Louisiana Morbidity Report Index 1967-2014 (by date within alpha)

A

Accidents – See Injury

Acinetobacter Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter - Louisiana, 2008 3-4/2008

Adenovirus Adenovirus Type 7 Outbreak In A Long-Term Care Facility 9-10/1996 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Unexplained ARDS Cluster 5-6/1993 Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome In Southwestern U.S. 7-8/1993 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome In Louisiana 11-12/1993

Aeromonas Travelers’ Diarrhea 9-12/1988

Aids – See HIV

Airborne Disease “Is It Safe To Breathe?” Airborne Disease Epidemiology Videoconference 5-6/2004

Air Quality Louisiana Facts 7-8 &11-12/1996

Alcohol – See Behavior And Injury Alcohol Consumption In Louisiana 3-4/1993 Alcohol Involvement In Central Nervous System Injuries 9-10/1995 Alcohol Abuse In Louisiana, 1991-1993 3-4/1996 BRFSS: Alcohol Use Among Women 9-10/1999 Louisiana’s PRAMS And Prenatal Exposure To Alcohol 1-2/2003 Effects Of Family Environment On Alcohol Use And Prosocial Family Involvement On Adolescent Alcohol Consumption-Louisiana, 2006 5-6/2011

Algae Algae Toxin In Lake Pontchartrain 7-8/1997

Allergy Allergies? Asthma? ER Visits? 1-2/2003 Anaphylactic Shock Deaths-Louisiana, 1999-2012 5-6/2014

Ameba – See Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia Mandrillaris, Entamoeba Histolyitca , Naegleria Fowleri IDEpi Question/Answer Corner 9-10/2014

Amebiasis – See Also Entamoeba Histolyitca, Amebic Dysentery Amebiasis Associated With Colonic Irrigation - Colorado 3/1981

Anaphylactic Shock Anaphylactic Shock Deaths-Louisiana, 1999-2012 5-6/2014

Ancylostoma Parasites On The Bayou 11-12/1990

Anemia Childhood Anemia In Health Units 5-6/1996

Animals – See Also Pets Wild Animals As Pets: The Reasons Why Not 11-12/1986 Tranmission Of Mycobacterium Bovis Tuberculosis At The Zoo 3-4/1992 Wolf Hybrids And Rabies 7-8/1992 Raccoons And Human Disease 9-10/2005 Hurricane Response In Louisiana: The Animal Perspective 11-12/2005 Outlawing Of Private Ownership Of Non-Human Primates In La 3-4/2006 Eosinophilic Meningitis And Angiostrongylus Cantonensis 5-6/2006 Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007 The Louisiana Animal Welfare Commission Pet Registry System: Benefits To Public Health 3-4/2007 Animal Shelter Inspections - Louisiana, 2009 11-12/2009 Wild Animals In Pools 9-10/2011 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013 Mothballs: An Ineffective and Dangerous Remedy For Animal Invasions 5-6/2013 Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak Associates With Baby Chicks Includes Louisiana 7-8/2013 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Angiostrongylus Cantonensis – See Meningitis Eosinophilic Meningitis And Angiostrongylus Cantonensis 5-6/2006 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Anthrax – See Bioterrorism Anthrax In Louisiana 7/1971 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Anthrax Testing In Louisiana 1-2/2002 Coroner Surveillance 1-2/2004 Cutaneous Anthrax Or Orf: The Reporting System For Bioterrorism Is Working 5-6/2004 Anthrax Detection Systems In Postal Facilities 7-8/2005 Point Of Dispensing Sites 5-6/2007

Antibiotic Resistance/Sensitivity – See Also HAI Emerging Infections 3-4/1994 Antibiotic Sensitivity In Louisiana 3-4/2002 What Is The Louisiana Antibiogram? 9-10/2002 Oph Epi Training Offerings: Available Presentations On Antibiotic Sensitivity 3-4/2003 Trends In Antibiotic Sensitivity 5-6/03, 7-8/04, 7-8/06, 7-8/07 Antimicrobial Resistance Update & Strategic National Stockpile Distribution Information 5-6/2003 Atlanta Conference On Antibiotic Use 7-8/2003 Scene From The Alexandria Antibiotic Resistance Kick/Off 11-12/2003 Your Tax Dollars At Work… 3-4/2004 In-House Training – Lake Charles Region: Antibiotic Resistance For Pharmacists 3-4/2004 Funding 5-6/2004 Antibiotic Resistance Update Videoconference 5-6/2004 Now Available: Antibiograms 11-12/2004 Is Mortality From Staphylococci On The Rise? 5-6/2005 Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: Nasal Carriage Prevalence In New Orleans, 2005 9-10/2005 Staphylococcal Disease 1-2/2007 Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter - Louisiana, 2008 3-4/2008

