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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08): 4,
196

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 41,960

* Delaware Known Fatalities: 1

* 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 Delaware: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)

  • Borrelia lonestari -Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)

  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)

  • Morgellons

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
      
    Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
       Ehrlichiosis
       Tularemia

  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tularemia

  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
       Ehrlichiosis  
     

Sources:

Delaware Health and Social Services

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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