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Communicable Disease and Epidemiology News |
The Epi-Log Newsletter contains articles about current health issues in King County, such as recent outbreaks, vaccination programs, cases of unusual infectious diseases, and background articles on new and emerging infectious diseases. Also included in each issue is a table of disease reports received the previous month, and historical data on disease reports from the previous year.
Epi-Log newsletter series by year |
- 2008 issues
At a glance: Pertussis, Food illness surveillance, Chlamydophila psittaci in birds, influenza season, measles outbreaks, Vibrio infection and ongoing...
- 2007 issues
At a glance: Norovirus activity in King County, multi-drug resistant HIV, pet-associated salmonellosis, West Nile virus preparedness, enterohemorrhagic E. coli, MRSA, wound botulism, new tests for pertussis and shiga toxin, dangers of eating raw shellfish, and more...
- 2006 issues
At a glance: Leptospirosis update, gypsy moth spraying, avian flu update, Seattle TB intensive, animal bites and rabies, disseminated gonorrhea, vibrio parahæmolyticus infections, West Nile virus in birds, MRSA Guidance document, Public Health Reserve Corps, and more...
- 2005 issues
At a glance: Bats and rabies, notifiable conditions law, influenza A, travel-associated infections, pandemic flu preparedness, mosquito repellent options, hepatitis C, pertussis vaccine, campylobacteriosis outbreak, rabies prophylaxis, Td vaccine, flu season update, and more...
- 2004 issues
At a glance: SARS update, pertussis among infants, measles among adoptees from China, foodborne illness primer, salmonella enteriditis outbreak, pertussis treatment with azithromycin, TB outbreak among East African men, Japanese encephalitis, syphilis update, and more...
- 2003 issues
At a glance: Smallpox vaccine, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, smallpox vaccination plan, antibody to Hepatitis C, HIV data tables, HIPAA and Public Health reporting, clinician registry for terrorism updates, Monkey pox outbreak, tick-borne relapsing fever, listeriosis during pregnancy, respiratory etiquette, and more...
- 2002 issues
At a glance: Antiobiotic-resistent shigellosis, reptile-associated salmonellosis, influenza B/Victoria strain, Salmonellosis poona outbreak due to melons, dengue hemmorhagic fever case, N. meningiditis infection, TB among homeless persons, National Smallpox Vaccination Program, and more...
- 2001 issues
At a glance: HIV risk among gay men, annual TB report, bean sprout risks, CDC influenza surveillance program, anthrax risk assessment, reptile risks, chickenpox and varicella vaccine, flu update, pertussis in infants, smallpox hoax in King County, and more...
- 2000 issues
At a glance: Pneumococcal vaccine, raw juice labeling, Hepatitis A and B vaccines for gay and bisexual men, asymptomatic HIV reporting, Q fever as a bioterrorist weapon, Legionnaire's disease, congenital rubella syndrome case, HBV reporting, notifiable disease list for WA state, and more...
- 1999 issues
At a glance: Cryptosporidium clusters, testing for acute hepatitis, Hepatitis A outbreak among street youth, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Profile, Young Men's Survey, lice control and treatment, salmonellosis outbreak from juice, bioterrorism preparedness, resurgence of bacterial STDs, and more...
- 1998 issues
At a glance: Rapid influenza test, declining rates of TB, syphilis and unsafe sex, hantavirus update, respiratory disease in Alaska/Yukon travelers, complications due to body piercing, mycoplasma pneumoniae cases, herpes infection, and more...
- 1997 issues
At a glance: Brucellosis, bats and rabies, pertussis epidemic, tularemia, gonorrhea trends among MSM, meningoencephalitis, flu strain variants, antimicrobial resistance, and more...
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