Apic Apic Meeting In New Orleans 8/1984

Appendicitis Epidemiology Of Appendicitis - Louisiana, 1999 - 2004 5-6/2008

Arbovirus – See Dengue, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Mayaro Virus, St. Louis Encephalitis, West Nile Virus Louisiana Arbovirus Surveillance History 3-4/2005

Arthritis BRFSS: Arthritis Update 2000 3-4/2002

Asbestos Physician Advisory-Health Effects Of Asbestos 7/1978 Asbestosis Hospitalizations-Louisiana, 1999-2009 3-4/2011

Ascaris Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979

Aseptic Meningitis – See Meningitis

Asthma Allergies? Asthma? Er Visits? 1-2/2003 Improved Health Outcomes – La Adolescent School Health Initiative 5-6/2003 Asthma Prevalence In Louisiana 5-6/2004 A Comparison Of Asthmatics In La.Vs U.S. Using The BRFSS Survey, 2002 7-8/2005 Examining The Burden And Mortality Of Asthma Among Adult Racial Groups - Behavioral Risk Factor Survey - Louisiana, 2006 5-6/2009 A Pre- And Post-Test Asseessment Of Asthma Educational Training For Healthcare Providers - Louisiana, 2010 9-10/2010 A Review Of Adult Asthma Morbidity And Mortality-Louisiana, 2006-2010 1-2/2013

Aurantimonas Altamirensis Rare Aurantimonas Altamirensis Infection - Louisiana, 2012 7-8/2012

Automobile – See Injury

B

Babesiosis What’s “Tick”-ing? 11-12/2006

Bacterial Vaginosis STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

Balamuthia Mandrillaris Third Case Of Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis Louisiana, 2011-2012 3-4/2012

Bed Bugs Preventing And Getting Rid Of Bed Bugs Safely Booklet Announcement 11-12/2012

Balantidium Coli Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988

Baylisascaris Procyonis Raccoons And Human Disease 9-10/2005

Behavior Alcohol Consumption In Louisiana 3-4/1993 Sedentary Lifestyle In Louisiana 9-10/1993 Louisiana’s Physical Activity Profile 9-10/1994 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - Louisiana And The United States, 2011 7-8/2012

Bell’s Palsy Epidemiology Of Bell’s Palsy - Louisiana, 1999-2007 3-4/2010

Bioterrorism – See Strategic National Stockpile, Syndromic Surveillance Bioterrorism References 9-10/2001 Special Edition 11-12/2001 Anthrax Testing In Louisiana 1-2/2002 Oph Videoconference Course Offerings: Foodborne Terrorism For Public Health Professionals 1-2/2003 Bioterrorism Surveillance 5-6/2003 Videoconference Follow Up: Foodborne Terrorism 5-6/2003 Medical Awareness Course Announced 5-6/2003 Coroner Surveillance 1-2/2004 Your Tax Dollars At Work… 3-4/2004 Cutaneous Anthrax Or Orf: The Reporting System For Bioterrorism Is Working 5-6/2004 La – One Of Four States To Earn The Green Light 5-6/2004 Funding 5-6/2004 CDC Site Visit For Bioterrorism Grant On April 8th In Baton Rouge 5-6/2004 When There Is A Suspicious Substance In The Mail …. 7-8/2004 Suspicious Substance Guidelines (Biological Agent Exposures) 9-10/2004 A Web-Based Integrated Veterinary Surveillance System For La 3-4/2005 Anthrax Detection Systems In Postal Facilities 7-8/2005 Bioterrorism Incident Tracking System End Of Year Review, 2005 1-2/2006 Cities Readiness Initiative 7-8/2007 Postal Plan - Louisiana, 2009 1-2/2009 Central Laboratory Progress Report - Louisiana, 2009 9-10/2009

