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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
November 2003
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 2003 Through Nov. 1998-2002
AIDS (Cumulative Total - 634) 1 36 29
AMEBIASIS**** 0 0 1
CAMPYLOBACTER 2 37 49
CHICKEN POX 25 143 264
CHLAMYDIA 216 2541 N/A***
E. coli O157:H7 2 9 13
GIARDIASIS 8 102 82
GONORRHEA 66 840 1208
GUILLIAN-BARRE SYNDROME 0 0 1
HEPATITIS A 0 11 23
HEPATITIS B* 0 4 6
HEPATITIS C (Acute) 0 0 0
HEPATITIS C (Chronic/Unknown) 15 343 N/A***
INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS 1376 20462 21072
MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC 1 26 13
MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL 2 6 10
MUMPS 0 0 1
PERTUSSIS 0 2 7
SALMONELLOSIS 6 34 56
SHIGELLOSIS 1 35 10
SYPHILIS** 1 6 2
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME 0 0 0
TUBERCULOSIS 1 15 22
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OF LOW FREQUENCY
DISEASE NUMBER REPORTED
Cumulative 2003
STREPTOCOCCAL DISEASE, GROUP A, INVASIVE 15
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS 6
BRUCELLOSIS 3
COCCODIOIDOMYCOSIS 1
CRYPTOCOCCOPSIS 2
DENGUE FEVER 1
LEGIONELLOSIS 2
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.