Animal/Insect-borne Diseases currently addressed by services at Erie County Department of Health include: Rabies, Lyme disease, and West Nile Virus.

• The Rabies Control program, described in the Rabies Prevention Guide, is designed to prevent human rabies.
• Rabies vaccination of pets and certain wildlife is encouraged through other agencies.
• Animal bite prevention is promoted through education and the community coalition: Preventing Animal Attacks thorough Education (PAAWE).
• The Department identifies tick species and provides the public with information on Lyme disease.
• The Department conducts mosquito surveillance, collects mosquitoes, and provides mosquito control, when necessary, to control West Nile Virus.
• Surveillance of human cases of other arboviruses is conducted.

This information is distributed by Erie County Department of Health, 606 W. 2nd Street, Erie, PA 16507, 814-451-6700, www.ecdh.org