Birth Defects – See Hypothyroidism Newborn Screening For Congenital Hypothyroidism In La. 1999-2002 1-2/2004 Louisiana Birth Defects Monitoring Network: The New Birth Defects 7-8/2004 Screening Babies 9-10/2004 Newborn Screening For An Additional Five Metabolic Disorders Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Ms/Ms) 11-12/2004 First Analysis Of Birth Defects Monitoring Network Surveillance Data -Louisiana, 2005 5-6/2009

Birth Rate Teenage Pregnancy And Birth Rates 3-4/1994

Birth Weight Low Birth Weight In Louisiana 5-6/1990 Teenage Pregnancy In Louisiana 7-8/1990 Smoking In Pregnancy 3-4/1995 Neonatal Mortality Of Very Low Birth Weight Infants 9-10/1998 Adequate Prenatal Weight Gain And Birth Weight 9-10/2003 Very Low Birth Weight Deliveries In Level I-Ii Neonatal Facilities -Louisiana, 2004 5-6/2007 A Short Birth Interval Enhances A Risk Of Low Birthweight - Louisiana, 2000-2004 3-4/2008

Blastomycosis Blastomycosis 4/1978 Blastomycosis In Washington Parish 1976-85 5-6/1987

Blood Donation Visceral Leishmaniasis In Returning Soldiers Causes Blood Donation Ban 1-2/1992

Blood Pressure High Blood Pressure Control In Louisiana 2/1984 Church Programs Attack High Blood Pressure 3-4/1991 New Hypertension Reports To Be Released Soon 11-12/1992

Borrelia Burgdorferi – See Lyme Disease Lsu Researcher Studies Borrelia Burgdorferi Ecology- Louisiana, 2011 3-4/2011

Bortella Pertussis – See Pertussis

Botulism Special Request 2/1976 Epidemiology Briefs 4/1976 Infant Botulism 6/78, 9-10/04 Botulism: A Case Report 1-2/1991 Unexplained Deaths Surveillance, Louisiana, 2002-2004 1-2/2006 Botulism Case Identification - Louisiana 1-2/2009 IDEpi Question/Answer Corner 11-12/2014 Infant Botulism - Louisiana, 2013 5-6/2013

Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Profiles In Louisiana’s Mothers, 2000-2001 11-12/2005 Breastfeeding Trends In Louisiana: Are We Improving? 1-2/2007 Pregnancy Intention And Breastfeeding Initiation Among Women-Louisiana, 2004 3-4/2007

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Workers Health Alert-Bronchiolitis Obliterans Among Food Manufacturing Workers 9-10/2006

Brucellosis – See Bioterrorism Brucellosis In Louisiana 1962-1967 10/1967 New Antibody Test Available In Brucellosis Diagnosis 6/1968 CDC Veterinary Public Health Notes, July, 1970 7/1970 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 When There Is A Suspicious Substance In The Mail … 7-8/2004 The Changing Dynamics Of Brucellosis - Louisiana And The United States, 1951-2012 7-8/2012 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013 Brucellosis-Louisiana, 2008-2012 11-12/2013 Raw Milk: Just the Facts 5-6/2014

C

California Encephalitis – See Encephalitis

Campylobacter Bulletin 8/1981 Gastroenteritis Associated With Raw Oyster Consumption 5/1983 Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Annual Summary Campylobacteriosis 1990 7-8/1991 Active Surveillance For Enteric Disease In Southeast Louisiana 1-2/1992 Campylobacteriosis In Southeastern Louisiana 9-10/1992 Active Surveillance Of Enteric Diseases 5-6/1993 Annual Summary Campylobacteriosis 1996 3-4/1997 Annual Summary Campylobacteriosis 1997 7-8/1998 Annual Summary Campylobacteriosis 1998 1-2/2000

Cancer Cancer Added To The List Of Reportable Diseases 11/1974 Lung Cancer In Louisiana 4-5/1980 Bulletin 11-12/1989 Medicare Pays For Screening Mammograms 3-4/1991 Cancer Incidence In South Louisiana 1983-1986 11-12/1991 Breast Cancer: New Preventive Health Program 9/10/1995 Cancer Incidence In Louisiana 7-8/1997 Helicobacter Pylori And Peptic Ulcer Disease 9-10/1997 LOUISIANA FACT 1929-30s 7-8/2000 BRFSS: Cervical Cancer Screening 1991-1999 3-4/2001 Prostate Cancer In Louisiana: Different Than Expected 11-12/2004

