Recent South Carolina News

May 2000, declared Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Governor Jim Hodges issued a proclamation for "Lyme Disease Awareness Month" in South Carolina. Click on the word "proclamation" to view.

Billboard placement in Columbia.
One of our members arranged to have a billboard placed in Columbia. This was done in May, 2000, for National Lyme Awareness month. Click on billboard to see the whole picture.

1997 Ecological Study of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in South Carolina

May 16, 2000 news article from The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, SC

Recent editorial in The State Newspaper

Editorial from DHEC Exposure to disease can be minimized - August 5, 2000

Rebuttal Contradictory data a hindrance to patients - August 15, 2000

August 1, 2000 article in The State Newspaper

Linked editorial from "The Augusta Chronicle Online"

Sign commonly seen around Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

U.S. Army Lyme Disease Risk Assessments in South Carolina. Note reference to Richland County.

Art Doherty's South Carolina links.

News release from DHEC dated May 25, 2000. Memo about tick illnesses. The main focus is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, although it does mention Lyme and Ehrlichiosis. Please note, Babesia, another tick-borne illness, is on the rise. Refer to the next paragraph about the under reporting of Lyme disease.

DHEC's field study reports for 1996-1997. During this study, infected ticks were found in Beaufort, Calhoun, Orangeburg and Charleston Counties. During 1997, they collected 126 additional ticks, but no outcome of the testing. The map shows the counties of: Allendale, Barnwell, Aiken, Claredon, Sumter, Richland, Dillon, Chesterfield, Greenwood and McCormick tested negative. Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties are marked "negative", however, the text does state the testing was positive. All other counties blank for testing. Prior to this testing, no statewide risk assessment had been performed in S.C. They state that "continued tick collections and testing is regarded as important, because Lyme disease in humans is often under-diagnosed, or empirically treated, and certainly under-reported to DHEC epidemiologists." Text ony version can also be found here.

EPA Global Warming Information

Lyme borreliosis in the southern United States: a review

Disease in wild birds from coastal Georgia and South Carolina.

1990 South Carolina Physician Survey

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