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State Statistics:* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10): 1,848Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 18,480* * * Texas is a passive surveillance state; and it is likely that there is considerable underreporting of tickborne diseases.
* 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 Texas:
- Anaplasma marginale- Bovine Anaplasmosis [4]
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
- Anaplasmosis
- Babesia bigemia- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
- Babesia bovis- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
- Babesia caballi
- Babesia canis- Canine Babesia
- Babesiosis
- Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
- Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
- Brucellosis
- Canine Ehrlichiosis
- Colorado Tick Fever
- Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis [5]
- Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
- Ehrlichia ewingii- Canine Granulocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (CGE) and (HGA)
- Ehrlichiosis
- Equine Piroplasmosis
- Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
- Hantavirus
- Morgellons
- Relapsing Fever
- Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
- Rickettsia parkeri
- Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia typhi- Murine Typhus
- Sawgrass Virus
- Tick Paralysis
Tick Vectors- Pathogen:
- Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
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
Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Tick Paralysis
- Amblyomma auricularium
- Amblyomma cajennense- Cayenne tick
Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Amblyomma imitator- Imitator tick
- Amblyomma inornatum- Ixodid tick
- Amblyomma maculatum- Gulf Coast tick
Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
Rickettsia parkeri
Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Argasidae Carios capensis- Seabird tick
- Argasidae Carios concanensis
- Argasidae Carios coprophilus
- Argasidae Carios rossi
- Argasidae Carios stageri
- Argasidae Carios yumatensis
- Argasidae Ornithodoros turicata- Argasid tick
Borrelia turicatae- Southwestern Relapsing Fever
- Boophilus annulatus- Cattle Fever tick
Babesia bigemia- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
Babesia bovis- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
- Boophilus microplus- Southern Cattle Fever tick
Babesia bigemia- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
Babesia bovis- Texas Fever or Bovine Babesia
- Ixodes dentatus- Eastern Rabbit tick
Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease
- Ixodes pacificus- Western black-legged tick or Pacific tick
- 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
- Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
Anaplasmosis
Colorado Tick Fever
Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Tick Paralysis
- Ixodes Dermacentor nitens- Tropical Horse tick
Babesia caballi
Equine Piroplasmosis
- Ixodes Dermacentor occidentalis- Pacific Coast tick
Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood tick
Anaplasma marginale
Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
Anaplasmosis
Colorado Tick Fever
Cytauxzoon felis- Cytauxzoonosis
Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)
Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Sawgrass Virus
Tick Paralysis
- Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
Babesia canis- Canine Babesia
Canine Ehrlichiosis
Sources:
1) Field collection and genetic classification of tick-borne Rickettsiae and Rickettsiae-like pathogens from South Texas: Coxiella burnetii isolated from field-collected Amblyomma cajennense.
Sanders DM, Parker JE, Walker WW, Buchholz MW, Blount K, Kiel JL
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008 Dec.:208-11.2) Hantavirus transmission: potential role of ectoparasites.
Houck MA, Qin H, Roberts HR
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2001; 1(1):75-9.3) Babesiosis in the Greyhound.
Breitschwerdt EB, Malone JB, MacWilliams P, et al.
J Am Vet Med Assoc 1983 May 1; 182(9):978-82.4) 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):1609-16.5) A progress report on the status of a new disease of American cats: cytauxzoonosis.
Ferris DH
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 1979; 1(4):269-76.
Ticks and Tickborne Diseases in Texas
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http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/tzns01.htm
http://www.lymeinfo.net/coinfections.html
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