Candididasis STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

Carbon Monoxide One Dead, Family Hospitalized, Cause Of Tragedy A Mystery 1/1973 Mysterious Illness In A Houma Family 3/1973 Gastrointestinal Illness Associated With School Field Trip 3-4/1989 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following Hurricane Lili 11-12/2002 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In The Aftermath Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita-Louisiana, August-November, 2005 9-10/2005 Post Katrina Case Study 11-12/2005 Carbon Monoxide Exposure In Office Building Sickness Employees -Louisiana - 2007 5-6/2007 Additions To Disease Reporting Requirement: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 1-2/2009

Cardiovascular Disease Sedentary Lifestyle In Louisiana 9-10/1993 Cardiovascular Disease In Louisiana 3-4/2000 BRFSS: Awareness Of Signs And Symptoms Of Heart Attack And Stroke 9-10 &11-12/02 Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Louisianians 5-6/2005

Cestodiasis (Tapeworm), See Worm Licensure Of Yomesan 5/1982

Chancroid STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

Chemical – See Asbestos & Environment Review Of Livingston Train Derailment To Date 1/1983 Chemicals In Louisiana Fish & Shellfish 7-8/1994 Fish Consumption And Mercury Poisoning 1-2/1995 Community Exposure To Nitrogen Tetroxide, Bogalusa 3-4/1996 Fish Consumption Advisories 3-4/1996 Methyl Parathion Environmental Assessments 5-6/1997 Community Water Floridation In Louisiana 7-8/1997 Methyl Parathion In Louisiana Houses 5-6/1998 Health Effects Related To Pesticide Exposure 1-2/2002 Hazardous Substance Emergency Events Surveillance-2001 7-8/2003 Review Of National Response Center Reports For Louisiana, 1990-2003: Trend And Risk Factor Analysis 1-2/2005 Environmental Assessment Summary December 1, 2005 11-12/2005 Don’t Mix With Bleach 3-4/2006 Additions To Disease Reporting Requirements: Pesticides-Related Illness & Injury & Heavy Metals (Arsenic Cadmium, Lead & Mercury); 5-6/2006 Pesticide Exposure & Toxicity; Heavy Metal Exposure & Toxicity School Pesticide Safety 7-8/2006 Pesticide Exposure Among Children Less Than Seven Years Of Age -Louisiana Pesticide Surveillance Data, 2003-2007 3-4/2009 Pesticide Surveillance - Louisiana, 2013 9-10/2013 IDEpi Question/Answer Corner (chlorine) 9-10/2014

Chickenpox – See Varicella

Chikungunya Chikungunya-CDC Health Advisory Alert 3-4/2014

Child Care – See Day Care, Injury

Chlamydia – See Sexually Transmitted Diseases Recommended Changes In Treatment Of Gonorrhea & Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 1/1984 Bulletin(S) 11-12/1991 Genital Chlamydia Infections In Louisiana 7-8/1992 Azithromycin For Chlamydia Infection 7-8/1993 Chlamydia Rates Decrease In New Orleans 9-10/1994 Chlamydia Infections In Young Women 7-8/1996

Cholera – See Vibrio

Chromobacterium Violaceum Chromobacterium Violaceum B Case Report 7-8/1989 Rare Death-Chromobacterium Violaceum - Eastern Louisiana, 2010 9-10/2010

Chronic Disease New Medical Director For Chronic Disease Section 1-2/1995 Work Sites, Health Policies And Risk Factors For Chronic Disease 3-4/2005 Methodological Improvements: Incorporation Of Cell Phones And Raking Weights – BRFSS – La,2011 11-12/2012

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 3-4/1990

Ciguatoxin Ciguatoxin Poisoning Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2007

CJD – See Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Clinics Department Of Health And Hospitals Public Health Clinics Customer Satisfaction Surveys - Louisiana, 2012 9-10/2012

Clostridium Botulinum - See Botulism

Clostridium Difficile Cluster Of Clostridium Deficile Infections In A Family 7-8/1990

Clostridiuim Perfringens – See Foodborne/Food Poisoning Food Poisoning At Political Banquet – East Baton Rouge 3/1967 Clostridium Perfringens Food Poisoning 9/1967 Gastroenteritis Outbreak Caused By Clostridium Perfringens 1-2/1992 Food-Related Complaints 1992 7-8/1993 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis At A Conference 7-8//1998 An Uninvited Guest At “Turkey Day’ 1-2/2002

Clostridium Sordellii An Unusual Bug 1-2/2005 Unexplained Deaths Surveillance, Louisiana, 2002-2004 1-2/2006

