Diseases

Thu., Nov. 19, 1998

The Spokane Regional Health District reports that for the month of October 1998, the following communicable disease cases were reported in Spokane County:

(The columns should read as follows: Disease, This week, 1998 to date, 1997 to date):

AIDS (328 total) 4 25 6

Relapsing fever 0 3 0

Campylobacteriosis 5 71 56

Chlamydia 55 470 542

E. coli 2 7 11

Encephalitis 0 0 0

Giardiasis 3 24 30

Gonorrhea 7 104 71

Hepatitis A-inf. 21 83 358

Hepatitis B-serum 1 0 6

Hepatitis non-A/B 0 2 0

Hepatitis unspec. 0 0 0

Influenza (lab conf.) 0 39 44

Red measles 0 0 0

Bacterial meningitis 0 5 2

Mumps 0 0 0

Whooping cough 0 81 0

German measles 0 0 0

Salmonellosis 10 30 34

Shigellosis 0 8 2

Syphilis 1 1 3

Tuberculosis 2 12 14

Yersiniosis 0 1 0

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