Tick-Transmitted Disease Information for Health Professionals
On this page:
Guidelines
Statistics
Required disease reporting
Newsletter articles
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Guidelines:
- The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis
Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Attention: Non-MDH link.
- Lyme Disease
Guidelines for Minnesota Clinicians
Lyme Disease Guidelines for Minnesota Clinicians: Epidemiology, Microbiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention.
- A Guide to Tick-Borne
Diseases in Minnesota
A chart showing Disease, Causative Agent, Incubation Period, Classic Clinical Presentation, Recommended Laboratory Tests, and Recommended Treatment.
- Diagnosis and Management of Tick-borne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichiosis, and Anaplasmosis- United States (MMWR 2006)
CDC: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: A Practical Guide for Physicians and Other Health-Care and Public Health Professionals. Attention: Non-MDH link.
Statistics:
- Lyme
Disease Statistics and Maps
Statistics and maps for Lyme disease in Minnesota and the United States.
- Human
Anaplasmosis Statistics
Charts, graphs, and statistics for human anaplasmosis in Minnesota.
- Babesiosis Statistics
Statistics for Babesiosis in Minnesota.
Required disease reporting:
MDH staff also are available to provide clinical consultation regarding diagnosis and treatment all tick-borne diseases. Call 651-201-5414 for a clinical consultation.
- Reporting an Infectious
Disease
Healthcare providers are required to report to the Minnesota Department of Health all confirmed or suspected cases of the following:
Newsletter articles:
- Dramatic Increase in Lyme Disease and Other Tick-borne Diseases, 2004
Minnesota Department of Health Disease Control Newsletter (DCN), May/June 2005
- Expansion of the Range of Vector-borne Disease in Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health, Disease Control Newsletter; This article describes the changing epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in Minnesota.
- Lyme Disease and Human Anaplasmosis in Minnesota, 2003
Minnesota Department of Health, Disease Control Newsletter; This article summarizes decreases in case numbers for both Lyme disease and HA from record levels in 2002 and present relevant updates in tick-borne disease epidemiology.
- Increase in
Tick-Borne Diseases in Minnesota: Lyme Disease and Human Granulocytic
Ehrlichiosis
Minnesota Department of Health Disease Control Newsletter (DCN), May, 2003
More for Health Professionals:
- Human Anaplasmosis Information for Health Professionals
Clinical presentation, diagnostic tests and case definitions, treatment, guidelines, and required reporting information.
- Babesiosis Information for Health Professionals
Clinical presentation, supportive laboratory findings, diagnosis, treatment, and required reporting information.
- Lyme
Disease Information for Health Professionals
Guidelines, resources, and other clinical information; and required reporting information.
- Powassan Information for Health Professionals
Clinical presentation, diagnosis and required reporting information.
Spotlight
Blacklegged tick (deer tick) life stages next to a metric ruler. The adult ticks (two ticks at the left) are approximately 1/8 of an inch long, while the nymph (third from left) is just under 1/16 of an inch.
June 29, 2011: Tick-borne Disease Health Alert
Minnesota Records First Death from Tick-Borne Powassan Virus
May 6, 2011: Tick-borne Disease Health Alert
Anaplasmosis Rivals Lyme Disease As Record Numbers of Minnesotans Sick from Tick-Borne Diseases in 2010.
Special Review Panel Unaimously Upholds Lyme Disease Treatment Guidelines: Short-term Antibiotics Proven to be Best Treatment for Patients
4/2010 Update: Special review panel unanimously upholds Lyme disease treatment guidelines. Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
High Risk Areas in Minnesota
A map that shows counties of highest Tick-borne risk in Minnesota.
Ticks
Learn about blacklegged ticks (deer ticks) including their life cycle, feeding habits, habitat, and population control. Also includes information on American dog ticks, the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Minnesota.
Preventing Tick-Transmitted Disease
Information about minimizing your risk of tick-transmitted diseases, protecting your pets, and removing ticks.
Tickborne Prevention Poster: Spray Before You Work or Play
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