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Tickborne Diseases of the United States
Annalies Winny wrote that the annual number of tickborne disease cases has more than doubled in the U.S. in the past two decades. There are several potential reasons for this, including growing tick populations, rising heat and humidity that help ticks thrive in more places for longer periods, and improved tracking of these diseases by Centers for Disease Control and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Lyme disease is by far the most common tickborne disease: The CDC records some 36,000 cases each year, but not all cases are reported, and the agency has estimated that as many as half a million Americans are diagnosed with and treated for the disease annually.
Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of immunology and infectious diseases, and the inaugural director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute noted ticks can carry more than just Lyme disease, this pest can carry a host of other tickborne diseases that, while less common, are also on the rise and have more limited treatment options.

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Selected Tickborne Disease Reported to CDC, U.S.,2018

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health United States counties Lyme disease heat map

Gathering Data
Since 2018, CDC has established a nationwide program that guides local agencies and academic partners on tick surveillance and pathogen testing and gathers all that data in one place.
The results offer the most current picture of geographic range of seven significant human disease-causing pathogens known to be transmitted by blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and wester blacklegged ticks (Ixoes pacificus).The Data
* Total includes District of Columbia

Tickborne Disease Overview
· Lyme Disease
· Tickborne Relapsing Fever
· Hard Tick Relapsing Fever
· Anaplasmosis
· Ehrlichiosis
· Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
· Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis
· Tularemia
· Babesiosis
· Heartland and Bourbon Virus Diseases
· Colorado Tick Fever
· Powassan Virus Disease
“Ticks are the most important vectors of disease in domestic and wild animals throughout the world and are second only to mosquitoes as transmitters of human disease. They harbor and transmit various pathogens including protozoa, virus and bacteria to humans and their companion animals.”
Richard M. Houseman
Associate Professor of Entomology

How to remove a Tick
Avoid folklore remedies such as “painting” the tick with nail polish or petroleum jelly, or using heat to make the tick detach from the skin. Your goal is to remove the tick as quickly as possible–not waiting for it to detach
Use clean, fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin’s surface as possible.
Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don’t twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If this happens, remove the mouth-parts with tweezers. If you cannot remove the mouth easily with tweezers, leave it alone and let the skin heal.
After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol or soap and water.
Never crush a tick with your fingers. Dispose of a live tick by
Putting it in alcohol,
Placing it in a sealed bag/container,
Wrapping it tightly in tape, or
Flushing it down the toilet.

Tick Removal example.

Pathogen/Disease	States
Borrelia bugdorferi/ Lyme disease	30*
Borrelia miyamotoi/ Hardtick relapseing fever	25*
Anaplasma phagocytophilum/ Anaplasmosis	24*
Babesia microti/ Babesiosis	17
Powassan Virus/ Powassan virus disease	6
Borrelia mayonii/ Lyme disease	4
Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis/ Ehrlichiosis	2