We participate in the Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance and Prevention Program in coordination with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). LCHD provides mosquito and tick monitoring data to MDHHS as well as uses surveillance data to notify the public of risks related to emerging vector-borne diseases.
The LCHD surveillance program is geared toward identifying populations of potentially invasive Aedes species mosquitos capable of transmitting the Zika virus and identifying populations of Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick (deer tick) capable of transmitting Lyme disease, or other diseases.