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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 (
3-22-08): 3,212

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 32,120

* California Known Fatalities: 26

* 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
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
  • Babesia conradae
  • Babesia microti
  • Babesia odocoilei
  • Babesia WA1
  • Babesiosis
  • Bartonella elizabethae
  • Bartonella henselae
  • Bartonella quintana
  • Borrelia bissettii
  • Borrelia californiensis
  • Borrelia crocidurae
  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
  • Borrelia miyamotoi
  • Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
  • Borrelia talaje
  • Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
  • Borrelia genomospecies 1 and 2
  • Brucellosis
  • Colorado Tick Fever
  • Canine Babesiosis
  • Canine Ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
  • Ehrlichia equi- Equine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichia ewingii- Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE)
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Epizootic bovine abortion (EBA)
  • Mono Lake virus
  • Morgellons
  • Powassan
  • Query fever
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Tick Paralysis
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma cajennense- Cayenne tick
       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Argasidae monolakensis- Bird tick
       Mono Lake virus

     
  • Argasidae persicus- Poultry tick
     
  • Argasidae sanchezi- Poultry tick
     
  • Argasidae Carios rossi
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros coriaceus- Pajahuello tick
      
    Borrelia crocidurae
      
    Epizootic bovine abortion (EBA)
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
      
    Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros parkeri- O. parkeri or 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
      
    Query fever
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tick Paralysis
      
    Tularemia
     
  • Haemaphysalis leporispalustris- Rabbit tick
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes angustus
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes neotomae
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes pacificus- Western black-legged tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Babesia microti
       Bartonella henselae
       B. quintana
       B. washoensis
       B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii
      
    Borrelia bissettii
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
       Borrelia miyamotoi
      
    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
      
    Ehrlichia equi- Equine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tularemia
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
       Babesia microti
      
    Babesia odocoilei
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
       Colorado Tick Fever
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tick Paralysis
      
    Tularemia
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor occidentalis- Pacific Coast tick
      
    Anaplasma marginale
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
      
    Colorado Tick Fever
      
    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tularemia
     
  • 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)
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis
       Tularemia
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
      
    Bartonella henselae
      
    Canine Babesiosis
      
    Canine Ehrlichiosis
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
         
      

     

Sources:

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

 

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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