2. What is it?
• Lyme Disease is a tick borne illness
• The tick transmits a bacteria into our
skin
• Borrelia Burgdorferei in the United
States
- Blacklegged ticks are the source
3. Ticks need 36 hours of
attachment to transmit disease
• The ticks are often in the nymph stage
• 2 mm in size
13. Where is the Highest Risk
• Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
• Wisconsin and Minnesota
• Northern California
14. Reported Lyme disease cases in the United
States from 1990-2013
http://module.lymediseaseassociation.net/Maps/
15. Can the Blood Test be Wrong
• Often the test is negative during the
rash stage of the illness in the first few
weeks
16. If the Blood test is still
positive is infection still
present?
• The blood test measures antibodies
and stays positive for years.
17. Standard Treatment
• Early disease is treated with
doxycycline or amoxicillin
• Later disease in the nervous system
may need intravenous antibiotics
18. Reported cases of Lyme disease by year in
the United States 1995-2013
The graph displays the number of reported cases of Lyme disease from 1995 through
2013. The number of confirmed cases ranged from a low of 11,700 in 1995 to high of
29,959 in 2009.
http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/chartstables/casesbyyear.html
19. Reported cases of Lyme disease in the
United Stated, 1991-2012
This figure shows the annual incidence of Lyme disease, which is calculated as the number
of new cases per 100,000 people. The graph is based on cases that local and state health
departments report to CDC's national disease tracking system.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/indicators/health-society/lyme.html
20. Confirmed Lyme disease cases by age and
sex in the United States, 2001-2010
Reported cases of Lyme disease are most common among boys aged 5-9.
http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/chartstables/incidencebyagesex.html
21. Reported cases of Lyme disease, United
States, 2013
Though Lyme disease cases have been reported in nearly every state, cases are reported
from the infected person’s county of residence, not they place where they were infected.
http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/resources/brochure/lymediseasebrochure.pdf