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El Paso County Public Health CD/TB Program Hours: M-F, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (719) 578-3220; aſter-hours emergency: (719) 235-2278 Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (303) 692-2700; aſter-hours emergency: (303) 370-9395 www.elpasocountyhealth.org Reportable Diseases and Condions List Quesons? Please Contact: What’s Going Around: A Weekly Communicable Disease Report Diseases and Condions Reported During February 3 — 9, 2019 This report is a weekly snapshot of communicable diseases reported in El Paso County, as well as a report of disease trends and local health alerts. El Paso County Public Health’s Communicable Disease Program partners with the medical community and the public to limit and stop the spread of diseases in our community. Addional Reports: Total hospitalized influenza cases in El Paso County from September 30, 2018– February 9, 2019: 224 Total number of animals that have tested posive for rabies in 2019: 2 (1 skunk, 1 fox) Gastrointesnal illness complaints, possibly foodborne, associated with a retail food establishment: 5 Health News: Vaccine Preventable Diseases Vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) connue to persist in El Paso County. The majority of reported cases are hospitalized influenza, however, naonwide many VPDs have made a resurgence. As their name suggests, most of these disease incidents are preventable by vaccinaons that are widely available at most medical offices including El Paso County Public Health. Parents can protect infants and children from 14 serious childhood diseases by age two through vaccinaon. Preteens and teens need vaccines too. Geng adolescents vaccinated will also protect their friends and their family members. Adults and seniors may need one or more vaccines, even if they received vaccines as a child or young adult. The graph to the right depicts rates of diseases for select vaccine preventable diseases in El Paso County from 2015-2018. There were no cases of measles or rubella during this me period. According to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment School and Child Care Immunizaon Data, 92 percent of children in El Paso County enrolled in school or child care during the 2017-2018 school year were up-to-date on their immunizaons. Specific immunizaons are required for children entering child care, pre-school, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, and for children in other grades enrolling in a Colorado school for the first me. For a list of school-required immunizaons, visit www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/schoolrequiredvaccines Diseases Reported February 3-9, 2019: 6 Animal bites— adults 2 Hepas A— adults 1 Campylobacteriosis— adult 1 Cryptosporidiosis— adult 1 Giardiasis— adult 3 Hepas B, chronic— adults 11 Hepas C, chronic— adults 32 Hospitalized influenza— 24 adults, 8 pediatric 1 Legionellosis— adult 3 Strep Pneumo Invasive— adults 3 Varicella— pediatric
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El Paso County Public Health CD/TB Program Hours: M-F, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(719) 578-3220; after-hours emergency: (719) 235-2278 Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (303) 692-2700; after-hours emergency: (303) 370-9395
www.elpasocountyhealth.org
Reportable Diseases and Conditions List
Questions? Please Contact:
What’s Going Around: A Weekly Communicable Disease Report
Diseases and Conditions Reported During February 3 — 9, 2019 This report is a weekly snapshot of communicable diseases reported in El Paso County, as well as a report of disease trends and local health alerts. El Paso County Public Health’s Communicable Disease Program partners with the medical community and the public to limit and stop the spread of diseases in our community.
Additional Reports: Total hospitalized influenza cases in El Paso County from
September 30, 2018– February 9, 2019: 224 Total number of animals that have tested positive for rabies in
2019: 2 (1 skunk, 1 fox) Gastrointestinal illness complaints, possibly foodborne,
associated with a retail food establishment: 5
Health News: Vaccine Preventable Diseases Vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) continue to
persist in El Paso County. The majority of reported cases are hospitalized influenza, however, nationwide many VPDs have made a resurgence.
As their name suggests, most of these disease incidents are preventable by vaccinations that are widely available at most medical offices including El Paso County Public Health.
Parents can protect infants and children from 14 serious childhood diseases by age two through vaccination. Preteens and teens need vaccines too. Getting adolescents vaccinated will also protect their friends and their family members. Adults and seniors may need one or more vaccines, even if they received vaccines as a child or young adult.
The graph to the right depicts rates of diseases for select vaccine preventable diseases in El Paso County from 2015-2018. There were no cases of measles or rubella during this time period.
According to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment School and Child Care Immunization Data, 92 percent of children in El Paso County enrolled in school or child care during the 2017-2018 school year were up-to-date on their immunizations.
Specific immunizations are required for children entering child care, pre-school, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, and for children in other grades enrolling in a Colorado school for the first time. For a list of school-required immunizations, visit www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/schoolrequiredvaccines
Diseases Reported February 3-9, 2019: 6 Animal bites— adults 2 Hepatitis A— adults 1 Campylobacteriosis— adult 1 Cryptosporidiosis— adult 1 Giardiasis— adult 3 Hepatitis B, chronic— adults 11 Hepatitis C, chronic— adults 32 Hospitalized influenza— 24 adults, 8 pediatric 1 Legionellosis— adult 3 Strep Pneumo Invasive— adults 3 Varicella— pediatric
