State Statistics:
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	New Jersey Support: State Related Articles: Battle vs. Lyme disease intensifies It’s Spring and Lyme Disease Season- Time for Tick Awareness Rep. Smith Introduces Bill to Combat Skyrocketing Lyme Disease Cases State Statistics: * Reported cases: Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08): 37,240 Actual Cases: Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 372,400 * New Jersey Known Fatalities: 15 * 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 New Jersey:  Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)   Babesia microti   Borrelia lonestari -Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)   Borrelia miyamotoi   Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)   Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)   Morgellons   Mycoplasma fermentans   Powassan Encephalitis   Query Fever   Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever   Tick Paralysis   Tularemia   Tick Vectors- Pathogen:  Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease    Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)    Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)    Query Fever    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Tick Paralysis    Tularemia    Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)    Babesia microti    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease    Borrelia miyamotoi Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Tularemia   Sources: Three multiplex assays for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato in field-collected Ixodes nymphs in North America. Ullmann AJ, Gabitzsch ES, Schulze TL, et al. J Med Entomol 2005 Nov; 42(6):1057-62. Tick-borne Diseases of New Jersey Ticks & Lyme Disease 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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