LymeNet Flash: How can you keep track of how many new cases of Lyme disease in your state?

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Posted by Ann-Ohio (Member # 44364) on :

The Vector-borne Diseases Program of the Ohio Dept of Health updates their numbers often.
This site carries a lots of current information

https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/zoonotic-disease-program/news-and-events/vectorborne-disease-update

Go to " 2020 Numbers at a Glance" and click on “Tick-borne diseases” to see the latest - end of August - reported cases.

Please note that these are reported cases.

Many cases are diagnosed and treated but never reported.
Other cases are mis-diagnosed or go un-diagnosed.

According to the CDC, the total number of cases is estimated at 10 times the reported ones.
Which means there are actually over 300,000 cases in the U.S. every year.

Posted by Ann-Ohio (Member # 44364) on :

In 2018, the CDC says Ohio had 293 cases.

Anyone know if the CDC's 2019 cases are available yet?

Posted by hhealy (Member # 41596) on :

Oh I don't know if it's even worth checking on because most aren't reported....numbers are way off and something needs to be done about that...