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  • Tickborne Diseases Home
  • Diseases
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  • Monitoring
  • Tickborne Statistics
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  • Videos
  • Tickborne Disease For Health Professionals

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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
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Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Tickborne Disease Information for Health Professionals

On this page:
Guidelines
Statistics
Required disease reporting
Newsletter articles
More for health professionals

CDC: Tickborne Disease Continuing Education
This free online curriculum enables front-line healthcare providers to recognize, diagnose, and treat Lyme disease, an increasingly common tickborne illness.

Minnesota Medicine: The Changing Landscape of Tickborne Disease in Minnesota (PDF)
Feature article on emerging tickborne illnesses in Minnesota Medicine, March/April 2020

Guidelines

  • CDC: Tickborne Diseases of the United States: A Reference Manual for Health Care Providers
    CDC handbook designed as a way for health care providers to access information on tickborne diseases and tick identification. 
     
  • IDSA: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease
    Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
     
  • IDSA: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2020 Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of Babesiosis
    Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
     
  • CDC: Diagnosis and Management of Tick-borne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichiosis, and Anaplasmosis - United States
    CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report May 13, 2016 65(2);1-44: A Practical Guide for Health-Care and Public Health Professionals.
     
  • CDC: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (and other tickborne diseases) Toolkit for Healthcare Providers with Continuing Education
    CDC's clinical toolkit for health care providers, epidemiologists, and public health practitioners on the diagnosis and treatment of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and other tickborne diseases, as well as Continuing Education opportunities.
     
  • APHL: Suggested Reporting Language, Interpretation and Guidance Regarding Lyme Disease Serologic Test Results
    Association of Public Health Laboratories clinical guidelines for health care providers and laboratorians on how to report and interpret Lyme disease tests.

Statistics

  • Lyme Disease Statistics and Maps
    Charts, graphs, and statistics for Lyme disease in Minnesota and the United States.
     
  • Human Anaplasmosis Statistics
    Charts, graphs, and statistics for Anaplasmosis in Minnesota and the United States.
     
  • Babesiosis Statistics
    Charts, graphs, and statistics for Babesiosis in Minnesota and the United States.
     
  • Powassan Virus Statistics
    Charts, graphs, and statistics for Powassan virus in Minnesota and the United States.
     
  • Ehrlichiosis Statistics
    Charts, graphs, and statistics for Ehrlichiosis in Minnesota and the United States.
     
  • Borrelia mayonii Disease Statistics
    Charts, graphs, and statistics for B. mayonii in Minnesota and the United States.
     
  • Borrelia miyamotoi Disease Statistics
    Charts, graphs, and statistics for B. miyamotoi in Minnesota and the United States.

Required disease reporting

MDH staff also are available to provide clinical consultation regarding diagnosis and treatment all tick-borne diseases. Call 651-201-5414 for a clinical consultation.

  • Reporting an Infectious Disease
    Healthcare providers are required to report to the Minnesota Department of Health all confirmed or suspected cases of the following:
    • Reporting Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)
    • Reporting Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)
    • Reporting Babesiosis
    • Reporting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
    • Reporting Ehrlichiosis
    • Reporting Powassan

Newsletter articles

  • Annual Summary of Disease Activity, Disease Control Newsletter
    The DCN provides a yearly summary of communicable diseases reported in MN.
     
  • Changing Geographic Range of Vector-Borne Disease
    This article describes the changing epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in Minnesota.

More for health professionals

  • Anaplasmosis Information for Health Professionals
    Clinical presentation, diagnostic tests and case definitions, treatment, guidelines, and required reporting information.
     
  • Babesiosis Information for Health Professionals
    Clinical presentation, supportive laboratory findings, diagnosis, treatment, and required reporting information.
     
  • Lyme Disease Information for Health Professionals
    Guidelines, resources, and other clinical information; and required reporting information.
     
  • Powassan Information for Health Professionals
    Clinical presentation, diagnosis and required reporting information.
     
  • Ehrlichiosis Information for Health Professionals
    Clinical presentation, diagnostic tests and case definitions, treatment, guidelines, and required reporting information.
     
  • Borrelia miyamotoi Disease Information for Health Professionals
    Clinical presentation, diagnostic tests and case definitions, treatment, guidelines, and required reporting information.
     
  • Borrelia mayonii Disease Information for Health Professionals
    Clinical presentation, diagnostic tests and case definitions, treatment, guidelines, and required reporting information.
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Last Updated: 06/05/2024

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