State Statistics:                                                                                                    Missouri
Home  About Us  The Memorial Park  The Buried Truth  In Memory Of  Articles  Fatality Citations  Autopsy Reports  National Statistics  State Statistics  Become a Member  In the News  Our Physicians  Educational Links  Comments  Contact Us	Support: Missouri Lyme Association of Greater Kansas City Inc. (LAGKC) State Related Articles: MU researchers study tick-borne feline disease `Disease' creates medical mystery July perfect time to remember New tick-borne illness has researchers scratching heads Missouri Remembers... State Statistics: * Reported cases: Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10): 1,369 Actual Cases: Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 13,690 * 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 Missouri:  Anaplasma marginale- Bovine Anaplasmosis [3]   Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)   Babesia MO1   Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis [1]   Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)   Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)   Francisella tularensis- Tularemia [4]   Morgellons   Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)   Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever   Theileria equi (formerly Babesia equi)- Equine Piroplasmosis [2]   Tick Paralysis   Tick Vectors- Pathogen:  Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease    Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)    Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)    Francisella tularensis- Tularemia    Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Tick Paralysis   Ixodes dentatus- Rabbit tick    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease   Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease    Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis    Sources: 1) Polymerase chain reaction detection of Cytauxzoon felis from field-collected ticks and sequence analysis of the small subunit and internal transcribed spacer 1 region of the ribosomal RNA gene. P J Bondy Jr, L A Cohn, J W Tyler, A E Marsh. J Parasitol. 2005 Apr ;91:458-61 15986625 (P,S,E,B) 2) Equine Piroplasmosis Reported in Missouri OIE Report 3) Anaplasma marginale msp1alpha genotypes evolved under positive selection pressure but are not markers for geographic isolates. de la Fuente J, Van Den Bussche RA, Prado TM, Kocan KM  J Clin Microbiol 2003 Apr; 41(4):1609-16. 4) Tularemia - Missouri, 2000-2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009 Jul 17; 58(27):744-8. 'Sixty-three (52%) patients were hospitalized; one patient died. Among 78 cases with a documented exposure source, 72% were associated with tick bite. In 33 (85%) of 39 culture-confirmed cases, the laboratory received specimens without any indication of suspicion of a tularemia diagnosis.'   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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