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Alabama

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State Related Articles:

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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08): 2
38

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
2,380

* Alabama Known Fatalities: 3

* In the United States, requirements for reporting diseases are mandated by state laws or regulations, and the list of reportable diseases in each state differs.

* The most common chronic condition faced by Alabama adults is arthritis, with 36 percent of respondents indicating that they had been told by a physician that they had arthritis. 7

 

Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in Alabama: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)

  • Borrelia lonestari -Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)

  • Canine Babesiosis

  • Canine Ehrlichiosis

  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)

  • Morgellons

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tularemia


Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Amblyomma maculatum- Gulf Coast tick

  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick

  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood tick
       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tularemia

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
      
    Canine Babesiosis
      
    Canine Ehrlichiosis
     

Reported Cases of Lyme disease by County

 

 

                                
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