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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.

2004 Epi-Log newsletters

  • January 2004, Vol. 44, No. 1:
    • SARS Update
    • Influenza Update
    • Pertussis Up in 2003, Especially Among Infants <6 Months of Age
    • Epidemiology of Vaccine Preventable Diseases Course

  • February 2004, Vol. 44, No. 2:
    • Avian Influenza and the Specter of Pandemic Influenza
    • Discharging a Patient with Suspect SARS-CoV from the Inpatient or Outpatient Setting

  • March 2004, Vol. 44, No. 3:
    • Recognizing Septic Shock in Infants: From the King County Child Death Review Team
    • Breaking Out All Over: Norovirus
    • Update on H5N1 Avian Influenza and SARS

  • April 2004, Vol. 44, No. 4:
    • Measles Among Adoptees From China, April 2004
    • STD Update and Intensive Course
    • Foodborne Illness Primer for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals

  • May 2004, Vol. 44, No. 5:
    • Nationwide Salmonella Enteriditis Outbreak Linked to Raw Almonds
    • No Community Transmission of Measles After Imported April 2004 Outbreak in King County
    • Zebra of the Month: Tick Paralysis
    • Treatment of Pertussis with Azithromycin

  • June 2004, Vol. 44, No. 6:
    • West Nile Virus 2004: Update Health Advisories & Resources
    • Rabies Information and Resources Health Advisories & Resources Now on the Web!

  • July 2004, Vol. 44, No. 7:
    • Tuberculosis Outbreak in King County Among East African Young Men
    • Zebra of the Month: Japanese Encephalitis

  • August 2004, Vol. 44, No. 8:
    • Notifiable Condition Reporting and the Health Care Provider
    • Erratum

  • September 2004, Vol. 44, No. 9:
    • The Health Care Provider and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Communicable Diseases
    • APIC Chapter Will Hold Infection Control Education Day on October 22nd

  • October 2004, Vol. 44, No. 10:
    • Prioritization of Influenza Vaccine: Recommendations of the Washington State Vaccine Advisory Committee
    • Use of Antivirals for Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis of Influenza
    • Current Status of Influenza Vaccine Supplies in King County

  • November 2004, Vol. 44, No. 11:
    • Influenza Activity and Vaccine Supply Update
    • Syphilis Increase in King County
    • Wound Botulism in Injecting Drug Users
    • Zoonotic Disease Alert: Leptospirosis in Dogs

  • December 2004, Vol. 44, No. 12:
    • Flu Shot Eligibility Expanded for King County Residents
    • Influenza Surveillance in King County
    • Reporting Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality
    • West Nile Virus 2004 Season Review
    • Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Course
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