Notifiable Disease Report - January, 2008
|
Kent County Health Department |
Communicable Disease Section |
| SUMMARY OF SPECIFIED NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DISEASE | NUMBER REPORTED | MEDIAN CUMULATIVE | |
This Month |
Cumulative 2008 |
Through Jan 2002-2007 |
|
| AIDSa (Cumulative Total - 779) | 2 |
2 |
2 |
| AMEBIASIS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
| CAMPYLOBACTER | 4 |
4 |
3 |
| CHICKEN POXa | 29 | 29 | 35 |
| CHLAMYDIA | 240 | 240 | 157 |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. coli O157:H7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GIARDIASIS | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| GONORRHEA | 54 | 54 | 101 |
| H. INFLUENZAE DISEASE, INV | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HEPATITIS A | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| HEPATITIS B (Acute) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| HEPATITIS C (Acute) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HEPATITIS C (Chronic/Unknown)b | 26 | 26 | 30 |
| INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESSc | 4256 | 4256 | 2389 |
| LEGIONELLOSIS | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| LYME DISEASE | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL, OTHERd | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE, INV | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MUMPS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PERTUSSIS | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SALMONELLOSIS | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| SHIGELLOSIS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STREP, GRP A, INV. | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| STREP PNEUMO, INV. | 8 | 8 | N/A |
| SYPHILIS (Primary & Secondary) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TUBERCULOSIS | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| WEST NILE VIRUS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OF LOW FREQUENCY | |
|---|---|
| DISEASE | NUMBER REPORTED Cumulative 2008 |
| Coccidioidomycosis | 1 |
NOTES:
a. Individual chickenpox case reporting was mandated on 9/1/05, resulting
in increased case counts primarily from schools. Confirmed and probable cases
are included.
b. Chronic Hepatitis C surveillance case definition changed on 1/1/07, resulting
in decreased case counts.
c. Includes lab-confirmed influenza and "Influenza-Like Illness (ILI)."
ILI cases have flu-like symtpoms and are reported primarily by schools.
d. "Meningitis, Bacterial, Other" includes cases caused by bacteria
OTHER THAN H. influenzae, N. meningitidis, or S. pneumoniae .
N/A Data not available
Except for Chickenpox and Influenza-Like Illness (see footnotes), this report includes confirmed cases as defined by National National Surveillance Case Definitions. Only Kent County residents are included.
