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This is my list of TBDs in California, what ticks carry in California... Care to add to it anyone? Please add a citation if you know of other TBDs DOCUMENTED IN CALIFORNIA!! Thank you*)!*! ***********************************************
BORRELIA *********
Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease sensu stricto
Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing-fever group spirochete (important- miyamotoi is the RF most likely to be mistaken for Bb ss)
Borrelia parkeri, relapsing fever borrelia
Borrelia hermsii, relapsing fever borrelia
Borrelia coriaceae, 3 isolates nw California
RICKETTSIA ************* spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae
rickettsia canada Mendocino County, California.
85 SFG rickettsia isolates
Q fever rickettsiae in Northern California.
ANAPLASMOSIS *************
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
BARTONELLA **************
Bartonella elizabethae
Bartonella henselae
PIROPLASMS ************
Theileria youngi
WA1 Babesia
VIRUSES ******* Orbiviruses of the Kemerovo serogroup California
group A and group B arboviruses in Kern County
Mono Lake virus, which has been isolated from an estimated 2-8% of ticks on various islands. To date, A. monolakensis is known only from islands in Mono Lake, Calif.
Colorado tick fever (CTF) a virus identical or similar to CTF virus is widespread in northwestern-westcentral California
Powassan virus (yes, sad but true) in California.
California encephalitis virus.
Buttonwillow virus in Kern County, California
enterovirus type 71. 1969-1973 California outbreaks severe central nervous system disease with persistent flaccid paralysis
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Like Babesia Odocoilei!!!
1: J Wildl Dis. 2005 Oct;41(4):683-90. Links New ruminant hosts and wider geographic range identified for Babesia odocoilei (Emerson and Wright 1970). Schoelkopf L, Hutchinson CE, Bendele KG, Goff WL, Willette M, Rasmussen JM, Holman PJ. Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
Babesia odocoilei was found to infect two previously unknown host species, desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) and musk oxen (Ovibos moschatus), both of which are members of the family Bovidae. Previously, B. odocoilei has been reported in only Cervidae hosts. New geographic regions where B. odocoilei infections have not been reported previously include Pennsylvania and New York, where fatal babesiosis has occurred in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus); New Hampshire, where elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) have been affected; and California, home of the infected desert bighorn sheep. Infection with B. odocoilei in these hosts was confirmed by parasite small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence analysis. A serosurvey for B. odocoilei antibody activity in New Hampshire showed prevalence rates of 100% at two elk farms and 12% at another farm. Control of potential vector ticks, Ixodes scapularis, especially when translocating livestock, is imperative to prevent outbreaks of babesiosis in managed herds of potential host species.
PMID: 16456156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Can't forget RMSF!!!! ANd you know how CPN sems to be a coinfection for people- look! ********************************
1: Am J Epidemiol. 1969 Nov;90(5):449-60. Links Psittacosis-lymphogranuloma venereum (PL) agents (Bedsonia, Chlamydia) in ticks, fleas, and native mammals in California. Eddie B, Radovsky FJ, Stiller D, Kumada N. PMID: 5390527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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ANd Babesia odocoilei is a DEER infection, right>? SO WHAT if it is up and down California! SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fellow Californians*)! Yikes! This list is for human pathogens... ************************************************ 1: Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Aug;9(8):942-8. Links Molecular characterization of a non-Babesia divergens organism causing zoonotic babesiosis in Europe. Herwaldt BL, Caccio S, Gherlinzoni F, Aspock H, Slemenda SB, Piccaluga P, Martinelli G, Edelhofer R, Hollenstein U, Poletti G, Pampiglione S, Loschenberger K, Tura S, Pieniazek NJ. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. [email protected]
In Europe, most reported human cases of babesiosis have been attributed, without strong molecular evidence, to infection with the bovine parasite Babesia divergens. We investigated the first known human cases of babesiosis in Italy and Austria, which occurred in two asplenic men. The complete 18S ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA) gene was amplified from specimens of their whole blood by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). With phylogenetic analysis, we compared the DNA sequences of the PCR products with those for other Babesia spp. The DNA sequences were identical for the organism from the two patients. In phylogenetic analysis, the organism clusters with B. odocoilei, a parasite of white-tailed deer; these two organisms form a sister group with B. divergens. This evidence indicates the patients were not infected with B. divergens but with an organism with previously unreported molecular characteristics for the 18S rRNA gene.
