Mecklenburg County Health Department Reportable Communicable Diseases
Reported to NC Department of Health and Human Services
Reflects Report Dates Not Always Onset Dates
Monthly Report: JANUARY 2008
Vaccine Preventable
Enteric, Food and Waterborne
Sexually Transmittted and Bloodborne
rage
)
vg.
AIDS 1
Chancroid**
Chlamydia (Laboratory confirmed)
Gonorrhea**
Granuloma Inguinale**
Hepatitis (Type B and Type C)
Hep. Type B, Acute**
Hep. Type B, Carrier
Perinatal Hepatitis B**
Hep. Type C, Acute
4
0
314
209
0
18
2
16
0
0
4
0
314
209
0
18
2
16
0
0
8
0
240
179
0
0
2
22
0
0
8
0
240
179
0
0
2
22
0
0
HIV Disease1
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Syphilis**
Congenital Syphilis**
Botulism
Campylobacter Infection**
Cholera**
Cryptosporidiosis**
Cyclosporiasis**
C. perfringens**
E. coli, Shiga toxin-producing**
Hepatitis A**
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome**
Legionellosis
Listeriosis**
Salmonellosis**
Shigellosis**
Staphylococcal (food poisioning)**
Trichinosis
Typhoid**
Typhoid, Acute**
Typhoid, Carrier**
Vibrio Vulnificus
14
0
72
0
4
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
72
0
4
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
29
3
8
0
0
6
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
29
3
8
0
0
6
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vibrio Infection (other than cholera) **
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
Other or Unknown Foodborne**
Diphtheria**
Hemophilus influenzae, invasive disease**
Influenza Death (<18 yrs. Old)**
Measles (Rubeola), Total**
Measles, Indigenous
Measles, Imported
Mumps
Pertussis (whooping cough)**
Polio, paralytic**
Rubella**
Rubella, Congenital Syndrome
Tetanus
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DISEASES
Janu
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Figures subject to change as new information becomes available
Statistics compiled by Mecklenburg County Health Department Epidemiology, Communicable Disease, TB and STD Programs
January 2008
Encephalitis,
Meningitis
Other
and Prion
Diseases
Vectorborne and Zoonotics
Direct Contact and
Respiratory
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)
vg.
Influenza, Novel Virus Infection
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS)**
Smallpox
VRSA (Staphylococcal aureus with reduced susceptiblity
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
to Vancomycin)**
Streptococcal infections Group A invasive
Tuberculosis**
Vaccinia**
Anthrax
Brucellosis
Dengue
Ehrlichiosis
Hantavirus Infection
Hemorrhagic Fever, viral
Leptospirosis
Lyme disease
Malaria
Monkeypox**
Plague
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rabies, Total
Rabies, Animal
Rabies, Human**
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Tularemia
Typhus, Epidemic (Louse-borne)
Yellow Fever
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
0
0
0
0
Encephalitis, arboviral
0
0
0
0
Meningococcal Disease**
1
1
0
0
Meningitis, Pneumococcal
Toxic Shock Syndrome
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
0
0
0
0
r Ave
yr A
(5 Ye to-Date
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Janu
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Janu
ary
Reportable Communicable Diseases
Monthly Report--JANUARY 2008
REPORT TIMETABLE FOR DISEASES/CONDITIONS (for a complete listing of NC Reportable Disease, please call 919-715-7404)
Highlighted diseases
**
All Other Conditions
Category A Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases2 (report immediately by phone)
Disease/Condition with Pandemic Potential (report immediately by phone)
Reportable within 24 hours after the disease or condition is reasonably suspected to
exist. (by phone and card)
All other conditions, report within 7 days, (by card)
TO REPORT DISEASES BY TELEPHONE:
Animal bite consults: Al Piercy 704.336.6440
General Diseases including Hepatitis B: Belinda Worsham 704.336.5498 Jane Hoffman 704.336.5490 Beth Quinn 704.336.5398
Penny Moore 704.353.1270 Freda Grant 704.336.6436
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS: 704.432.1742
Suspected Foodborne Outbreaks: Bill Hardister 704.336.5533
Tuberculosis: Kristi McCray 704.432.2496
To obtain a supply of the North Carolina Communicable Disease Report Cards: 704.336.2817 or 919.715.7404
1 The cumulative number for HIV Disease (not AIDS) is 5,499 in Mecklenburg County and 31,282 in North Carolina. This figure is based on reports of
confidential testing done between January1990 - December 2006. Please note a change reflecting recent changes in North Carolina reporting, "HIV
Disease" refers to all people infected with human immunodeficiency virus, with and without an AIDS defining condition. Previously data were reported
separately for HIV and AIDS. Currently AIDS cases are subset of HIV disease. AIDS case reporting began in the United States in 1981 and North Carolina
in 1984. HIV infection reporting begin in North Carolina in January1990 and HIV disease reporting in 2001.
2 Category A Bioterrorism Agents/Disease including pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States and that pose a risk to national security
because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person;result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health
impact; might cause public panic and social disruption; and require special action for public health preparedness.
Statistics compiled by Mecklenburg County Health Department Epidemiology, Communicable Disease, TB and STD Programs
January 2008