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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Oct 31, 2003
TABLE I. Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases,
United States, cumulative, week ending October 25, 2003 (43rd Week) *
Cum. Cum.
2003 2002
Anthrax - 2
Botulism: - -
foodborne 11 24
infant 52 57
other (wound & unspecified) 23 15
Brucellosis [dagger] 68 99
Chancroid 39 58
Cholera 1 1
Cyclosporiasis [dagger] 54 150
Diphtheria - 1
Ehrlichiosis: - -
human granulocytic (HGE) [dagger] 275 264
human monocytic (HME) [dagger] 151 175
other and unspecified 35 18
Encephalitis/Meningitis: - -
California serogroup viral [dagger] 65 133
eastern equine [dagger] 8 5
Powassan [dagger] - 1
St. Louis [dagger] 20 20
western equine [dagger] 2 -
Hansen disease (leprosy) [dagger] 46 69
Hantavirus pulmonary syndromes [dagger] 15 16
Hemolytic uremic syndrome, 123 169
postdiarrheal [dagger]
HIV infection, pediatric [dagger][section] 174 129
Measles, total 39 [paragraph] 26 **
Mumps 153 227
Plague 1 -
Poliomyelitis, paralytic - -
Psittacosis [dagger] 14 13
O fever [dagger] 60 48
Rabies, human 2 3
Rubella 6 16
Rubella, congenital - 1
Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome [dagger] 127 94
Tetanus 12 19
Toxic-shock syndrome 105 87
Trichinosis 1 13
Tularemia [dagger] 67 68
Yellow fever - -
-: No reported cases.
* Incidence data for reporting years 2002 and 2003 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 September 28, 2003.
([paragraph]) Of 39 cases reported, 31 were indigenous, and eight were
imported from another country.
** Of 26 cases reported, 13 were indigenous, and 13 were imported from
another country.
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