Showing posts with label Western Black-Legged Tick (Ixodes pacificus). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Western Black-Legged Tick (Ixodes pacificus). Show all posts

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Oregon: Lyme Disease and Tick Surveillance

Lyme Disease, 2005 State of Oregon Selected Reportable Communicable Disease Summary, Oregon Health Services

In 1997–1998, a tick identification and Borrelia isolation study was conducted by the CDC and the Oregon Department of Human Services in Deschutes, Josephine and Jackson Counties. No ticks from Deschutes County were identified as carrying Borrelia in this study. The organism was isolated in 3% of Ixodes pacificus ticks tested.

During 2005, 24 cases were reported in Oregon.