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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Diseases

The Spokane Regional Health District reports that for the week ending Sept 10, 1997, the following communicable disease cases were reported in Spokane County: (1st column indicates This week; 2nd column indicates 1997 to date; 3rd column indicates 1996 to date)

AIDS (311 total) 1 27 11

Relapsing fever 0 2 1

Campylobacteriosis 3 57 47

Chlamydia 12 400 406

E. coli 0157:H7 1 7 8

Encephalitis 0 0 0

Giardiasis 2 21 10

Gonorrhea 1 80 84

Hepatitis A-inf. 0 61 5

Hepatitis B-serum 0 0 2

Hepatitis non-A/B 0 2 2

Hepatitis unspec. 0 0 0

Influenza (lab conf.) 0 39 1

Red measles 0 0 0

Bacterial meningitis 0 5 0

Mumps 0 0 2

Whooping cough 0 80 53

German measles 0 0 0

Salmonellosis 5 28 31

Shigellosis 0 7 27

Syphilis 1 1 0

Tuberculosis 0 9 3

Yersiniosis 0 1 0