SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to January January Date Date 1988 1987 1988 1987 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 20 34 20 34 Campylobacteriosis 59 73 59 73 Giardiasis 55 104 55 104 Salmonellosis 113 135 113 135 Shigellosis 89 93 89 93 Childhood diseases Mumps 15 4 15 4 Measles 33 0 33 0 German measles 1 0 1 0 Whooping cough 10 9 10 9 Scarlet fever 35 23 35 23 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea 2,107 2,365 2,107 2,365 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 44 156 44 156 Syphilis, primary and secondary 339 279 339 279 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A* 86 96 86 96 Hepatitis B** 67 78 67 78 Meningococcal infections*** 36 62 36 62 Tuberculosis 118 113 118 113
Diseases may have been diagnosed prior to month reported.
* Hepatitis A is spread by fecal-contaminated water, food or contact with an 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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