Lyme Disease in Hispanics, United States, 2000-2013

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 522 - 525
• Main Authors: Nelson, Christina A, Starr, J Andrew, Kugeler, Kiersten J, Mead, Paul S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-03-2016; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Arthritis; Borrelia burgdorferi; Child; Child, Preschool; Databases, Factual; Dispatch; Female; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; History, 21st Century; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infection; Ixodes - microbiology; Lyme disease; Lyme Disease - epidemiology; Lyme Disease - history; Lyme Disease - microbiology; Lyme Disease - transmission; Lyme Disease in Hispanics, United States, 2000–2013; Male; Middle Aged; minority health; Population Surveillance; Risk factors; Sex Factors; surveillance; United States; United States - epidemiology; United States - ethnology; Young Adult; Lyme disease; Borrelia burgdorferi; vector-borne infections; United States; ticks; minority health; surveillance; Hispanic
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2203.151273

Hispanics comprise a growing portion of the US population and might have distinct risk factors for tickborne diseases. During 2000-2013, a total of 5,473 Lyme disease cases were reported among Hispanics through national surveillance. Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanics to have signs of disseminated infection and onset during fall months.