State Statistics:
Home  About Us  The Memorial Park  The Buried Truth  In Memory Of  Articles  Fatality Citations  Autopsy Reports  National Statistics  State Statistics  Become a Member  In the News  Our Physicians  Educational Links  Comments  Contact Us	Georgia Support: State Related Articles: DHR offers advice on tick related diseases and problems Morgellons: Is skin rash real or imagined? State Statistics: * Reported cases: Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08): 1,259 Actual Cases: Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 12,590 * Georgia Known Fatalities: 3 * 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 Georgia:  Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA) Babesia microti Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI) Brucellosis Canine Babesiosis Canine Ehrlichiosis Colorado Tick Fever Cytauxzoon felis Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME) Ehrlichia ewingii Morgellons Panola Mountain Ehrlichia Query Fever Rickettsia parkeri Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Tularemia   Tick Vectors- Pathogen: Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick    Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)    Ehrlichia ewingii      Tularemia Amblyomma maculatum- Gulf Coast tick    Rickettsia parkeri Argasidae Carios capensis- Seabird tick Ixodes cookei- Groundhog tick or Woodchuck tick Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)    Babesia microti    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease Ixodes texanus- Raccoon tick Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick    Colorado Tick Fever    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Tularemia Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood tick    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Tularemia Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick    Canine Babesiosis    Canine Ehrlichiosis    Reported Cases of Lyme disease by County   The first report of human illness associated with the Panola Mountain Ehrlichia species: a case report. Reeves WK, Loftis AD, Nicholson WL, Czarkowski AG. J Med Case Reports 2008 Apr 30; 2(1):139.   Sources: Georgia division of Public Health 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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