The Perry County Health Department (PCHD) provides surveillance of diseases caused by vectors such as arthropods (mosquitoes, ticks etc.) and rodents.

The PCHD will provide timely technical and consultative services to the public concerning prevention of disease and control of disease causing vectors. In cooperation with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) we strive to reduce the occurrence of communicable and infectious disease.

Rodents

Diseases from Rodents http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/diseases/index.htm

Worldwide, rats and mice spread over 35 diseases. Rodent-borne diseases are spread directly to humans through bite wounds, consuming food or water that is contaminated with rodent feces, coming in contact with surface water contaminated with rodent urine, or through breathing in germs that may be present in rodent urine or droppings that have been stirred into the air (a process known as “aerosolization”). Diseases from rodents are also spread indirectly to humans by way of ticks, mites, and fleas that transmit the infection to humans after feeding on infected rodents. In some cases, the rodents are the reservoirs (carriers) of the diseases, while in other cases the ticks, mites, or fleas act as the disease reservoirs.

View a list of some of the diseases that are transmitted directly and indirectly from rodents to humans:

Diseases Directly Transmitted by Rodents

Diseases Indirectly Transmitted by Rodents

http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/diseases/index.htm

Mice and rats carry diseases such as Malaria http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/control_prevention/vector_control.htm. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. People with malaria often experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness.

Disasters often create conditions that result in an increased population of arthropods and rodents which can serve as vectors of disease as well as producing injury or discomfort in humans and domestic animals. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is a great source of information for prevention, clean-up and control of rodents and other vector issues http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/.

Mosquito

The Perry County Health Department (PCHD) works in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) providing information/education to the citizens of Perry County. These agencies work to protect our citizens from the many diseases that can be contracted through the mosquito. Information is available from the PCHD - 406 N. Spring, Suite1, or by calling - 573-547-6564, and asking for the Environment Public Health Specialist (EPHS).

More information is also available at these Web access points:

MDHSS

http://www.dhss.missouri.gov/WestNileVirus/Reports.html

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentMosquitoTick.aspx

Mosquito’s not only affect humans, they are very harmful to bird populations. The Perry County Health Department is active in the surveillance of dead bird reporting. The PCHD logs all calls reporting dead birds. The MDHSS actively monitors dead birds that are submitted and/or reported to: https://webapp03.dhss.mo.gov/DeadBird/Index.aspx.

The equine (horse) population is also monitored for Mosquito borne disease. Data and statistical reports for humans, horses, birds, and mosquitoes can be found at:

http://www.dhss.mo.gov/WestNileVirus/Reports.html

Bedbugs

The Perry County Health Department (PCHD) works in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) to educate the citizens and business owners of Perry County in vector control. For example: lodging establishments and day care facilities receive routine inspections for sanitation purposes which include identification of insect infestation. Private Citizens may consult with the PCHD for identification and prevention methods of treating a bedbug situation/occurrence as well as other infestation.

Bed Bug Pictures / Bedbug Pictures from CDC

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These pictures & accompanying information are from the Public Health Image Library database (PHIL) of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). See below for more information on searching PHIL. Click links below to go to full-size pictures & text information.

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To do the search that retrieves these pictures, go to PHIL & search for: bedbugs.

The text information with each picture is the same as in CDC/PHIL; the CDC database also provides a link to a high-resolution publication-quality version for each picture (very large files).