San Mateo County: Physician Lyme Disease Survey Follow-Up

Entomology Report March 2008, San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District

Follow-up on the physician survey on Lyme disease continued in March. Based on survey results, the district mailed educational materials to over 200 primary care physicians in San Mateo County. The mailing consisted of a letter about infection in local ticks, instructions on disease reporting, brochures, and tick identification cards.

Results of the survey were presented to the California Lyme Disease Advisory committee in Sacramento on March 12. On March 20, the district discussed the survey in a teleconference of the Communicable Disease Exchange, a forum of health departments from counties throughout California. Two counties in the coastal region have expressed interest in conducting similar surveys or using the results of the present survey to guide physician education.