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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
02-07-10): 607

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
6,070

* 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 Indiana.

 

Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in Indiana: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Babesiosis
     
  • Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
     
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
     
  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
       Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
       Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
       Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick, Deer tick or Bear tick
       Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick


Sources:

Infection and co-infection rates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum variants, Babesia spp., Borrelia burgdorferi, and the rickettsial endosymbiont in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from sites in Indiana, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Steiner FE, Pinger RR, Vann CN, et al. 
J Med Entomol 2008 Mar; 45(2):289-97.

The Use of Harvested White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Methods to Characterize Distribution and Locate Spatial Clusters of Borrelia burgdorferi and Its Vector Ixodes scapularis in Indiana.
Keefe LM, Moro MH, Vinasco J, Hill C, Wu CC, Raizman EA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2009 Mar 9.
 

Ticks and Diseases in Indiana

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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