Protecting Your Health - West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease

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10 Peel Centre Dr, Suite A and B
Brampton, ON
L6T 4G4
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905-799-7700 - Brampton and Mississauga
905-584-2216 - Caledon
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Toll-Free: 1-888-919-7800
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Fax: 905-565-0426
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Administration: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Last update: Nov 4, 2025: Suggest an edit
Application
Call office for more information

Eligibility / Target Population
Depends on the program

Fees
None

Languages
English

Area Served
Peel Region

Accessibility
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Description of Services:
Safety from health hazards in the community:

  • West Nile Virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected by biting an infected bird. Diseases that are spread to humans and other animals by an insect or tick is called a vector-borne disease

Link to the Health Canada website - symptoms, treatment, and prevention of West Nile Virus.

  • Ticks and Lyme disease: is a bacterial illness that is spread to people and animals through tick bites. Only black-legged ticks (deer tick) can spread Lyme disease to people and animals

Link to Public Health Ontario - monitoring Lyme disease
Last Updated: Nov 4, 2025: Suggest an edit
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