Conjunctivitis Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995 Conjunctivitis Outbreak 11-12/2003

Copper Suspected Chemical Poisoning From Orange Drink Machine-Crowley, LA 11/1975

CRE – see Enterococcus

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease In Louisiana 1-2/2001 A Web-Based Integrated Veterinary Surveillance System For LA 3-4/2005

Croup Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976

Cryptosporidium Travelers’ Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Questions From Medical Professionals 9-10/2012 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013 Cryptosporidium Outbreak Investigation-Louisiana, June-September, 2013 9-10/2014

Cyanobacteria Algae Toxin In Lake Pontchartrain 7-8/1997

Cyclosporiasis A Case Study: Difficulties In Diagnosing Cyclosporiasis 5-6/2004

Cytomegalovirus Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers 9-10/1991

D

Day Care Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers 9-10/1991 Child Care Health Consultant Seminar 9-10/1993 Gingivo-Stomatitis Outbreak In Day Care Center, Region 7- Louisiana, 2008 5-6/2008

Death – See Infant Care, Injury, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus Unexplained Deaths Surveillance, Louisiana, 2002-2004 1-2/2006 Maternal Mortality Review - Louisiana, 1996-2004 1-2/2007 Maternal Mortality Review - Louisiana, 2004 7-8/2007 Relationship Between Medicaid Status And Infant Mortality - Louisiana, 2000-2004 9-10/2007 Injury In Louisiana, 2004 1-2/2008 Anaphylactic Shock Deaths-Louisiana, 1999-2012 5-6/2014

Delusional Parasitosis (Psocoptera; Booklice) A Case Of Delusional Parasitosis - Not 1-2/2005

Dengue Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Communicable Disease Bulletins 7- 8/1977 Bulletin(S) 9/77, 8/79, 4-5/80 Alert: Dengue Fever 8/1978 Dengue Threat 2/1980 Alert: Dengue Diagnosed In Texas 9/1980 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Dengue 3-4/1986 Dengue Fever Update 9-10/1995

Dentistry Recommended Infection-Control Practices For Dentistry 5-6/1986 Community Water Floridation In Louisiana 7-8/1997

Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus 2/1981 Medical Alert Bulletin: Diabetes Onset 12/1982 Reporting Of Diabetes Mellitus On Death Certificates In Louisiana 6/1985 Diabetic Peripheral Vascular Disease In St. Landry Parish 6/1985 Diabetes In Louisiana 3-4/1999 Diabetes Prevalence In Louisiana – Indicators Of Care 9-10/2001 Erratum: September-October 2001 -Diabetes Prevalence In Louisiana – Indicators Of Care 1-2/2002 Louisiana Fact 1-2/2003 BRFSS: The Effect Of Diabetes On Stroke Disparities 3-4/2003 Influenza Vaccination: Focus On Diabetics And Older Population 9-10/2003 Disparities In Diabetes Prevalence, Management And Mortality 9-10/2003 Diabetes In Region 3 Health Units - Louisiana, 2006 11-12/2006 Screening For Type 2 Diabetes In School-Based Health Centers-Louisiana, 2007-2008 11-12/2008

Diarrheal Illness CDC Requests Reporting Of Unusual Diarrheal Illness 7/1982 Active Surveillance For Enteric Disease In Southeast Louisiana 1-2/1992

Dientamoeba Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988

Dioxin Dioxins Found In Fish 11-12/1990

Diphtheria/ DTP Vaccine – See Immunization Severe Reactions To DTP Vaccine 6/1967 Immunization Recommendations For Adults 7/1967 Current Trends 9/1967 Diphtheria – Louisiana 10/1968 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Revised Immunization Schedule 6/1977 Bulletin(S) 12/79, 7/85 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Advisory From CDC 2/1985 ACIP Recommends Lower Age For Hib Conjugate Vaccines 5-6/1990 Immunization Survey Of Two Year Olds From Day Care Centers 5-6/1990 Louisiana Facts 9-10/91, 7-8/93 Combination Vaccine Approved 9-10/1993 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Tetanus-Diphtheria Combination Recommended 9-10/1996 Availability Of Diphtheria Antitoxin Through An Investigational New Drug Protocol 5-6/1997

