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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
02-07-10): 389

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
3,890

* 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- Bovine Anaplasmosis [3]
     
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
     
  • Babesia canis- Canine Babesia
     
  • Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
     
  • Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
     
  • Canine Ehrlichiosis
     
  • Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis [4]
     
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
     
  • Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)
     
  • Equine Piroplasmosis
     
  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Relapsing Fever
     
  • Rickettsia parkeri
     
  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [1]

     

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)
       Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
     
  • Amblyomma cajennense- Cayenne tick
      
    Rickettsia rickettsii- 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, Deer tick or Bear 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
      
    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor nitens- Tropical Horse tick
       Equine Piroplasmosis
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis
      
    Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
      
    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
       Babesia canis- Canine Babesia

      
    Canine Ehrlichiosis
      
    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      

Sources:

1) Increasing Incidence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever among the American Indian Population in the United States.
Robert C. Holman*, Jennifer H. McQuiston, Dana L. Haberling, AND James E. Cheek
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Division of Epidemiology, Office of Public Health Support, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 80(4), 2009, pp. 601-605

2) Babesiosis in the Greyhound.
Breitschwerdt EB, Malone JB, MacWilliams P, et al.
J Am Vet Med Assoc 1983 May 1; 182(9):978-82.

3) Anaplasma marginale msp1alpha genotypes evolved under positive selection pressure but are not markers for geographic isolates.
de la Fuente J, Van Den Bussche RA, Prado TM, Kocan KM 
J Clin Microbiol 2003 Apr; 41(4):1609-16.

4) Temporal occurrence and environmental risk factors associated with cytauxzoonosis in domestic cats.
Reichard MV, Baum KA, Cadenhead SC, Snider TA 
Vet Parasitol 2008 Jan 4.

 

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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