COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED TO THE
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
MECKLENBURG COUNTY RESIDENTS: AUGUST 2002
(Reflects Report Dates Not Always Onset Dates)
DISEASES
2
AIDS
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter Infection
Cholera
Cryptosporidiosis
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Cyclosporiasis
Dengue
Diphtheria
E. coli Shiga toxin-producing
Ehrlichiosis
Encephalitis, arboviral
Enterococci, Vancomycin-resistant (“VRE”)
Foodborne Disease:
C. perfringens
Staphylococcal
Other or Unknown Foodborne
Hantavirus infection
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
Thombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Hemophilus influenzae, Invasive Disease
1
August 2002
1
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
Aug. 5-yr. Average
1
1
YTD 5-yr. Average
5
0
0
0
7
0
1
NR
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
YTD
35
0
0
0
31
0
8
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NR
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
NR
0
1
0
6
4
4
5
0
22
1
14
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
NR
9
0
12
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
32
0
162
1
137
0
0
0
5
2
0
0
0
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
14
28
NR
88
2
134
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
18
0
13
0
44
0
0
0
37
0
3
NR
0
0
0
6
0
0
7
Hepatitis, Viral:
Type A
Type B, Acute
Perinatal Hepatitis B
Type B, Carrier
Type C, Acute
3
HIV Infection
Legionellosis
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles (Rubeola), Total
Indigenous
Imported
Meningitis, Pneumococcal
Meningococcal Disease
Mumps
Plague
Polio, paralytic
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rabies:
Animal
Human
Reported Diseases
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DISEASES
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella
Rubella, Congenital Syndrome
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Streptococcal Infection, Group A Invasive Disease
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
Tetanus
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxoplasmosis, Congenital
Trichinosis
Tularemia
Typhoid, Acute
Typhoid Carrier
Typhus, Epidemic (Louse-Borne)
Vibrio Infection, other than vulnifucus & cholera
Vibrio vulnifucus
Whooping Cough
Yellow Fever
Tuberculosis
1
August 2002
1
0
0
11
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
6
1
Aug. 5-yr. Average
1
1
0
0
11
3
NR
0
NR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
YTD
8
0
0
60
18
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
0
29
0
129
144
3
0
63
9
12
0
1
1,863
1,164
0
0
156
280
47
1
1
YTD 5-yr. Average
4
1
0
66
17
NR
5
NR
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
8
0
40
Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
Chancroid
Chlamydia (Laboratory confirmed)
Gonorrhea
4
Penicillinase-Producing Gonorrhea
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Syphilis
Congenital Syphilis
0
194
112
0
0
18
16
3
0
0
1141
1074
0
0
283
139
90
0
TO REPORT DISEASES BY TELEPHONE:
Animal bite consults: Al Piercy 704.336.6440
General Diseases including Hepatitis B: Nancy Hill 704.336.5498 • Jane Hoffman 704.336.5490
Lorraine Houser 704.336.6438 • Beth Quinn 704.336.5398 • Monica O’Lenic 704.336.6436 •
Gail Mills 704.353.1270
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS: Carlos McCoy 704.336.3355 • Regional Office 704.336.6480
Suspected Foodborne Outbreaks: Bill Hardister 704.336.5533
Tuberculosis: Lou Cook 704.921.6316
To obtain a supply of the North Carolina Communicable Disease Report Cards: Lisa Sealey 704.336.2817 •
Regional Office 704.336.6480
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Figures subject to change, diseases emboldened are reported within 24 hours and 7 days for all others diseases.
This number reflects the number of AIDS cases reported this month to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services. As of February 1996, AIDS cases in North Carolina are attributed to year of report. The cumulative number for
AIDS cases is 1,509 in Mecklenburg County and 11,581 in North Carolina as of June 30, 2002. The cumulative number of
AIDS cases reported to the CDC is 793,026 as of December 31, 2000. AIDS case reporting began in 1984.
The cumulative number for HIV Infection (not AIDS) is 3,851 in Mecklenburg County and 22,837 in North Carolina. This
figure is based on reports of confidential testing done between February 1990 – June 30, 2002.
Morbidity cards do not always indicate Penicillinase-testing results. The PPNG number is included in gonorrhea total.
NR – Not Reportable, Reportable as of February 2002
Statistics compiled by PH Epidemiology and MCHD Communicable Disease. 8/2002