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State Related Articles:

Lyme disease

 


State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 973

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
9,730

* Illinois 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.

* At least 15 species of ticks occur in Illinois.

 

Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in Illinois: 

  • Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
     
  • Ehrlichiosis
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
      
    Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
      
    Ehrlichiosis
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tularemia
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Ehrlichiosis
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tularemia
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick


Sources:

Illinois Department 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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