Diseases
The Spokane Regional Health District reports that for the week ending Dec. 3, the following communicable disease cases were reported in Spokane County:
(The columns of this table are as follows: Disease, This week, 1997 to date, 1996 to date.)
AIDS (326 total) 0 34 22
Relapsing fever 0 3 3
Campylobacteriosis 1 73 69
Chlamydia 13 525 513
E. coli 0157:H7 1 10 10
Encephalitis 0 0 0
Giardiasis 0 26 15
Gonorrhea 4 119 106
Hepatitis A-inf. 1 93 20
Hepatitis B-serum 0 0 2
Hepatitis non-A/B 0 2 2
Hepatitis unspec. 0 0 0
Influenza (lab conf.) 0 36 1
Red measles 0 0 0
Bacterial meningitis 0 5 1
Mumps 0 0 3
Whooping cough 0 81 54
German measles 0 0 0
Salmonellosis 2 36 39
Shigellosis 0 8 42
Syphilis 0 1 0
Tuberculosis 0 9 8
Yersiniosis 0 1 0