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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 8,174

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
81,740

* Minnesota Known Fatalities: 7

* 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 Minnesota: 

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

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros talaje
     
  • 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
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
      

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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