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Tick-borne illness

Tularemia

Tularemia is a highly infectious bacterial disease (Francisella tularensis) transmitted by tick bites, deer fly bites, and contact with infected animals.

Cases · 1,644Carried by 5 ticksPeak · JuneView risk map →
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Where Tularemia hits hardest
H3 hexagon heatmap of 1,644 reported cases across 51 states.
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State-by-state cases

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Alaska — 5 casesAKMaine — 3 casesMEVermont — no CDC-reported casesVTNew Hampshire — 5 casesNHWashington — 33 casesWAIdaho — 12 casesIDMontana — 18 casesMTNorth Dakota — 26 casesNDMinnesota — 17 casesMNWisconsin — 19 casesWIMichigan — 10 casesMINew York — 13 casesNYMassachusetts — 41 casesMAOregon — 21 casesORNevada — 5 casesNVWyoming — 17 casesWYSouth Dakota — 77 casesSDIowa — 25 casesIAIllinois — 34 casesILIndiana — 12 casesINOhio — 5 casesOHPennsylvania — 11 casesPANew Jersey — 16 casesNJConnecticut — no CDC-reported casesCTCalifornia — 25 casesCAUtah — 16 casesUTColorado — 43 casesCONebraska — 86 casesNEMissouri — 148 casesMOKentucky — 54 casesKYWest Virginia — 3 casesWVVirginia — 18 casesVAMaryland — 6 casesMDDelaware — 2 casesDERhode Island — no CDC-reported casesRIArizona — 12 casesAZNew Mexico — 18 casesNMKansas — 150 casesKSArkansas — 364 casesARTennessee — 37 casesTNNorth Carolina — 17 casesNCSouth Carolina — 1 caseSCDistrict of Columbia — no CDC-reported casesDCHawaii — no CDC-reported casesHIOklahoma — 191 casesOKLouisiana — 1 caseLAMississippi — 2 casesMSAlabama — 14 casesALGeorgia — 3 casesGATexas — 6 casesTXFlorida — 2 casesFLCASES · PER STATE
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most cases

1,644 reported cases across 51 states.

Top 8 states
#NameCases
1Arkansas364
2Oklahoma191
3Kansas150
4Missouri148
5Nebraska86
6South Dakota77
7Kentucky54
8Colorado43

Seasonality

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Cases peak in June — about 192 cases reported.

MonthCases
Jan9
Feb16
Mar32
Apr55
May173
Jun192
Jul148
Aug91
Sep77
Oct46
Nov22
Dec10

Year-over-year

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932699466233020192022REPORTED CASES · PER YEAR

Ticks that carry it

5 known
TickScientific nameOne-liner
American dog tickDermacentor variabilisThe American dog tick transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia across the eastern two-thirds of the US and Pacific Coast.
Lone star tickAmblyomma americanumThe lone star tick spreads ehrlichiosis, STARI, and the bite-acquired alpha-gal red-meat allergy across the Southeast and lower Midwest.
Pacific Coast tickDermacentor occidentalisThe Pacific Coast tick is found from Oregon to Baja California and transmits Pacific Coast tick fever, a 364D rickettsiosis.
Rabbit tickHaemaphysalis leporispalustrisThe rabbit tick feeds almost exclusively on cottontails and ground-nesting birds and rarely bites humans, but can carry tularemia.
Rocky Mountain wood tickDermacentor andersoniThe Rocky Mountain wood tick carries spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, and a saliva neurotoxin that causes reversible tick paralysis.

Pathogens that cause it

0 known

Pathogen association not yet seeded for Tularemia.

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