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California Lyme Disease Association (CALDA)

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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10): 3,373

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 33,730

* 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.

* At least 48 species of ticks occur in California.

 

Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in California: 

  • Anaplasma marginale- Bovine Anaplasmosis [14]
  • Anaplasma ovis [12]
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA) [2,5]
  • Anaplasma spp. [12]
  • Babesia bigemia- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
  • Babesia canis- Canine Babesia
  • Babesia conradae
  • Babesia duncani- (formerly Babesia WA1)
  • Babesia microti
  • Babesia odocoilei
  • Babesia sp. [12]
  • Babesiosis
  • Bartonella clarridgeiae [4]
  • Bartonella elizabethae
  • Bartonella henselae [7,9]
  • Bartonella quintana [9]
  • Bartonella rochalimae [3]
  • Bartonella vinsonii spp. berkhoffii [9]
  • Bartonella washoensis [9]
  • Borrelia americana sp. [16]
  • Borrelia bissettii
  • Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease [1,5]
  • Borrelia californiensis
  • Borrelia coriaceae- Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA) [8,12]
  • Borrelia crocidurae
  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever [13]
  • Borrelia miyamotoi [6]
  • Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
  • Borrelia talaje
  • Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
  • Borrelia genomospecies 1 and 2
  • Brucellosis
  • Colorado Tick Fever
  • Coxiella sp. [10]
  • Canine Ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME) [5]
  • Ehrlichia equi- Equine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichia ewingii- Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE)
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
  • Mono Lake virus
  • Morgellons
  • Powassan
  • Rickettsia bellii [11]
  • Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
  • Rickettsia rhipicephali [11]
  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [7,11]
  • Tick Paralysis
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma cajennense- Cayenne tick
           Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Argasidae brevipes- Short legged Bird tick
     
  • Argasidae monolakensis- Bird tick
           Coxiella sp.
       Mono Lake virus
     
  • Argasidae persicus- Poultry tick
     
  • Argasidae sanchezi- Poultry tick
     
  • Argasidae Carios rossi
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros coriaceus- Pajahuello tick
           Borrelia coriaceae- Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA)
           Borrelia crocidurae
      
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
           Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros parkeri- Cooley tick
           Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros talaje
           Borrelia talaje
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros turicata- Relapsing Fever tick
           Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Otobius lagophilus
     
  • Argasidae Otobius megnini- Spinose ear tick
           Colorado Tick Fever
           Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
           Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
           Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
           Tick Paralysis
     
  • Haemaphysalis leporispalustris- Rabbit tick
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
           Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
           Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Ixodes angustus
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes auritulus- Bird tick
     
  • Ixodes hearlei
     
  • Ixodes jellisoni
     
  • Ixodes neotomae
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes pacificus- Western black-legged tick
           Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Babesia microti
       Bartonella henselae
       Bartonella quintana
       Bartonella vinsonii spp. berkhoffii
       Bartonella washoensis  
           Borrelia americana sp.
       Borrelia bissettii
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
       Borrelia miyamotoi
       Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
       Ehrlichia equi- Equine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
       Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
       Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick, Deer tick or Bear tick
       Babesia microti
       Babesia odocoilei
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes spinipalpis
     
  • Ixodes texanus- Raccoon tick
           Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Ixodes woodi- Woodrat tick
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
       Colorado Tick Fever
           Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
           Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
           Tick Paralysis
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor occidentalis- Pacific Coast tick
       Anaplasma marginale- Bovine Anaplasmosis
       Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
           Colorado Tick Fever
       Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
       Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
       Rickettsia bellii
       Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
       Rickettsia rhipicephali
       Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
           Tick Paralysis
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor parumapertus
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood tick
           Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
           Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
       Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
           Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
           Rickettsia rhipicephali
           Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis
     
  • Rhipicephalus Boophilus annulatus- Cattle Fever tick
           Babesia bigemia- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
       Babesia canis- Canine Babesia
       Bartonella henselae
       Canine Ehrlichiosis
       Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
         
      
     

Sources:

1) Antigenic characteristics of Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from ixodid ticks in California.
R S Lane and J A Pascocello
J Clin Microbiol. 1989 October; 27(10): 2344-2349

2) Ecology of anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in gray foxes (urocyon cinereoargenteus) in northwestern California.
Mourad W. Gabriel, Richard N. Brown, Janet E. Foley, J. Mark Higley and Richard G. Botzler
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, April 2009, Volume 45, Number 2, pp. 344-354.

3) Infective endocarditis in a dog caused by Bartonella rochalimae and its phylogenic relationship with isolates from dogs, gray foxes and a human.
Henn JB, Gabriel MW, Kasten RW, Brown RN, Koehler JE, Macdonald KA, Kittleson MD, Thomas WP, Chomel BB
J Clin Microbiol 2008 Dec 24.

4) Aortic Valve Endocarditis in a Dog Due to Bartonella clarridgeiae.
Bruno B. Chomel et al.
J Clin Microbiol. 2001 October; 39(10): 3548–3554.

5) Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from a coastal region of California.
Holden K, Boothby JT, Anand S, et al.
J Med Entomol 2003 Jul; 40(4):534-9.

6) Detection of a Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing-fever group spirochete from Ixodes pacificus in California.
Mun J, Eisen RJ, Eisen L, et al.
 J Med Entomol 2006 Jan; 43(1):120-3.

7) Detection of Rickettsia rickettsii and Bartonella henselae in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks from California.
Wikswo ME, Hu R, Metzger ME, Eremeeva ME.
J Med Entomol. 2007Jan; 44 (1): 158-62.

8) Identification of the etiologic agent of epizootic bovine abortion in field-collected Ornithodoros coriaceus Koch ticks.
Chen CI, King DP, Blanchard MT, et al. 
Vet Microbiol 2007 Mar 10; 120(3-4):320-7.

9) Molecular evidence of Bartonella spp. in questing adult Ixodes pacificus ticks in California.
 Chang CC, Chomel BB, Kasten RW, et al. 
 J Clin Microbiol 2001 Apr; 39(4):1221-6.

10) Molecular evidence for a novel Coxiella from Argas monolakensis (Acari: Argasidae) from Mono Lake, California, USA.
Reeves WK.
 Exp Appl Acarol 2008 Feb 5.

11) Detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Dermacentor species from southern California.
Wikswo ME, Hu R, Dasch GA, et al. 
 J Med Entomol 2008 May; 45(3):509-16.

12) 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.

13) Tick-borne relapsing fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Schwan TG, Raffel SJ, Schrumpf ME, Webster LS, Marques AR, Spano R, et al. 
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jul; [Epub ahead of print]

14) Anaplasma marginale msp1alpha genotypes evolved under positive selection pressure but are not markers for geographic isolates.
de la Fuente J, Van Den Bussche RA, Prado TM, Kocan KM 
J Clin Microbiol 2003 Apr; 41(4):1609-16.

15) Effect of prescribed fire for tick control in California chaparral.
Padgett KA, Casher LE, Stephens SL, Lane RS.
J Med Entomol. 2009 Sep;46(5):1138-45.

16) Delineation of a new species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, Borrelia americana sp.nov.
Nataliia Rudenko*, Maryna Golovchenko, Tao Lin, Lihui Gao, Libor Grubhoffer, and James H. Oliver Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01050-09

 

CA Dept of Health Testing Results for Lyme Disease Agent- Statewide by County

Summary of NAPA County Ticks

Ticks Commonly Encountered in California

State Health Department Cautions Californians

California Division of Communicable Disease Control

UC Davis Babesia Project

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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