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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
02-07-10): 101,052

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 1,010,520

* 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 York: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Babesia microti
     
  • Babesia odocoilei
     
  • Bartonella elizabethae
  • Bartonella henselae

  • Bartonella quintana

  • Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI) [2]

  • Colorado Tick Fever

  • Deer Tick Virus (DTV)

  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)

  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia

  • Morgellons

  • Powassan Encephalitis

  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

 

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
       Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
       Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros talaje  

  • Ixodes dentatus- Rabbit tick
      
    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick, Deer tick or Bear tick
       Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Babesia microti
       Babesia odocoilei
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
      
    Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
      
    Deer Tick Virus (DTV)
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood tick
      
    Colorado Tick Fever
       Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      

Sources:

Fatal case of deer tick virus encephalitis.
[Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.]
Tavakoli NP, Wang H, Dupuis M, Hull R, Ebel GD, Gilmore EJ, Faust PL 
N Engl J Med 2009 May 14; 360(20):2099-107.

2) Distribution of Borreliae among ticks collected from eastern states.
Taft SC, Miller MK, Wright SM
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2005; 5(4):383-9

 

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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