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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.

2007 Epi-Log newsletters

  • January 2007, Vol. 47, No. 1:
    • Recent Imported Measles and Mumps: It’s a Small World After All
    • Increased Norovirus Activity in King County
    • King County Influenza Update

  • February 2007, Vol. 47, No. 2:
    • King County Pediatric Influenza Deaths
    • Cluster of Four Highly Similar Multidrug Resistant HIV Cases
    • Multistate Outbreak of Salmonellosis Associated with Consumption of Peanut Butter

  • March 2007, Vol. 47, No. 3:
    • Pet Associated Salmonellosis: Snakes and Chicks and Hamsters
    • Zebra of the Month: Fever and Arthralgias After Travel to Sri Lanka

  • April 2007, Vol. 47, No. 4:
    • Select Travel-Associated Infections Reported in King County
    • Reasons to Report Suspected or Confirmed Travel-Related Conditions to Public Health

  • May 2007, Vol. 47, No. 5:
    • Reminder! Dangers of Eating Raw Shellfish
    • Zebra of the Month!— An unusual case of otitis
    • New Vaccine Protects Against Cervical Cancer, Genital Warts

  • June 2007, Vol. 47, No. 6:
    • King County Prepares for West Nile Virus
    • CDC’s Immunization Update 2007

  • July 2007, Vol. 47, No. 7:
    • Rabies Risk Associated with Contact with Bats, Raccoons, and Other Critters
    • New Tests for Pertussis and Shiga Toxin Offered by PHSKC Laboratory
    • West Nile Virus Monthly Update
    • Attention We Moved

  • August 2007, Vol. 47, No. 8:
    • Partners in Disease Control and Prevention
    • A Missed Opportunity to Prevent Perinatal Hepatitis B Infection
    • West Nile Virus Monthly Update

  • September 2007, Vol. 47, No. 9:
    • Enterohemorrhagic (Shiga toxin-producing) E. coli
    • West Nile Virus Monthly Update

  • October 2007, Vol. 47, No. 10:
    • Influenza: Surveillance, Recommendations, Vaccination, Treatment, and Prophylaxis

  • November 2007, Vol. 47, No. 11:
    • Methicillin-Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) in the News
    • New Hepatitis A Vaccine Guidelines for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Pre-Travel
    • West Nile Virus (WNV) Monthly Update

  • December 2007, Vol. 47, No. 12:
    • Wound Botulism Case in King County
    • Puzzler of the Month
    • CDC Training: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
    • Influenza Monthly Update
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