Outdoor Health and Safety
This page provides information about Outdoor Health and Safety .
Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology Section
- Contact Information
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- Dengue
- Chikungunya Virus
- Annual Summaries for Arbovirus Activity in Texas
- Yellow Fever
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- 2026 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2025 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2024 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2023 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2022 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2021 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2020 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2019 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2018 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2017 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2016 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2015 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2014 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2013 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2012 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2011 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
- 2010 Texas West Nile Virus Maps
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- Zika virus
- Zika virus for Health Care Professionals
- Outdoor Health and Safety
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- Information for Veterinarians
- Texas Spay and Neuter Program (TXSNP)
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- Animal Friendly Program
- Echinococcosis
- Flea-borne Typhus
- Hantaviruses
- Leishmaniasis
- Leptospirosis
- New World Screwworm (NWS)
- Psittacosis
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- Rabies Epi-Annual Reports
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- 2026 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2025 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2024 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2023 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2022 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2021 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2020 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2019 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2018 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2017 Monthly Rabies Reports
- 2016 Monthly Rabies Reports
- Rabies Facts
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- Tapeworm (Taeniasis / Cysticercosis)
- Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)
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Get in Touch
Get in Touch
Mailing Address
Physical Address
Zoonosis Control Branch
Mail Code: 1956
PO BOX 149347
Austin, TX 78714-9347
United States
Zoonosis Control Branch
Suite T-502
1100 W. 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3199
United States
Outdoor Health and Safety
Outdoor (Animals, Animal Control, Animal Shelters, Animals in Disaster, Animals in Public Places, Animal-Friendly Program, Animal Ownership, Animal Bites)
Hunters, campers, and hikers should be aware that they could be exposed to diseases passed by ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes. Rats or mice in cabins can also spread disease. The best way to avoid getting these diseases is to follow tips on protection.
- Anthrax
- Brucellosis
- Brucellosis and Animals (Hunting and working with animals)
- Chagas Disease
- Encephalitis
- Envenomization (Snake and Spider Bites)
- Facts About Plague
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
- Lyme Disease
- Murine Typhus/Fleaborne Typhus
- Outdoor Health and Safety Tips
- Plague
- Q-Fever
- Rabies
- Rabies and Wildlife Poster
- Raccoon Roundworm Prevention
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Tularemia
- West Nile Virus Fact Sheet for Campers
- West Nile Virus
- Wild Side of Rabies
- Zoonoses