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Overview
TickNET, a collaborative public health effort established by CDC in 2007, fosters coordinated surveillance, research, education, and prevention of tickborne diseases.
Principal Partners
- State and local health departments
- CDC's Division of Vector-borne Diseases and Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
- Through TickNET, CDC funds two types of extramural efforts:
- CDC's Emerging Infections Program (EIP) supports applied research in the following states:
- Connecticut
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- New York
- Tennessee
- The Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement (ELC) supports efforts to maintain and enhance basic surveillance in 17 states
- CDC's Emerging Infections Program (EIP) supports applied research in the following states:
Contact Us:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bacterial Diseases Branch
Foothills Campus
Fort Collins, CO 80521 - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348 - New Hours of Operation
8am-8pm ET/Monday-Friday
Closed Holidays - cdcinfo@cdc.gov
