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Notifiable Disease Report |
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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 |
September 2003 |
| Notifiable diseases reported for Kent County residents through end of month listed above. | ||
Return to Publications| SUMMARY OF SPECIFIED NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | |||
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| DISEASE | NUMBER REPORTED | MEDIAN CUMULATIVE | |
| This Month | Cumulative 2003 | Through September 1998-2002 | |
| AIDS (Cumulative Total - 627) | 4 | 29 | 26 |
| AMEBIASIS**** | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CAMPYLOBACTER | 2 | 29 | 39 |
| CHICKEN POX | 4 | 83 | 238 |
| CHLAMYDIA | 49 | 1835 | N/A*** |
| E. coli O157:H7 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| GIARDIASIS | 14 | 77 | 67 |
| GONORRHEA | 84 | 665 | 998 |
| GUILLIAN-BARRE SYNDROME | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| HEPATITIS A | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| HEPATITIS B* | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| HEPATITIS C (Acute) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HEPATITIS C (Chronic/Unknown) | 23 | 287 | N/A*** |
| INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS | 825 | 16934 | 17132 |
| MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| MUMPS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PERTUSSIS | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| SALMONELLOSIS | 2 | 24 | 43 |
| SHIGELLOSIS | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| SYPHILIS** | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TUBERCULOSIS | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OF LOW FREQUENCY | |
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| DISEASE | NUMBER REPORTED Cumulative 2003 |
| STREPTOCOCCAL DISEASE, GROUP A, INVASIVE | 9 |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS | 4 |
| BRUCELLOSIS | 3 |
| COCCODIOIDOMYCOSIS | 1 |
| CRYPTOCOCCOPSIS | 2 |
| DENGUE FEVER | 1 |
| TULAREMIA**** | 0 |
| ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS**** | 0 |
* Hepatitis B statistics since 1993 include only acute
symptomatic cases; prior to 1993 Kent County statistics also
included chronic infections.
** Syphilis statistics since 1992 include only primary and
secondary syphilis; prior to 1992 statistics also included early
latent syphilis.
*** Data to calculate five-year median cumulative number of
cases is not available.