Dipylidium Parasites On The Bayou 11-12/1990

Disease Names Alternative Disease Names From Previous Centuries 1-2/2006

Disability Disablity Prevention In Louisiana 9-10/1990

Drinking And Driving – See Injury

Drowning – See Injury

DRSP – See - See Antibiotic Resistance/Sensitivity, Streptococcus

Drug Information Drug Information Center To Serve La Health Professionals 7- 8/1977

Drug Use Access To Sterile Needles Among Young Ivdus In New Orleans 1-2/2001 Methamphetamine Events - Louisiana, 2004-2006 9-10/2008 Considerable Increase In Methamphetamine Events Louisiana, 2011 3-4/2012

E

Eastern Equine Encephalitis – See Encephalitis

Ebola Ebola Virus Outbreak 5-6/1995 Local Ties to Outbreak (Ebola) - Louisiana, 2004 11-12/2014

Ehrlichia Canis Ehrlichia Canis Infection 1-2/1989 Human Ehrlichiosis Claiborne Parish 7-8/1989

Elderly Population – See Senior

Elephant Ear Plant From U.S.P.H. Hospital Pharmacy Bulletin “Drug Therapy Notes” 1/1970

Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica - Louisiana, 2011 11-12/2011

Emergency Department Allergies? Asthma? ER Visits? 1-2/2003 Emergency Department Surveillance During Disasters - Louisiana, 2002-2008 1-2/2009 Hospital Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Mardi Gras Metro New Orleans- February, 2012 3-4/2012 Heat Syndromic Surveillance- Hospital Emergency Departments-Louisiana, 1910-2012 11-12/2012

Emerging Pathogens 1-2/97, 11-12/97, 5-6/98, 11- Emerging Pathogens Surveillance 12/98, 5-6/99, 5-6/00, 11-12/00 Emerging Pathogens Advisory Committee To Develop Guidelines 7-8/1998 Funding 5-6/2004

Encephalitis –See St. Louis Encephalitis, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, West Nile Encephalitis Due To Herpes Simplex Virus 4/1967 California Encephalitis In Louisiana 12/1967 Encephalitis-1975: As Mississippi Falls Asleep, Louisiana Wakes Up 7/1975 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Bulletin 8/1983 Vector-Borne Encephalitis Surveillance-1983 4/1984 St. Louis Encephalitis Outbreak, 1994 9-10/1994 Update: St. Louis Encephalitis Outbreak, 1994 1-2/1995 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Eastern Equine Encephalitis 11-12/97, 7-8/99 Eastern Equine Encephalitis Update 9-10/1999 Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis Update 11-12/2000 Four Types Of Encephalitis Found In Louisiana In 2001 9-10/2001 West Nile Virus Activity, Louisiana 5-8/2002

Entamoeba Histolytica Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Amebiasis Associated With Colonic Irrigation - Colorado 3/1981 Bulletin 12/1983 Travelers’ Diarrhea 9-12/1988

Enterococcus - See Antibiotic Resistance/Sensitivity 1-2/97, 11-12/97, 5-6/98, 11- Emerging Pathogens Surveillance 12/98, 5-6/99, 5-6/00, 11-12/00 Emerging Pathogens Advisory Committee To Develop Guidelines 7-8/1998 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004 CRE Surveillance - Louisiana, 2014 1-2/2014

Enterovirus Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 Emerging Infections 3-4/1994 Active Surveillance Program For Drug-Resistant Pathogens 7-8/1996 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004 Enterovirus D68-Louisiana, 2014 9-10/2014

Environment – See Chemical Review Of Livingston Train Derailment To Date 1/1983 Lead Monoxide Spill In Greenwood, Louisiana 8/1983 Environmental Epidemiology 7-8/1986 Environmental Epidemiology: Health Concerns Vs. Phosphogypsum In The Mississippi River 11-12/1986 Environmental Epidemiology Geographic Information System 11-12/1993 Chemicals In Louisiana Fish & Shellfish 7-8/1994 Fish Consumption And Mercury Poisoning 1-2/1995 Methyl Parathion Environmental Assessments 5-6/1997 Louisiana Fact - Environmental Pollution 1872 9-10/1997 Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance 5-6/2001 Health Effects Related To Pesticide Exposure 1-2/2002 Environmental Assessment Summary December 1, 2005 11-12/2005 Environmental Health Program Receives 5-Year Federal Grant - Louisiana, 2010 5-6/2010 Oil Spill Surveillance Report - Louisiana - July, 2010 7-8/2010 Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Louisiana, 2014 7-8/2014 Natural Gas Release Incidents - Louisiana, 2010-2012 1-2/2014

