Diseases

The Spokane Regional Health District reports that for the week ending Oct. 1, the following communicable disease cases were reported in Spokane County:

(The columns read as follows: Disease, This week, 1997 to date, 1996 to date):

AIDS (317 total) 0 27 19 Relapsing fever 0 2 1 Campylobacteriosis 2 68 59 Chlamydia 13 426 431 E. coli 0157:H7 0 7 10 Encephalitis 0 0 0 Giardiasis 1 22 13 Gonorrhea 4 95 91 Hepatitis A-inf. 6 67 13 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 0 Mumps 0 0 3 Whooping cough 1 81 54 German measles 0 0 0 Salmonellosis 0 28 37 Shigellosis 1 8 39 Syphilis 0 1 0 Tuberculosis 0 9 5 Yersiniosis 0 1 0