San Mateo County: Physician Survey on Lyme Disease

Entomology Report November/December 2006, San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District

The District is working with epidemiologists from the Health Department of San Mateo County this winter to determine the level of awareness among local physicians about Lyme Disease. A survey will be administered to local infectious disease physicians. The survey will be based on one developed by California Dept. of Health Services in 2004. The former survey was administered statewide, but the response rate in many counties was very low (only 2 physicians replied in San Mateo County). By conducting the survey at a local level and contacting physicians by telephone, it is hoped that we can increase the response rate. This information will help to assess the level of awareness among local doctors about the existence of Lyme disease among ticks here in San Mateo County.