Encephalitis

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Online Resource

KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens
Nemours Foundation
Web Address:	www.kidshealth.org
This Web site provides a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This Web site offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly emails about your area of interest.

Organization

Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1300 Rampart Road, Colorado State University Foothills Research Campus
P.O. Box 2087
Fort Collins, CO  80522
Phone:	(970) 221-6400
Fax:	(970) 221-6476
E-mail:	dvbid@cdc.gov
Web Address:	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/index.htm
The Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases is a national and international reference center for vector-borne viral and bacterial diseases. The mission of the division is to develop and maintain effective surveillance for vector-borne infectious diseases, conduct field and laboratory research and epidemic aid investigations, develop improved methods and strategies for disease diagnosis, surveillance, prevention, and control, and provide information and technical expertise.

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Author:	Amy Fackler, MA Debby Golonka, MPH	Last Updated: August 17, 2006
Medical Review:	Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
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