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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 386

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
3,860

* Oklahoma Known Fatalities: 5

* 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 Oklahoma: 

  • Anaplasma marginale
     
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
     
  • Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
     
  • Canine Babesiosis
     
  • Canine Ehrlichiosis
     
  • Cytauxzoon felis
     
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
     
  • Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)
     
  • Equine Piroplasmosis
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Relapsing Fever
     
  • Rickettsia parkeri
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
      
    Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
       Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
       Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)
       Tularemia
     
  • Amblyomma cajennense- Cayenne tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Amblyomma maculatum- Gulf Coast tick
      
    Rickettsia parkeri
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros turicata- Relapsing Fever tick
      
    Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
     
  • Ixodes pacificus- Western Black-legged tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)  
     
  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick
      
    Anaplasma marginale
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor nitens- Tropical Horse tick
       Equine Piroplasmosis
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tularemia
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick
      
    Canine Babesiosis
      
    Canine Ehrlichiosis
      
    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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