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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.

1997 Epi-Log newsletters

  • January - March 1997:(No newsletters issued these months)

  • April 1997, Vol. 37, No. 4:
    • We Are Moving!
    • TB Part II: The Many Faces of Tuberculosis Control
    • Zebra of the Month: Brucellosis
    • Around the World in 3 Days: Travel Medicine Update
    • Heading Off Lice: New Recommendations
    • Free! E Coli O157:H7 Video

  • May 1997, Vol. 37, No. 5:
    • A Bit About Bites, Bats, and Rabies
    • Pertussis Epidemics in Washington and Idaho
    • Is Hantavirus Hiding Out?

  • June 1997, Vol. 37, No. 6:
    • In the Time of Ticks
    • 1996 Foodborne Illness and Outbreak Summary

  • July 1997, Vol. 37, No. 7:
    • Spores, Spores and More Spores...in Prolonged Diarrhea
    • New NIH Recommendations for Hepatitis C
    • Zebra of the Month: N. Meningitidis in Epiglottitis
    • Live from the CDC! Immunization Update

  • August 1997, Vol. 37, No. 8:
    • First Hantavirus Case in King County
    • A Raw Deal: Vibrio on the Rise in Northwest
    • Zebra of the Month: Tularemia
    • VRE Video Conference
    • Check Out the Vac Scene!

  • September 1997, Vol. 37, No. 9:
    • Be Prepared! Influenza Season Impending
    • Hepatitis A Vaccine Heralded
    • Fresh off the Press: 1997 Red Book

  • October 1997, Vol. 37, No. 10:
    • Gonorrhea Trends in Seattle Among MSM
    • Considerations in Occupational Exposure to Hepatitis C
    • Teleconference on Hepatitis C for Health Care Providers
    • CDC Fax Information on Diseases Worldwide

  • November 1997, Vol. 37, No. 11:
    • First Reported Influenza Case in King County
    • Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Who's at Risk?
    • Zebra of the Month: Meningoencephalitis with Paralysis due to Non-polio Enterovirus

  • December 1997, Vol. 37, No. 12:
    • Influenza Update: Strain Variants Cause Concern
    • Antimicrobial Resistance: Everybody's Problem
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