SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to August, 1987 August, 1986 Date, 1987 Date, 1986 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 34 62 293 307 Campylobacteriosis 95 122 729 745 Giardiasis 105 152 906 942 Salmonellosis 143 165 1,144 900 Shigellosis 120 179 739 720
Year to Year to August, 1987 August, 1986 Date, 1987 Date, 1986 Childhood diseases Mumps 3 6 42 43 Measles 2 2 17 37 German measles 3 6 35 29 Whooping cough 8 0 37 18 Scarlet fever 9 12 305 282
Year to Year to August, 1987 August, 1986 Date, 1987 Date, 1986 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea 2,722 4,058 26,367 31,279 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 114 65 1,127 358 Syphilis 271 216 2,693 1,368
Year to August, 1987 August, 1986 Date, 1987 Other infectious diseases HepatitisA* 81 109 789 Hepatitis B** 57 119 677 Meningococcal infections*** 14 5 254 Tuberculosis 141 91 1,072
Year to Date, 1986 Other infectious diseases HepatitisA* 711 Hepatitis B** 848 Meningococcal infections*** 71 Tuberculosis 945
* Hepatitis A is spread by fecal-contaminated water or food or by contact with another infected person.
** Hepatitis B is spread by contaminated blood or unsterile needles.
*** Meningococcal infections can cause spinal meningitis and blood poisoning.
Source: L. A. County Department of Health Services
Research: Tracy Thomas / Los Angeles Times
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