Eosinophillia Eosinophillia –Myalgia Syndrome (Ems) In L-Tryptophan Users 3-4/1990

Eosinophilic Meningitis Eosinophilic Meningitis and Angiostrongylus Cantonensis 5-6/2006 Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Epidemic Intelligence Officer Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer 1-2/1987 Changing EIS Officers 7-8/1991 New EIS Officer Named 3-4/95, 7-8/97

Epidemiology – See Training Quote Of The Month 5-6/1996 Epidemiology Video Teleconferences 1-2/1998 Epidemiology Training Activity 11-12/1998 Basic Epidemiology Series For Nurses; Online Resources 5-6/2000 OPH Videoconference Course Offerings: Epidemiology Methods Ii 1-2/2003 OPH Epi Training Offerings: Field Epidemiological Techniques 3-4/03, 1-2/04 Videoconference Courses: Are We Making A Difference? An Epidemiological Approach To Program Evaluation 1-2/2004 Regional Epidemiologist Meeting 1-2/2005 Annual Convocation Of Southern State Epidemiologists (CSSE) – New Orleans December 4-6, 2006 -2/2007

Epididymitis STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

Erthythema Infectiosum – See Fifth Disease

Erysipelas CDC Veterinary Public Health Notes, July, 1970 7/1970

Escherichia Coli – See Gastrointestinal Disorders, Traveler Prevention Of Travelers’ Diarrhea 5/1972 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Infectious Diseases To Return From Middle East 5-6/1991 Emerging Infections 3-4/1994 Enterotoxigenic E. Coli Gastroenteritis From A Church Supper 11-12/1994 E. Coli 0157:H7 In Louisiana 7-8/1995 Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli O415; A Multi- State Outbreak - Louisiana, 2012 9-10/2012 Raw Milk: Just the Facts 5-6/2014

Eye –See Injury Conjunctivitis Outbreak 11-12/2003 West Nile Virus Manifestations As Chorioretinitis - Louisiana, 2006-2007 5-6/2007 An Ocular Worm In Central Louisiana, 2008 11-12/2008

F

Fifth Disease – See Erthythema Infectiosum Human Parvo Virus B-19 (Fifth Disease) And Pregnancy 9-12/1988

Fish Fish Consumption And Mercury Poisoning 1-2/1995 Fish Kills In Louisiana 11-12/1996 Scrombroid Fish Poisoning - Louisiana - December, 2006 3-4/2007 Ciguatoxin Poisoning- Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2007 Mercury Levels In Seafood: Caught Vs. Bought - Louisiana, 2007 1-2/2008

Flood – See Injury An Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Due To Oysters 5-6/1996

Floride Community Water Floridation In Louisiana 7-8/1997

Flu – See Influenza

Folic Acid Folic Acid: A Preconception Health Intervention - Louisiana, 2009 7-8/2010

Food – See Fish, Nutrition Tomorrow’s Food Label 1-2/1993 Warning Requirements On Consuming Raw Shellfish 1-2/1993 Agencies Unveil Food Guide Pyramid 1-2/1993 Louisiana Facts 5-6/1996 Change In USDA Food Pyramid 7-8/2007

Foodborne/Food Poisoning - See Clostridium, Hepatitis, Mercury, Norovirus, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphyloccoccus, Terrorism, Vibrio Food Poisoning At Political Banquet – East Baton Rouge 3/1967 Foodborne Outbreak At Ruston 6/1969 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Suspected Chemical Poisoning From Orange Drink Machine-Crowley, La 11/1975 What To Do About Food Poisoning 12/1975 Special Request 2/1976 Food Borne Attack In Rapides Parish 8/1985 New Orleans Food Festival Food Borne Outbreak-June 28 & 29, 1986 1-2/1987 Preventing Food Outbreaks From Poultry 9-10/1987 Foodborne Outbreak Of Streptoccoccal Pharyngitis 7-8/1991 Gastroenteritis Outbreak Caused By Clostridium Perfringens 1-2/1992 Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak Traced To Food Handler Contamination 1-2/1992 Active Surveillance For Enteric Disease In Southeast Louisiana 1-2/1992 Seasonal Food Precautions 5-6/1992 Gastroenteritis Among Hotel Employees 7-8/1992 Annual Summary: Salmonellosis 1991 7-8/1992 Large Hepatitis A Outbreak In Monroe Area 9-10/1992 Cholera In Vermilion Parish 9-10/1992 Warning Requirements On Consuming Raw Shellfish 1-2/1993 Food-Related Complaints 1992 7-8/1993 Fish Consumption And Mercury Poisoning 1-2/1995 The Christmas Staph Party 1-2/1995 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 An Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Due To Oysters 5-6/1996 Algae Toxin In Lake Pontchartrain 7-8/1997 An Outbreak Of Pesticide Poisoning 1-2/1999 Ten Great Public Health Achievements – United States, 1900-1999 9-10/1999 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis At A Fundraising Event 5-6/2000 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis At A School 9-10/2000 Food Complaints; Stuffed Bell Peppers And Salmonella Don’t Mix Well 3-4/2001 An Uninvited Guest At “Turkey Day’ 1-2/2002 Videoconference Courses: Are We Making A Difference? Foodborne Disease Epidemiology 1-2/2004 Funding 5-6/2004 Ciguatoxin Poisoning- Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2007

