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Office of Communicable Diseases
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Phone: (401) 222-2577
Fax: (401) 222-2488
711 (RI Relay)
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Lyme Disease

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Lyme Disease Homepage

  Definition
  Transmission
  At Risk Groups

High Risk Activities
High Risk Occupations

Prevention

Protect Yourself Against Lyme
Keeping Your Yard Tick-Free
How to Remove a Tick

Symptoms
Treatment
Lyme in Rhode Island

Health Data and Statistics for Lyme in Rhode Island
Lyme Disease and the Law

Ticks and Lyme

Identifying Ticks

Deer Tick
Western Black-Legged Tick
American Dog Tick
Brown Dog Tick
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
Lone Star Tick
Order Your Tick ID Card

Facts About Ticks
Tick Activity by Month
How to Remove a Tick
Tick Testing for Lyme

Other Tick-Borne Diseases

Babesiosis
Ehrlichiosis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
Other Disease Carried by Ticks

Lyme Disease and Pets

Anaplasmosis
Babesiosis
Cytauxzoonosis
Ehrlichiosis
Haemobartonellosis
Hepatozoonosis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Pet Health Links

For Kids, Teens, and their Parents

Kids

What are Ticks?
What’s the Big Deal?
How do I Avoid Ticks?
What if a Tick Bites Me?
What is Lyme Disease?
Learn More About Lyme Disease

Teens
Parents

  Resources for Lyme Patients

Learn About Lyme

Overviews and General Information
Advocacy, Services, and Support
Other Health Departments and Government Sites
Children and Lyme

Get a Doctor
Know Your Rights

Resources for Physicians

Practice Guidelines
Overviews
Journals and Online Resources
Physician Associations
Patient Materials
Labs that Test for Lyme
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports

Lyme Disease MMWRs
Babesiosis MMWRs
Ehrlichiosis MMWRs
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever MMWRs
Other Tick-Related MMWRs

Resources for Educators

Information on Lyme and Other Diseases
Information on Ticks
Modules and Materials
Suggested Activities

The Governor’s Commission on Lyme
What is Chronic Lyme?

 

 

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What is Chronic Lyme?