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Infectious
Disease (Section Overview) [2002,
2004 Update]
- Control of infectious
disease has been a
major reason for declining death rates and
improved health during the 19th and 20th
centuries. Communicable diseases such as
tuberculosis, polio, and diphtheria ...
Dental Caries
- Dental caries
(cavities) is a transmissible, infectious
disease that affects almost 14% of
Washington State children between one and
two years of age. Nationally 20% of children
between ages two and four and 80% of all
children age 17 years experience dental
decay. In addition, more than two-thirds of
adults...
Childhood and Adult Immunizations
- The contribution of immunization to the
reduction of vaccine-preventable diseases
and their resultant morbidity and mortality
remains one of public health's most
significant achievements ...
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia)
- Three of the over 25 diseases spread
primarily through sexual activity. Syphilis
(ICD-9 codes 090-091), gonorrhea (ICD-9 code
098), and chlamydia (ICD-9 code 099.5) are
all caused by ...
HIV/AIDS
[2002, 2004
Update] - In 2000, 416 AIDS cases were diagnosed among
Washington State residents, for an annual
incidence rate of 7.1 per 100,000. The
dramatic declines in AIDS incidence and AIDS
deaths seen in the mid-1990s appear to have
leveled off ...
Tuberculosis
[2002,
2004
Update] - In 2000, 258 cases of
tuberculosis were reported in Washington
State. The crude incidence rate was 4.4
cases per 100,000 population. This rate was
slightly less ...
Meningococcal Disease
[2002, 2004
Update] - Invasive meningococcal disease is a
bacterial infection spread through
respiratory secretions. There were 71 cases
of meningococcal disease in ...
Hepatitis A
[2002, 2004
Update] - Hepatitis A is a viral infection spread
through fecal-oral transmission. In 2000,
there were 292 cases of Hepatitis A and one
death reported in ...
Hepatitis B
[2002, 2004
Update]
- Hepatitis B is a viral infection spread
through blood and other potentially
infectious body fluids such as sexual
fluids. Effective December 2000, both acute
...
Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
- Antibiotic resistance
has been identified in a variety of
organisms. In the United States,
antibiotic-resistant organisms of concern
include tuberculosis with resistance to
multiple antibiotics (MDR-TB), gonorrhea,
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE),
and drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
(DRSP).
Emerging Infectious Diseases
- At the midpoint of the twentieth century,
infectious diseases appeared to have been
controlled by improvements in sanitation,
antibiotics, and immunization. However, by
the early 1990s, health experts ...
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