SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to November November Date Date 1988 1987 1988 1987 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 42 45 333 403 Campylobacteriosis 95 124 977 1,096 Giardiasis 174 170 1,224 1,333 Salmonellosis 194 248 1,546 1,747 Shigellosis 416 211 2,525 1,360 Childhood diseases Mumps 8 15 96 60 Measles 15 12 367 42 German measles 4 2 24 40 Whooping cough 3 3 67 49 Scarlet fever 48 31 508 370 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea* 2,823 2,804 26,610 34,793 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 402 61 1,866 1,374 Syphilis, primary and secondary 312 316 3,201 3,772 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A** 226 96 1,258 1,089 Hepatitis B*** 74 58 662 850 Meningococcal infections**** 7 20 224 308 Tuberculosis 83 147 1,176 1,405
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
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