Zoonotic and Vector-borne diseases: Information for Healthcare Providers

Ticks and Lyme Disease

• Ontario’s Public Health Lyme Disease Protocol / Management
• Provincial Case Definition – Lyme
• Health Quality Ontario - Clinical Guidance Document

West Nile Virus

• Health Care Providers Update – West Nile Virus
• Infectious Diseases Protocol for West Nile Virus Illness
• Provincial Case Definition for West Nile Virus Illness

Zika virus

• Canadian recommendations on the prevention and treatment of Zika virus
• Zika Virus – Laboratory Services - Specimen Requirements, Public Health Ontario​
• Travel Health Notices, Public Health Agency of Canada​
• Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak – United States, 2016 - CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention​
• Zika Virus – Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
• Zika Virus Infection – Pan American Health Organization
• Zika Virus – World Health Organization
• Zika Virus – Public Health Ontario

Chikungunya

• Testing directions for chikungunya virus in Ontario.