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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 73

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
730

* Nevada Known Fatalities: 1

* 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 Nevada: 

  • Borrelia crocidurae
     
  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
     
  • Colorado Tick Fever
     
  • Ehrlichia equi- Equine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
     
  • Epizootic bovine abortion (EBA)
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros coriaceus- Pajahuello tick
      
    Borrelia crocidurae
       Epizootic bovine abortion (EBA)

  • 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 pacificus- Western Black-legged tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
      
    Ehrlichia equi- Equine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tularemia
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
       Colorado Tick Fever
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

      

Sources:

Identification of the etiologic agent of epizootic bovine abortion in field-collected Ornithodoros coriaceus Koch ticks.
Chen CI, King DP, Blanchard MT, et al. 
Vet Microbiol 2007 Mar 10; 120(3-4):320-7.

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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