Department of Health | Communicable Disease Service

Vector-borne Disease Data Dashboard

This dashboard uses interactive data visualizations to display vector-borne disease case data (counts and incidence rates), emergency department visits for tick-related illness, and vector-borne pathogen (germ) data in mosquitoes and ticks.

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CDC Continuing Education Credits - Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis

This course offers continuing education (CE). This module is an interactive clinical education tool with a case-based scenario that provides technical training on ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis. This one-hour self-directed web-based training provides critical facts about ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis including information on the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of these diseases.

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Anaplasmosis

Report within 24 hours of Diagnosis to the Local Health Department.

Anaplasmosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum. These bacteria are spread to people by tick bites primarily from the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus). Typical symptoms include fever, chills, sweats, severe headache, and muscle aches. Usually, these symptoms occur 1-2 weeks following a tick bite. Anaplasmosis is diagnosed based on symptoms, clinical presentation, and confirmed with laboratory tests ordered by a healthcare provider. The first line of treatment for adults and children of all ages is doxycycline. Anaplasmosis and other tickborne diseases can be prevented.

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