Prevalence

Lyme disease is the top vector-borne disease in the U.S

approximately 476,000 people have the possibility of obtaining Lyme disease each year in the United States

The annual number of Lyme disease cases has been as high as 300,000

Studies have found that ticks are usually caught before the transmission period within 48 hours so there is a low risk of disease at 1-3% in endemic areas

In non-endemic areas, such southern US pets rarely contract Lyme disease while contraction of the disease ranges from 1.4% to 13.3% in the Northeast, an endemic area.