CDC: Dramatic Jump in Vector-Borne Disease from 2004-2016 Tick-borne illnesses more than doubled, mainly due to increases in Lyme disease

Cases of tick-borne disease more than doubled, and accounted for more than three-quarters of all vector-borne disease, reported Ronald Rosenberg, ScD, of the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues. Also, Lyme disease accounted for 82% of tick-borne diseases during this time period, they wrote in "Vital Signs," in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Tick-borne diseases in particular are not reported or recognized, so it is difficult to estimate their cost and burden, noted Lyle Petersen, MD, director, vector-borne diseases at the CDC, on a media call https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/72643?xid=NL_breakingnews_2018-05-02&eun=g721819d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBreak_050218&utm_term=Morning%20Break%20-%20Active%20Users%20-%20180%20days