SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to October October Date Date 1988 1987 1988 1987 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 17 26 291 358 Campylobacteriosis 95 96 880 972 Giardiasis 139 129 1,050 1,163 Salmonellosis 151 167 1,350 1,499 Shigellosis 411 217 2,103 1,149 Childhood diseases Mumps 2 1 88 45 Measles 96 6 352 30 German measles 1 1 20 38 Whooping cough 19 7 64 46 Scarlet fever 26 22 460 339 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea* 2,681 2,507 23,787 31,989 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 271 63 1,464 1,313 Syphilis, primary and secondary 245 305 2,889 3,456 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A** 164 110 1,031 993 Hepatitis B*** 50 64 588 792 Meningococcal infections**** 15 10 217 288 Tuberculosis 26 112 1,093 1,258
Diseases may have been diagnosed prior to month reported.
* Gonorrhea cases include cases of penicillin-resistant gonorrhea.
** 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: Lilia Beebe / Los Angeles Times
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