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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 832

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
8,320

* Michigan Known Fatalities: 4

* 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 Michigan: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
      
    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tularemia

     
  • Ixodes cookei- Groundhog tick or Woodchuck tick
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
      
    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
     
  • 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

      

Sources:

Tick Borne Illnesses in Michigan

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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