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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 124

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 1,240

* 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 Nebraska: 

  • Anaplasma marginale
     
  • Anaplasma ovis
     
  • Anaplasmosis
     
  • Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
     
  • Canine Babesiosis
     
  • Canine Ehrlichiosis
     
  • Colorado Tick fever
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Powassan Encephalitis
     
  • Query Fever
     
  • Relapsing Fever
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Salmonella entoritches
     
  • Tick Paralysis
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
      
    Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
     
  • Argasidae Otobius megnini- Spinose ear tick
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
      
    Anaplasma marginale
      
    Anaplasma ovis
      
    Anaplasmosis
       Canine Babesiosis

      
    Colorado Tick fever
      
    Powassan Encephalitis
      
    Query Fever
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tick Paralysis
      
    Tularemia
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
      
    Canine Babesiosis
       Canine Ehrlichiosis
      
    Salmonella entoritches
      

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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