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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.

1998 Epi-Log newsletters

  • January 1998, Vol. 38, No. 1:
    • Flu Season Brings in the New Year
    • In the Fast Lane: Rapid Influenza Tests Available
    • Hepatitis A in Foodhandlers: Who Should be Vaccinated?

  • February 1998, Vol. 38, No. 2:
    • New Recommendations for Immunizing Health Care Workers
    • Immune Globulin Shortage Intensifies
    • Hepatitis A and C: An Incompatible Pair?

  • March 1998, Vol. 38, No. 3:
    • HIV Outbreak: The Seattle-Vancouver Connection
    • HIV/AIDS Among American Indian & Alaskan Natives
    • Upcoming Course on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

  • April 1998, Vol. 38, No. 4:
    • TB on the Decline in Seattle-King County
    • New and Improved! 1998 Clinical Practice Guidelines for STDs

  • May 1998, Vol. 38, No. 5:
    • The Return of Syphilis and Unsafe Sex
    • A Few Bytes on Animal Bites
    • Vaccinating Adults: CDC Conference Coming Soon

  • June 1998, Vol. 38, No. 6:
    • Dr. Russ Alexander, Chief of Epidemiology, Retires
    • Early Warning: Vibrio in Full Sail this Summer?
    • Hepatitis A: The Epidemiology of an Epidemic
    • Who's on Fifth?

  • July 1998, Vol. 38, No. 7:
    • Introducing Our New Chief
    • Hantavirus Update: El Niño Strikes Again
    • TB Part II: Seattle-King County TB Control Program Works!

  • August 1998, Vol. 38, No. 8:
    • Health Alert: Respiratory Disease in Alaska/Yukon Travelers
    • Foodborne Outbreaks Decrease in 1997
    • Immunization Update: Upcoming CDC Teleconference

  • September 1998, Vol. 38, No. 9:
    • And the Seasons Turn: Flu Vaccine Campaign to Begin
    • Rabies Prophylaxis Perplexing
    • Piercing Problems: Infectious Complications of Body Piercing
    • Satellite Conference on Cervicitis and PID

  • October 1998, Vol. 38, No. 10:
    • Fair Outbreak: Few E. coli Cases Found
    • HIV-Associated TB: Cluster in Seattle Apartment Building
    • Hepatitis B Vaccine and Neurological Diseases: No Link Found

  • November 1998, Vol. 38, No. 11:
    • In the Nick of Time: PSP Outbreak Averted
    • New! Guidelines for Hepatitis C Screening
    • Updating Surveillance: Notifiable Conditions List in Review

  • December 1998, Vol. 38, No. 12:
    • Mycoplasma pneumoniae Hits Seattle School
    • Wrestling with Herpes Infections
    • Thinking of Influenza Vaccine? Think Pneumococcal too!
    • Immune Globulin Supply Back on Track
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