State Statistics:                                                                                      Alabama
Home  About Us  The Memorial Park  The Buried Truth  In Memory Of  Articles  Fatality Citations  Autopsy Reports  National Statistics  State Statistics  Become a Member  In the News  Our Physicians  Educational Links  Comments  Contact Us	Support: Alabama alabamalyme@usa.com State Related Articles: Tick threat goes beyond Lyme Madison County man gets delayed diagnosis from tick bite Tick-borne Lyme disease stirs debate in South Alabama Remembers...   State Statistics: * Reported cases: Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10): 258 Actual Cases: Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 2,580 * 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. [6] Reported Cases of Lyme disease by County   Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in Alabama:  Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA) Babesia canis- Canine Babesia Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease [3] Borrelia lonestari -Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI) [2] Canine Ehrlichiosis Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis [4] Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME) Francisella tularensis- Tularemia Morgellons Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [1] Tick Vectors- Pathogen: Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick [1,2,5]    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease    Borrelia lonestari -Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI) Amblyomma maculatum- Gulf Coast tick [5] Haemaphysalis leporispalustris- Rabbit tick [1] Ixodes dentatus- Eastern Rabbit tick [1] Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick, Deer tick or Bear tick [5]    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick [5] Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood tick [1]    Francisella tularensis- Tularemia    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever   Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick    Babesia canis- Canine Babesia    Canine Ehrlichiosis   Sources: 1) Tick infestations of the eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) and small rodentia in northwest Alabama and implications for disease transmission. Cooney JC, Burgdorfer W, Painter MK, et al.  J Vector Ecol 2005 Dec; 30(2):171-80. 2) Borrelia lonestari DNA in adult Amblyomma americanum ticks, Alabama. Burkot TR, Mullen GR, Anderson R, et al.  Emerg Infect Dis 2001 May-Jun; 7(3):471-3. 3) Serologically substantiated case of Lyme disease and potential tick vectors in Alabama. Mullen GR, Piesman J. Ala J Med Sci 1987 Jul; 24(3):306-7. 4) Cytauxzoonosis in Cats: An Overview. F. Dean Dailey, DVM; Pauline M. Rakich, DVM, PhD; and Kenneth S. Latimer, DVM, PhD College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7388 5) Borrelia sp. in ticks recovered from white-tailed deer in Alabama. S Luckhart, GR Mullen, LA Durden, and JC Wright Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 28(3), 1992, pp. 449-452 6) Alabama Department of Public health Chronic Disease in Alabama The Prevalence of Chronic Disease in Alabama http://www.adph.org/ADMINISTRATION/chronicdisease.pdf
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