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 Rabbit fever detected in Kane County

State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10): 66

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 660

* 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 Utah: 

  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever

  • Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever

  • Colorado Tick Fever [1]

  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia

  • Morgellons

  • Relapsing Fever

  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick
     
  • Argasidae Carios rossi
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
           Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros parkeri- Cooley tick
           Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
     
  • Ixodes pacificus- Western Black-legged tick
       Borrelia     burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick [1]
       Colorado Tick Fever
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor parumapertus- Rabbit tick


Sources:

1) Epidemiology of Colorado tick fever in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, 1995-2003
Brackney MM, Marfin AA, Staples JE, Stallones L, Keefe T, Black WC, Campbell GL
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 May;10(4):381-5.

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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