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Washington State Lyme Disease

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Lyme disease comes to Vashon


State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08): 2
55

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
2,550

* Washington Known Fatalities: 1

* 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 Washington: 

  • Babesia W1

  • Bartonella quintana

  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever

  • Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever

  • Borrelia talaje

  • Colorado Tick Fever

  • Morgellons

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tick Paralysis

  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
      
    Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros parkeri- O. parkeri or Cooley tick
      
    Borrelia parkeri- Western Relapsing Fever
     
  • Argasidae Ornithodoros talaje
      
    Borrelia talaje
     
  • Argasidae Otobius megnini- Spinose ear tick
     
  • Ixodes angustus
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes pacificus- Western Black-legged tick
       Borrelia
    burgdorferi- Lyme disease
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick
       Colorado Tick Fever
       Tick Paralysis
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor occidentalis- Pacific Coast tick
      
    Colorado Tick Fever
      
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
      
    Tularemia
     
  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick or Wood 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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