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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 1,036

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 10,360

* Ohio Known Fatalities: 4

* 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 Ohio: 

  • Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
     
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Relapsing Fever
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
      
    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      

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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