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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10):
7

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 70

*  In Hawaii, Lyme disease is not a notifiable disease.

* 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 Hawaii: 

  • Leptospirosis

  • Morgellons

  • Relapsing Fever
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Argasidae Carios capensis- Seabird tick

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
       Relapsing Fever

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros turicata- Argasid tick
      
    Leptospirosis

  • Argasidae Otobius megnini- Spinose ear tick

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick


Sources:

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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