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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (
3-22-08): 19

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 190

* 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 17 species of ticks occur in South Dakota.

 

Other Vector and Tickborne diseases found in South Dakota: 

  • Colorado Tick Fever
     
  • Morgellons
     
  • Relapsing Fever
     
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
     
  • Tick Paralysis
     
  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen: 

  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
       Colorado Tick Fever
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tick Paralysis
      
    Tularemia
     
  • 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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