The Zoonotic and Vectorborne Disease Unit (ZVDU) conducts disease surveillance, investigations, education, and consultations with human and animal health care providers with the goal of preventing and controlling human illness due to zoonotic and vectorborne diseases.
ZOONOTIC DISEASES are diseases caused by infectious agents that can be transmitted between (or are shared by) animals and humans.
VECTORBORNE DISEASES are diseases that can be transmitted through the bite of anarthropod (insect, tick, mosquito, etc.) to humans or other animals.
Updated Information on Current Outbreak of Animal Rabies On Staten Island
• List of Animal Rabies Cases on Staten Island, 2009 year to date
• Map of Animal Rabies On Staten Island, 2009 year to date
• Rabies Alert: Staten Island
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