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Lyme disease is an uphill battle


State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08):
625

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
6,250

* 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 Vermont: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)

  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)

  • Morgellons

  • Powassan Encephalitis

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tick Paralysis

  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Amblyomma americanum- Lone Star tick

  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood tick or Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis
       Tularemia  

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick


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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