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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08):
3,590

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
35,900

* Virginia Known Fatalities: 3

* 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 Virginia: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)

  • Babesia microti

  • Babesia odocoilei

  • Borrelia lonestari- Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)

  • Brucellosis

  • Canine Babesiosis

  • Canine Ehrlichiosis

  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis- Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis (HME)

  • Morgellons

  • Rickettsia parkeri

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tick Paralysis

  • Tularemia
     

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)
       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tularemia

  • Amblyomma maculatum- Gulf Coast tick
      
    Rickettsia parkeri

  • Haemaphysalis leporispalustris- Rabbit tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes cookei- Groundhog tick or Woodchuck tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes dentatus- Eastern Rabbit tick
      
    Borrelia burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes scapularis (formerly Ixodes dammini)- Black-legged tick or Deer tick
      
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)
       Babesia microti
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes texanus- Raccoon tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease

  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus- Brown Dog tick or Red Dog tick
      
    Canine Babesiosis
       Canine Ehrlichiosis


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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