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State Statistics:

* Reported cases:
Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-Current (02-07-10):
80

Actual Cases:
Using the CDCs own under-reported standard of 10 fold:
800

* 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 Wyoming: 

  • Anaplasmosis

  • Babesia microti [3]

  • Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever

  • Brucellosis

  • Colorado Tick Fever [4]

  • Francisella tularensis- Tularemia [1]

  • Morgellons

  • Relapsing Fever

  • Rickettsia Coxiella burnetii- Query Fever (Q Fever)

  • Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  • Tick Paralysis
     

Tick Vectors- Pathogen:

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros hermsi- Relapsing Fever tick
      
    Borrelia hermsii- Northern America Relapsing Fever

  • Argasidae Ornithodoros parkeri- Cooley tick [2]

  • Argasidae Otobius megnini- Spinose ear tick

  • Ixodes eastoni
       Babesia microti

  • Ixodes Dermacentor albipictus- Winter tick, Moose tick or Elk tick

  • Ixodes Dermacentor andersoni- Rocky Mountain Wood tick [4]
       Anaplasmosis
       Colorado Tick Fever
      
    Francisella tularensis- Tularemia
      
    Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
       Tick Paralysis
     

Sources:

1) Tularemia transmitted by insect bites--Wyoming, 2001-2003.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2005 Feb 25; 54(7):170-3.

2) Ornithodoros parkeri Cooley: Observations on the Biology of This Tick
Gordon E Davis
The Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 27, No. 5 (Oct., 1941)

3) Splenomegaly and reticulocytosis caused by Babesia microti infections in natural populations of the montane vole, Microtus montanus.
Watkins RA, Moshier SE, O'Dell WD, et al.

J Protozool 1991 Nov-Dec; 38(6):573-6.

4) 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.

 

Wyoming Department of Health

Insect And Related Pests In Wyoming

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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