SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to March March Date Date 1989 1988 1989 1988 Intestinal infections Amebiasis 47 30 126 83 Campylobacteriosis 77 86 216 224 Giardiasis 163 101 420 231 Salmonellosis 111 163 362 386 Shigellosis 158 97 442 293 Childhood diseases Mumps 6 27 18 50 Measles 0 37 57 81 German measles 9 6 17 8 Whooping cough 1 6 11 20 Scarlet fever 78 66 185 163 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea* 2,348 2,628 5,529 6,639 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 462 68 1,089 163 Syphilis, primary and secondary 340 367 860 1,047 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A** 207 113 511 304 Hepatitis B+ 42 71 146 193 Meningococcal infections++ 47 51 97 110 Tuberculosis 134 141 377 320
Diseases may have been diagnosed before the 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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