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Minnesota Department of Health
High Risk Areas
Lyme Basics read more
Changing Epidemiology of Ixodex Scapularis -
Borne Diseases in Minnesota - read more
Wisconsin, Minnesota Alert - read more
Large numbers of Minnesota ticks carry disease
organisms read more
News Release July 2009 - Two more diseases from
ticks found in Minnesota read more
2008 Lyme Disease reported by County - click here
Incidence Rates of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
In The US - read more
Minnesota Department of Health 2009 Budget
For the 2009 budget year, we received about $260,000
for West Nile virus (WNV)/arbovirus monitoring. Lyme
disease-specific funds were initially about $40,000, plus
a supplemental $38,000 expected this summer. We
have sought additional funding opportunities for our
tick-borne disease program and are awaiting word on
these.
Reported case meeting the surveillance case
definition) for 2008:
-WNV: 10 cases (an extraordinarily low year)
-Lyme: 1,043 (provisional)
-Anaplasmosis: 278 (provisional)
-Babesiosis: 28 (provisional)
Tick Life Cycle
Borrelia burgdorferi has been found in various
blood-feeding arthropods, only ticks have been shown
to be efficient at maintaining and transmitting these
spirochetes. Thus, we do not consider these other
arthropods to be part of the Lyme disease transmission
cycle. Unfortunately there are plenty of blacklegged
(deer) ticks in wooded portions of central, east-central,
and southeastern Minnesota.
David Neitzel, M.S. Epidemiologist Infectious Disease
Epidemiology Acute Disease Investigation and Control
Minnesota Department of Health
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