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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 2,269

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
22,690

* Maine 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 Maine: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Babesia microti
     
  • Borrelia burgdorferi
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Powassan Encephalitis
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tularemia
 

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Ixodes cookei- Groundhog tick or Woodchuck tick
      
    Powassan Encephalitis
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
      
    Babesia microti
       Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      

Sources:

Maine Epi-Gram

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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