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Kent County Health Department
700 Fuller N.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
www.accesskent.com/health
Communicable Disease Section
Phone: (616) 632-7228
Fax: (616) 632-7085
May, 2005
Notifiable diseases reported for Kent County residents through end of month listed above.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIED NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

Clicking on a disease name will display a graph showing monthly trends over the past year

DISEASE NUMBER REPORTED MEDIAN CUMULATIVE
This Month
Cumulative 2005
Through June 2000-2004
AIDSa (Cumulative Total - 663)
6
15
17
AMEBIASIS
0
1
0
CAMPYLOBACTER
5
24
8
CHICKEN POX
19
128
86
CHLAMYDIA
221
819
N/A*
E. coli O157:H7
0
4
2
GIARDIASIS
2
31
28
GONORRHEA
57
358
458
HEPATITIS A
1
5
4
HEPATITIS B
0
4
3
HEPATITIS C (Acute)
0
0
0
HEPATITIS C (Chronic/Unknown)
31
193
164
INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS
580
8199
14716
MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC
1
7
2
MENINGITIS, BACTERIALb
0
9
4
MUMPS
0
1
0
PERTUSSIS
1
2
3
SALMONELLOSIS
0
7
17
SHIGELLOSIS
0
1
4
STREP PNEUMO, INV. 3 18 N/A*
STREP, GRP A, INV. 0 7 N/A*
SYPHILIS
0
1
1
TUBERCULOSIS
3
5
8
 
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OF LOW FREQUENCY
DISEASE NUMBER REPORTED
Cumulative 2005
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
1
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS 1
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS 3
ENCEPHALITIS, POST OTHER 3
H. INFLUENZAE DISEASE, INV. 2
HEPATITIS B, PERINATAL 1
LEGIONELLOSIS 2
STREP PNEUMO, DRUG RESISTANT 1
STREP TOXIC SHOCK 2
MALARIA (IMPORTED) 1

NOTES:
a. Due to a national effort to de-duplicate the HIV/AIDS Reporting System, there was an abrupt change in the numbers reported as of Oct 13, 2004.

b. Includes meningitis caused by H. influenzae, N. meningitidis, S. pneumoniae, and all other bacteria.

* Data to calculate five-year median cumulative number of cases is not available.