SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to May May Date Date 1988 1987 1988 1987 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 34 35 144 178 Campylobacteriosis 57 64 338 432 Giardiasis 104 108 443 608 Salmonellosis 113 114 616 659 Shigellosis 82 49 452 415 Childhood diseases Mumps 8 4 61 20 Measles 32 6 115 10 German measles 3 3 11 18 Whooping cough 5 2 26 22 Scarlet fever 61 51 278 231 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea 2,554 3,084 11,341 17,446 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 106 123 331 721 Syphilis, primary and secondary 200 331 1,491 1,658 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A* 77 77 457 516 Hepatitis B** 43 77 286 458 Meningococcal infections*** 19 29 158 197 Tuberculosis 125 104 622 694
Diseases may have been diagnosed prior to month reported.
* 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
Research: Tracy Thomas / Los Angeles Times
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