SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to December December Date Date 1988 1987 1988 1987 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 35 28 369 431 Campylobacteriosis 63 118 1,040 1,214 Giardiasis 147 121 1,371 1,454 Salmonellosis 105 167 1,651 1,914 Shigellosis 174 139 2,700 1,499 Childhood diseases Mumps 5 5 101 65 Measles 45 2 426 44 German measles 5 0 29 40 Whooping cough 9 1 82 50 Scarlet fever 51 22 559 392 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea* 3,170 3,604 29,708 38,397 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 341 91 2,207 1,465 Syphilis, primary and secondary 234 400 3,435 4,172 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A** 153 77 1,412 1,166 Hepatitis B*** 47 57 710 907 Meningococcal infections**** 5 17 229 325 Tuberculosis 78 59 1,254 1,464
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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