Tick & Vector Borne Infections
Top Ten States
2015 Stats
(Excluding Lyme disease)
Q-Fever (Total 156 in USA)
CA 39
TX 13
CO 8
AZ 7
PA 7
MO 7
WI 5
NE 5
SD 5
MT 5
Spotted Fever (Total 4,198 in USA)
AK 889
TN 605
NC 459
MO 324
OK 307
VA 296
AL 288
KS 146
KT 134
GA 114
Tularemia (Total 314 in USA)
CO 52
KS 34
MO 29
NE 25
SD 25
AK 24
OK 23
WY 21
IL 10
NM 8
Powassan Virus- (Total in USA- 6)
MA 3
ME 1
WI 1
NJ 1
West Nile- neuroinvasive- (Total in USA- 720)
CA 585
TX 196
AZ 67
CO 57
IL 51
OK 49
MD 31
MS 25
NJ 23
NY City 30
Babesiosis (Total in USA- 2,100)
NY Upstate 521
MA 443
CT 328
NJ 297
RI 190
NY City 71
WI 56
ME 55
NH 53
MN 45
Dengue Fever (Total 929 in USA)
HI 219
CA 138
FL 82
NY City 74
PR 58
NJ 57
TX 30
VA 24
WA 19
CO 13
Anaplasmosis (Total 3,656 in USA)
MA 767
NY Upstate 727
MN 613
WI 546
ME 186
VT 139
NJ 125
RI 116
CT 120
NH 110
Ehrlichia chaffeenis (Total in USA- 1,288)
MO 231
AK 192
NY Upstate 109
NC 74
VA 96
OK 62
NJ 61
TN 61
KY 53
KS 46
Ehrlicha ewingii (Total 14 in USA)
MO 7
KS 2
OK 1
AK 1
MS 1
NJ 1
NH 1
Hantavirus non- HPS- (Total 3 in USA)
IL 1
WI 1
UT 1
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)- (Total 21 in USA)
CO 6
MT 4
CA 2
TX 2
WA 1
IN 1
ND 1
AZ 1
NM 1
UT 1
WY 1
Leptospirosis- spirochetal illness (Total 40 in USA)
Puerto Rico 45
HI 22
Guam 11
NY City 5
FL 4
MD 3
IL 2
IN 2
CA 1
RI 1
NOTES based on the 2015 National Reported Cases List
Georgia, with only 8 cases of Lyme disease reported in 2015, and Colorado with only 3 cases reported in the last TEN years, are homes to the CDC (GA) and CDC Vector Borne Disease Division (CO).
Inquiring minds want to know if ticks are as unhappy with the CDC as humans are?
If so, perhaps we can establish a “Rent a CDC Employee Program” and have those employees take up residence in our States so the ticks feel compelled to move out? If they agree, that will be the only way their convoluted out-dated prevention measures are going to be successful.
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Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma have zero reported cases of Lyme disease for 2015.
In Hawaii Lyme disease is not a reportable illness.
States with the lowest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in 2015.
Alaska 9
Idaho 9
Georgia 8
Utah 7
Nevada 7
Montana 5
South Dakota 5
Missouri 5
Mississippi 4
Louisiana 3
WY 1
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