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Reportable Disease Reports
LA CROSSE COUNTY
 

The State of Wisconsin requires reporting, investigation and control of communicable diseases.  The following table identifies these cases by number and year in La Crosse County (NR=not reportable to the state of Wisconsin as of March 1, 2008)

DISEASE                     (NR = Not Reportable)

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

AIDS

3

5

9

3

4

Amebiasis

1

0

0

0

NR

Anthrax

0

0

0

0

0

Arboviral infection (encephalitis/ meningitis)

4

1

0

3

1

Babesiosis

0

0

1

1

0

Blastomycosis

1

0

0

0

0

Brucellosis

0

0

0

0

0

Botulism

0

0

0

0

0

Botulism, infant

0

0

0

0

0

Campylobacter

40

30

32

27

38

Cat Scratch Disease (infection caused by Bartonella species)

1

2

2

0

NR

Chancroid

0

0

0

0

0

Chlamydia

396

355

355

335

369

Cholera

0

0

0

0

0

Cryptosporidiosis

13

16

23

15

16

Cyclosporiasis

0

1

0

0

0

Diphtheria

0

0

0

0

0

E. coli 0157:H7 and other entero-hemorrhagic E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, enteroinvasive E. coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli.

2

4

5

5

6

Ehrlichiosis

1

2

10

10

2

Encephalitis viral (other than arboviral)

1

2

0

1

NR

Foodborne or waterborne investigations

22

15

28

37

97

Genital Herpes (1st episode)

77

77

74

108

NR

Giardiasis

22

33

14

15

13

Gonorrhea

63

46

27

62

43

Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease (including epiglottitis)

1

4

0

0

1

Hantavirus infection

0

0

0

0

0

Hemolytic uremic syndrome

0

0

0

0

0

Hepatitis A

0

0

0

1

2

Hepatitis B

24

27

19

13

9

Hepatitis C

35

42

36

46

58

Hepatitis D

0

0

0

0

0

Hepatitis E

0

0

0

0

0

Hepatitis non-A, non-B (acute)

0

0

0

0

NR

Histoplasmosis

0

0

0

0

1

HIV

2

3

13

6

8

Infant methemoglobinemia

0

0

0

0

0

Kawasaki disease

0

0

0

0

0

Lead intoxication (specify Pb levels)

30

31

16

16

19

Legionellosis

0

3

2

1

0

Leprosy (Hansen Disease)

0

0

0

0

0

Leptospirosis

0

0

0

0

0

Listeriosis

0

1

1

1

0

Lyme disease

231

131

 57

31

97

Malaria

0

0

1

0

0

Measles

0

0

0

0

0

Meningitis, bacterial (other than Haemophilus)

0

0

1

0

1

Meningitis, viral (other than arboviral)

3

3

3

0

NR

Meningococcal disease

0

1

0

0

0

Mumps

0

0

0

1

2

Mycobacterial disease (nontuberculous)

6

2

3

14

8

Metal & Pesticide poisonings

0

0

0

0

0

Pelvic inflammatory disease

0

1

0

0

0

Pertussis (whooping cough)

44

20

 4

6

8

Plague

0

0

0

0

0

Poliomyelitis

0

0

0

0

0

Psittacosis

0

0

0

0

0

Q Fever

0

0

1

0

0

Rabies (human)

0

0

0

0

0

Reye syndrome

0

0

0

0

NR

Rheumatic fever (newly diagnosed and meeting the Jones criteria)

0

0

0

0

0

Ricin toxin

0

0

0

0

0

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

0

0

1

0

0

Rubella

0

0

0

0

0

Rubella (congenital syndrome)

0

0

0

0

0

Salmonellosis

 7

12

12

21

13

Shigellosis

1

0

3

5

2

Small pox

0

0

0

0

0

Streptococcal disease (all invasive disease caused by Groups A & B Streptococci)

 6

12

 3

14

14

Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease (invasive pneumococcal)

15

 7

6

11

19

Suspected outbreaks of other acute or  occupationally-related diseases

0

0

0

0

0

Syphilis

4

1

1

0

0

Tetanus

0

0

0

0

0

Toxic shock syndrome

0

0

2

0

0

Toxic substance related disease

0

0

0

0

0

Toxoplasmosis

0

0

0

0

0

Trichinosis

0

0

0

0

0

Tuberculosis

0

0

2

1

0

Tularemia

0

0

0

0

0

Typhoid fever

0

0

0

0

0

Typhus fever

0

0

0

0

NR

Varicella (chicken pox) – reported by number of cases only

0

0

0

0

NR

Yellow fever

0

0

0

0

0

Yersiniosis

0

0

1

0

1

TOTAL

1069

 891

768

756

736

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Newly reportable diseases as of March 1, 2008:

1.                    Influenza-associated pediatric deaths (0)

2.                    Influenza A virus infection [novel subtypes] (0),

3.                    Poliovirus infection [non-paralytic] (0),

4.                    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus [SARS-CoV] (0),

5.                    Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) infections and Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infections (0)

6.                    Vibriosis (other than toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 or 0139 (0)

7.                    Varicella (chickenpox) – individual cases are now reportable rather than aggregate counts (5)

8.                    Any illness caused by an agent that is foreign, exotic, or unusual to WI and has public health implications (0)

    

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

  

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