State Statistics:                                                                                             Pennsylvania
Home  About Us  The Memorial Park  The Buried Truth  In Memory Of  Articles  Fatality Citations  Autopsy Reports  National Statistics  State Statistics  Become a Member  In the News  Our Physicians  Educational Links  Comments  Contact Us	Support: Pennsylvania The Lyme Disease Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LDASEPA) State Related Articles: MU researchers study tick-borne feline disease Hate ticks? Save deer Lyme-infected ticks hit early this year Pennsylvania Remembers... State Statistics: * Reported cases: Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10): 60,578 Actual Cases: Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 605,780 * 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. * At least 25 species of ticks occur in Pennsylvania.   Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in Pennsylvania:  Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)   Babesia canis- Canine Babesia   Babesia odocoilei   Canine Anaplasmosis   Canine Ehrlichiosis   Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis [2]   Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)   Francisella tularensis- Tularemia   Haemobartonellosis   Hepatozoonosis   Morgellons   Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)   Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever   Tick Paralysis   Tick Vectors- Pathogen:  Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick    Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)    Francisella tularensis- Tularemia    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Tick Paralysis   Ixodes cookei- Groundhog tick or Woodchuck tick     Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick, Deer tick or Bear tick    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)    Babesia canis- Canine Babesia    Babesia odocoilei    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease    Canine Anaplasmosis   Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)    Babesia canis- Canine Babesia    Francisella tularensis- Tularemia    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Tick Paralysis   Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick    Babesia canis- Canine Babesia    Canine Ehrlichiosis    Hepatozoonosis    Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever    Reported Cases of Lyme disease by County   Sources: 1) Infection and co-infection rates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum variants, Babesia spp., Borrelia burgdorferi, and the rickettsial endosymbiont in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from sites in Indiana, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Steiner FE, Pinger RR, Vann CN, et al.  J Med Entomol 2008 Mar; 45(2):289-97. 2) Cytauxzoon felis infections are present in bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a region where cytauxzoonosis is not recognized in domestic cats. Birkenheuer AJ, Marr HS, Warren C, Acton AE, Mucker EM, Humphreys JG, Tucker MD  Vet Parasitol 2008 Jan 19.   Four Common Ticks of Pennsylvania 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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