Quote:
Originally Posted by Nancy
From http://www.health.alberta.ca/health-...e-disease.html
2016 details- 35 blacklegged ticks (i.e., Ixodes ticks) found in Alberta were positive for B. burgdorferi, all of which were found on animals.
- 147 blacklegged ticks found in Alberta were negative for B. burgdorferi.
- 1499 non-blacklegged ticks were found within Alberta. Local Alberta ticks such as moose ticks and Rocky Mountain Wood Ticks (for example, Dermacentor species) do not carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in humans.
- 1101#ticks were found outside Alberta.
- What this means for Albertans
- Between 1991 and 2016, 87 cases of Lyme disease were reported to Alberta Health. All were reported as having been acquired while travelling outside of the province in areas where the bacteria causing Lyme disease and the ticks that carry it are known to circulate.
- From 2013 to 2016, there was almost a three-fold increase in the number of ticks submitted by Albertans. The proportion of blacklegged ticks positive for B. burgdorferi has not increased.
- Based on the current evidence, blacklegged ticks are not reproducing in Alberta.
- In Alberta, the risk of being bitten by a blacklegged tick is low. The risk of being bitten by a blacklegged tick infected with B. burgdorferi, the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in humans, is even lower.
|
I love your numbers and all, but my Naturopath said my chronic fatigue is actually Chronic lyme disease. Good thing I spend $500 per month on vitmains and supplements to cure me.