Geographic Expansion of Lyme Disease 2015
In August 2015, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published volume 21-8 of its journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIFD) on www.nc.cdc.gov. It contained a study by Dr. Kugeler, “an epidemiologist with the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.” (Dr. Kugeler, CDC, 2015) In this study titled, “Geographic Distribution and Expansion of Human Lyme Disease, United States” it states that the number of northeastern states identified as having high incidence of Lyme disease increased >320%: from 43 (1993-1997) to 90 (1998-2002) to 130 (2003-2007) to 182 (2008-2012). In the north-central
In August 2015, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published volume 21-8 of its journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIFD) on www.nc.cdc.gov. It contained a study by Dr. Kugeler, “an epidemiologist with the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.” (Dr. Kugeler, CDC, 2015) In this study titled, “Geographic Distribution and Expansion of Human Lyme Disease, United States” it states that the number of northeastern states identified as having high incidence of Lyme disease increased >320%: from 43 (1993-1997) to 90 (1998-2002) to 130 (2003-2007) to 182 (2008-2012). In the north-central