Alameda County Vector Control Services
Alameda County Vector Control Services District is a Division within the Environmental Health Department, which is one of four departments of the Alameda County Health. Our District assists the 1.6 million residents of Alameda County with vector-related issues and is funded primarily through benefit assessment taxes.
What are Vectors?
A vector is a living organism that transmits an infectious agent from an infected animal to a human or another animal. Vectors are frequently arthropods such as fleas, lice, ticks, and flies. But rodents and wildlife, such as rats and skunks can also vector disease to people and animals.