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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 11, 2004

TABLE I. Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases,
United States, cumulative, week ending June 5, 2004 (22nd Week) *

                                          Cum.               Cum.
                                          2004               2003

Anthrax                                    --                  --
Botulism:                                  --                  --
  foodborne                                 6                   6
  infant                                   25                  30
  other (wound & unspecified                3                   8
Brucellosis ([dagger])                     41                  37
Chancroid                                  14                  26
Cholera                                     2                   1
Cyclosporiasis ([dagger])                  50                  18
Diphtheria                                 --                  --
Ehrlichiosis:                              --                  --
  human granulocytic (HGE) ([dagger])      33                  34
  human monocytic (HME) ([dagger])         20                  28
  human, other and unspecified             --                   5
Encephalitis/Meningitis:                   --                  --
  California serogroup viral ([dagger])     1                  --
  eastern equine ([dagger])                --                   1
  Powassan ([dagger])                      --                  --
  St. Louis ([dagger])                     --                   2
  western equine ([dagger])                --                  --
Hansen disease (leprosy) ([dagger])        33                  34
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome ([dagger])    6                  11
Hemolytic uremic syndrome, postdiarrheal
  ([dagger])                               27                  46
HIV infection, pediatric ([dagger])
  ([section])                              72                 101
Measles, total                             16 ([paragraph])    24 **
Mumps                                      76                  96
Plague                                     --                  --
Poliomyelitis, paralytic                   --                  --
Psittacosis ([dagger])                      2                   5
Q fever ([dagger])                         16                  32
Rabies, human                              --                  --
Rubella                                    10                   4
Rubella, congenital syndrome               --                   1
SARS-associated coronavirus disease
  ([dagger]) ([dagger])([dagger])          --                   5
Smallpoxt ([DAGGER]) ([subsections])       --                  NA
Staphylococcus aureus:                     --                  --
  Vancomycin-intermediate (VISA)
    ([dagger]) ([subsections])              4                  NA
  Vancomycin-resistant (VRSA) ([dagger])
    ([subsections])                         1                   1
Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome
  ([dagger])                               45                  96
Tetanus                                     4                   3
Toxic-shock syndrome                       47                  60
Trichinosis                                 3                  --
Tularemia ([dagger])                       15                   9
Yellow fever                               --                  --

-: No reported cases.

* Incidence data for reporting years 2003 and 2004 are provisional
and cumulative (year-to-date).

([dagger]) Not notifiable in all states.

([section]) Updated monthly from reports to the Division of HIV/AIDS
Prevention--Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV,
STD, and TB Prevention. Last update May 2, 2004.

([paragraph]) Of 16 cases reported, 11 were indigenous, and five
were imported from another country.

** Of 24 cases reported, 17 were indigenous, and seven were imported
from another country.

([dagger])([dagger]) Updated weekly from reports to the Division
of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious
Diseases (notifiable as of July 2003).

([subsections]) Not previously notifiable.

FIGURE I. Selected notifiable disease reports, United States,
comparison of provisional 4-week totals June 5, 2004, with
historical data

                                              CASES CURRENT
DISEASE                 DECREASE   INCREASE      4 WEEKS

Hepatitis A, acute                                 237
Hepatitis B, acute                                 334
Hepatitis C, acute                                  39
Legionellosis                                       50
Measles, total                                       3
Meningococcal disease      #                        48
Mumps                                                9
Pertussis                             #            477
Rubella *                                            0

Ratio (Log scale) ([dagger])
Beyond historical limits

* No rubella cases were reported for the current 4-week period
yielding a ratio for week 22 of zero (0).

([dagger]) Ratio of current 4-week total to mean of 15 4-week
totals (from previous, comparable, and subsequent 4-week periods
for the past 5 years). The point where the hatched area begins
is based on the mean and two standard deviations of these 4-week
totals.

Note: Beyond historical limits indicated with #.