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- Public Health Ontario’s (PHO) new Ontario Vector-Borne Disease Tool offers comprehensive surveillance data on vector-borne diseases (VBDs) in Ontario, presenting data from multiple surveillance systems and partners. The VBD Tool consolidates data from several existing PHO resources into a single platform, offering a modern, intuitive experience with enhanced geographic functionality and interactive data visualizations. The tool has tabs for: Overview for all of Ontario; overview by public health unit; blacklegged ticks established risk areas map; mosquito trapping results; weekly abundance of mosquito species; Lyme disease and West Nile virus human case rates, positive mosquito pools, and percent positive ticks as of 2016; anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Powassan virus human case rates since 2023 and percent positive ticks since 2015; and eastern equine encephalitis virus positive mosquito pool locations.
- For patients on private well water systems: PHO New Online Drinking Water Testing Portal. Users can complete an electronic requisition form online before dropping off their drinking water sample at a designated location and return to the portal to securely access and download their test results.
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