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National Park Service Public Health Program: Illnesses and Diseases
URL: http://www.nps.gov/public_health/docs/docs.htm#illness

Description:
A collection of fact sheets on illnesses and diseases such as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, E. coli, giardia, and viral encephalitis. In-depth coverage of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) features sections on risk reduction, camping precautions, and rodent-proofing. Each fact sheet includes related references.

Author:
Schwarz, Paul

Publisher:
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Extra Keywords
cryptosporidium, pfiesteria, bubonic plague, dengue, rabies, hobo spiders, tickborne diseases, factsheet

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Diseases -- Prevention
National parks and reserves -- United States

LII Database Information:
Record 10492 created by Carol Terry on 07/29/2003
Last modification on 10/14/2009
Published: 07/29/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10492