SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to June June Date Date 1988 1987 1988 1987 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 31 46 175 224 Campylobacteriosis 117 114 455 546 Giardiasis 97 99 540 707 Salmonellosis 131 195 748 854 Shigellosis 177 105 629 520 Childhood diseases Mumps 10 11 71 31 Measles 12 5 127 15 German measles 4 2 15 20 Whooping cough 2 5 28 27 Scarlet fever 90 38 368 269 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea 2,465 2,764 13,806 20,210 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 166 134 497 855 Syphilis, primary and secondary 283 286 1,774 1,944 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A* 113 101 575 617 Hepatitis B** 76 84 366 542 Meningococcal infections*** 20 18 178 215 Tuberculosis 122 112 743 806
Diseases may have been diagnosed prior to month reported. * Hepatitis A is spread by fecal-contaminated water, food or household contact with an infected person. ** Hepatitis B is spread by contaminated blood, unsterile needles or sexual contact. *** 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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