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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08):
32

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
320

***  Due to incomplete reporting, data may not reflect actual incidence. Increased healthcare provider reporting will result in more accurate statistics.

* 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.

 

Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in Alaska: 

  • Borrelia burgdorferi

  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever

  • Brucellosis

  • Hepatitis C

  • Morgellons

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
      
    Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever

  • Haemaphysalis leporispalustris- Rabbit tick
       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Ixodes angustus
       Borrelia burgdorferi

  • Ixodes pacificus- Western Black-legged tick

  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick
     

Sources:

Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin

Indigenous Lyme Disease in Alaska

Tularemia

http://lyme.org/resources/1980-cumulative.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047449.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5353a1.htm

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/tzns01.htm

http://www.lymeinfo.net/coinfections.html

 

 

                                
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