquito Repellents (PDF, 639KB)
  • Recommendations for safe use of DEET and other insect repellents
  • Precautions for minimizing pesticide exposure during mosquito-control spraying
• American Academy of Pediatrics - Healthy Children: Safety & Prevention, Insect Repellents

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Services

• Find Your Local Health Department - First line of contact for communicable disease control, surveillance and response in our communities.
• State Laboratory of Public Health - Virology and serology services for arboviral diseases.
• N.C. Communicable Disease Branch - Contact us to speak with our Medical Consultation Unit or the Epidemiologist on call.

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DHHS Forms

• Form 2124 (PDF, 280KB) - Physicians and healthcare providers may use this form when notifying the local health department of cases or suspected cases of reportable diseases. Learn more about communicable disease reporting.
• Form 3445 (PDF) – Use this form to order arboviral and rickettsial serology from the State Laboratory of Public Health

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