PMID: 12967491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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((((((((((Can you tell my baby has started taking naps again*)!*)!!>?))))))) Yay*)!*)!! So updated- **************************************************
This is my list of TBDs in California, what ticks carry in California... Care to add to it anyone? Please add a citation if you know of other TBDs DOCUMENTED IN CALIFORNIA!! Thank you*)!*! ***********************************************
BORRELIA *********
Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease sensu stricto
Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing-fever group spirochete (important- miyamotoi is the RF most likely to be mistaken for Bb ss)
Borrelia parkeri, relapsing fever borrelia
Borrelia hermsii, relapsing fever borrelia
Borrelia coriaceae, 3 isolates nw California
RICKETTSIA *************
RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae
rickettsia canada Mendocino County, California.
85 SFG rickettsia isolates
Q fever rickettsiae in Northern California.
ANAPLASMOSIS *************
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
BARTONELLA **************
Bartonella elizabethae
Bartonella henselae
PIROPLASMS ************
Theileria youngi
WA1 Babesia
Babesia Odocoilei
VIRUSES ******* Orbiviruses of the Kemerovo serogroup California
group A and group B arboviruses in Kern County
Mono Lake virus, which has been isolated from an estimated 2-8% of ticks on various islands. To date, A. monolakensis is known only from islands in Mono Lake, Calif.
Colorado tick fever (CTF) a virus identical or similar to CTF virus is widespread in northwestern-westcentral California
Powassan virus (yes, sad but true) in California.
California encephalitis virus.
Buttonwillow virus in Kern County, California
enterovirus type 71. 1969-1973 California outbreaks severe central nervous system disease with persistent flaccid paralysis
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Jill E.
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Hi,
We've had confirmed cases in Lyme patients of Tularemia (rabbit fever) here in Southern California (CaLymefornia). Plus, two wild rabbits were found with it here in North San Diego County - confirmed by epidimiology/public health a few years ago.
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why do the lyme docs not test for these viruses? are they assumed to just run their course?
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They don't test for them because the tests are not readily available and because they sometimes do not even know about them.
One interesting thing, and anyone correct me if I am wrong, but Babesia Microti, which docs here ALL test for, has NEVER to my knowledge been documented IN CALIFORNIA!!! If anyone can show me this is wrong, please do, but every single actual examination of blood has shown WA1, not Microti. SO Babesia Microti has never been documented in California. A strain of WA1 tests positive for it is my understanding-!!!!!!!!
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Hey Sarah,
I am sorry that I do not have the time right now to find that B. microti citation, I am on my way out of town.
But, I will try to put my hands back on it later for you.
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this is a good list. anyone care to add testing info to this list - which ones of these have testing available, and which are the best labs to do the tests?
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Well, I'm not from California, but my state shares some species of bugs wit CA.
Now, don't forget to add the new guy - Borrelia californiensis - to the list.
Also, there's Borrelia bissettii in California, a genospecies known to cause Lyme-like illness in parts of Europe.
quote:.....Moreover, B. bissettii has now been identified in widely dispersed geographical regions in the United States, including northern California, northern Colorado, New York, Georgia, and Florida (3, 6). B. bissettii is probably more widely distributed geographically than is now known, although further studies are needed to make this determination....
(Note: B. bissettii was previously lumped into the B. burgdorferi sensu lato group.)
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These are all viruses present in CA animals & mosquitoes which have never been documented to be tickborne but have not been tested for in ticks!!!!!!!!!! Except West Nile which has been shown to be in ticks. Flavivirae means they are slow viruses and can have ALS like sequelae years after infection... and despite the name, Western EQUINE Encephalitis DOES infect humans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *************************** TickBorne- West Nile Virus
Unknown if TBD-
Turlock (TUR) Virus
Hart Park (HP) Virus
Western Equine Encephalomyelitis virus (WEE)
Saint Louis Encephalitis (SLE)
Jamestown Canyon Virus (JC)
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Also in the possible section: Trivittatus, Cache Valley, or Jerry Slough viruses---------------------------------------------------------------------
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