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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
02-07-10): 53

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
530

* 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 Mexico: 

  • Anaplasma marginale
     
  • Anaplasma ovis
     
  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Colorado Tick Fever
     
  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Powassan Encephalitis
     
  • Relapsing Fever
     
  • Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
     
  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tick Paralysis


     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Argasidae Carios kelleyi (formerly Ornithodoros kelleyi)- Bat tick
     
  • Argasidae Carios rossi
     
  • Argasidae Carios yumatensis
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
      
    Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Otobius megnini- Spinose ear tick
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
      
    Anaplasma marginale
      
    Anaplasma ovis
       Colorado Tick Fever
      
    Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
      
    Powassan Encephalitis
      
    Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
      
    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis
      

Sources:

Tularemic Meningitis in the United States.
Diedre M. Hofinger, MD; Luzma Cardona, MD; Gregory J. Mertz, MD; Larry E. Davis, MD
Arch Neurol. 2009;66(4):523-527.

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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