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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10): 74

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 740

* 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 Arizona: 

  • Anaplasma marginale

  • Anaplasma ovis

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA) [4]

  • Anaplasma platys- Canine Ehrlichiosis (formerly Ehrlichia platys) [1]

  • Anaplasma spp. [4]

  • Babesia canis- Canine Babesia [1]

  • Babesia sp. [4]

  • Bartonella vinsonii berkhoffii [1]

  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever

  • Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever

  • Brucellosis

  • Colorado Tick Fever

  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME) [4]

  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia

  • Leptospirosis

  • Morgellons

  • Powassan Encephalitis

  • Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)

  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [1,2,3]

  • Tick Paralysis

  • Typhus

  • West Nile Virus
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Argasidae sanchezi- Adobe tick or Fowl tick

  • Argasidae Carios kelleyi (formerly Ornithodoros kelleyi)- Bat tick

  • Argasidae Carios rossi

  • Argasidae Carios stageri

  • Argasidae Carios yumatensis

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

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros parkeri- Cooley tick
           Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever

  • Ixodes pacificus- Western Black-legged tick
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
           Anaplasma marginale
           Anaplasma ovis
           Colorado Tick Fever
           Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
           Powassan Encephalitis
           Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
           Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick
           Anaplasma platys- Canine Ehrlichiosis (formerly Ehrlichia platys)
           Babesia canis- Canine Babesia
           Bartonella vinsonii berkhoffii
           Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis


Sources:

1) High Prevalence of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Dogs from an Indian Reservation in Northeastern Arizona.
V P Diniz PP, Beall MJ, Omark K, Chandrashekar R, Daniluk DA, Cyr KE, Koterski JF, Robbins RG, Lalo PG, Hegarty BC, Breitschwerdt EB.
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Epub ahead of print, May 2009.

2) Increasing Incidence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever among the American Indian Population in the United States.
Robert C. Holman*, Jennifer H. McQuiston, Dana L. Haberling, AND James E. Cheek
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Division of Epidemiology, Office of Public Health Support, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 80(4), 2009, pp. 601-605

3) An Outbreak of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Associated with a Novel Tick Vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in Arizona, 2004: Preliminary Report.
Demma LJ, Eremeeva M, Nicholson WL, et al. 
 Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006 Oct.:342-3.

4) Evidence of tick-borne organisms in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from the western United States.
Yabsley MJ, Davidson WR, Stallknecht DE, Varela AS, Swift PK, Devos JC, Dubay SA.
 Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2005; 5(4):351-62.
 

Vector-Borne Diseases

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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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