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Wisconsin Doctors Say Lyme Disease Cases On The Rise

Check for ticks!
Diseases pose threats for dogs, cats, humans

Ticks spread more than lyme disease


State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (3-22-08):
14,888

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold: 148,880

* Wisconsin Known Fatalities: 6

* 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 Wisconsin: 

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum- Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis (HGA)

  • Anaplasmosis

  • Babesia microti

  • Canine Ehrlichiosis

  • Morgellons

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tularemia
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros talaje

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

  • Ixodes Dermacentor variabilis- American Dog tick, Eastern Wood 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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