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Mysterious tick disease afflicts Montana


State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 5

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
50

* 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.

*** Montana began accepting reports of Lyme disease in 2007.

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Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in Montana: 

  • Anaplasma marginale
     
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
     
  • Colorado Tick Fever
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Query Fever
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Sawgrass Virus
     
  • Tick paralysis
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
      
    Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros parkeri- O. parkeri or Cooley tick
      
    Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
       Colorado Tick Fever
      
    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
       Tick Paralysis
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Anaplasma marginale
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Sawgrass Virus
       Tick Paralysis
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      

Sources:

Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana

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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