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Notifiable Disease Report

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
August, 2005
Notifiable diseases reported for Kent County residents through end of month listed above.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIED NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
DISEASE NUMBER REPORTED MEDIAN CUMULATIVE
This Month
Cumulative 2005
Through Aug 2000-2004
AIDSa (Cumulative Total - 673)
5
25
25
AMEBIASIS
0
1
1
CAMPYLOBACTER
3
43
35
CHICKEN POX
1
142
143
CHLAMYDIA
189
1562
N/A *
E. coli O157:H7
1
6
4
GIARDIASIS
16
72
56
GONORRHEA
117
700
829
HEPATITIS A
0
7
9
HEPATITIS B (Acute)
1
10
4
HEPATITIS C (Acute)
0
0
0
HEPATITIS C (Chronic/Unknown)
21
272
259
INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS
1
8341
16109
MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC
18
38
10
MENINGITIS, BACTERIALb
0
12
6
MUMPS
0
1
0
PERTUSSIS
2
6
4
SALMONELLOSIS
5
21
33
SHIGELLOSIS
1
2
8
STREP PNEUMO, INV. 1 24 N/A*
STREP, GRP A, INV. 0 8 N/A*
SYPHILIS (Primary & Secondary)
0
4
3
TUBERCULOSIS
1
8
16
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OF LOW FREQUENCY
DISEASE NUMBER REPORTED
Cumulative 2004
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS 1
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS 2
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS 7
ENCEPHALITIS, POST OTHER 3
H. INFLUENZAE DISEASE, INV. 2
HEPATITIS B, PERINATAL 1
LEGIONELLOSIS 3
LYME DISEASE 4
MALARIA (IMPORTED) 1
STREP PNEUMO, DRUG RESISTANT 1
STREP TOXIC SHOCK 2
MENINGOCOCCAL DIS. 1
DENGUE FEVER 1

NOTES:
a. Due to a national effort to de-duplicate the HIV/AIDS Reporting System, there was a change in the numbers reported as of 10/13/04.

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.