Table I. Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending October 25, 2003

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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