Francisella Novicida Outbreak Of Francisella Novicida Infections Among Occupants At A Long-Term Residential Facility - Louisiana, April-July, 2011 1-2/2012 Novel Chronic Francisella novicida Infection Among Patients at a Long Term Residential Facility-Louisiana-January, 2014 1-2/2014

Funding Funding 5-6/2004

Fungus –See Histoplasmosis Pulmonary Hemosiderosis Among Infants 3-4/1998 The Effects Of Mold Exposure On Health 1-2/2004 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004 Fungal Endophthalmitis - Louisiana, 2011-2012 5-6/2012

G

G6pd Deficiency Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975

Galactosemia Galactosemia 5-6/1994

Gastrointestinal Disorders – See E. Coli, Norovirus, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Gastroenteritis Associated With Raw Oyster Consumption 5/1983 Bulletin- Gastroenteritis Associated With Boiled Shrimp Consumption 1/1985 Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Gastrointestinal Illness Associated With School Field Trip 3-4/1989 Gastroenteritis Outbreak At A College 1-2/1991 Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak Traced To Food Handler Contamination 1-2/1992 Active Surveillance For Enteric Disease In Southeast Louisiana 1-2/1992 Gastroenteritis Outbreak Caused By Clostridium Perfringens 1-2/1992 Annual Summary: Shigellosis 1991 3-4/1992 Gastroenteritis Among Hotel Employees 7-8/1992 Annual Summary: Salmonellosis 1991 7-8/1992 Campylobacteriosis In Southeastern Louisiana 9-10/1992 Cholera In Vermilion Parish 9-10/1992 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Among Airline Passengers 1-2/1993 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Linked To Louisiana Oysters 1-2/1994 The Christmas Staph Party 1-2/1995 Algae Toxin In Lake Pontchartrain 7-8/1997 Helicobacter Pylori And Peptic Ulcer Disease 11-12/1997 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis At A Conference 7-8/1998 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis? Think Of Norwalk Virus 9-10/2002 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004

GBS – See Streptococcus

Genetics – See G6pd Deficiency, Galactosemia, Infants, SCID Network Of Regional Genetics Clinics Open 9/1982 Report To Physicians: Neonatal Screening In Louisiana 9-10/1986

Genital Warts - See Sexually Transmitted Disease Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

German Measles – See Rubella

Giardia Lamblia Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Giardia Seldom Transmitted By Water 10/1983 Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013

Gonorrhea- See Sexually Transmitted Disease & Venereal Disease Diagnosis Of Gonorrhea 11/1971 New Gonorrhea Treatment Schedules 3/1972 Recommended Treatment Schedules For Gonorrhea 1/1975 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhea First Intrusion Into The U.S. 10-11/1976 Bulletin(S) 5/79, 11-12/91 PPNG-Shreveport 3/1980 Disseminated Gonococcal Infection 12/1980 Spectinomycin-Resistant Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhea - California 5/1981 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Recommended Changes In Treatment Of Gonorrhea & Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 1/1984 Penicillinase Producing Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (PPNG) Outbreak In La 5-6/1986 Annual Summary - Gonorrhea 9-10/1990 Emerging Infections 3-4/1994

Granuloma Inguinale Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Louisiana Cases Of Guillain-Barre Syndrome 1/1977

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Haemophilus Influenzae Sharp Decrease In Hib Disease 5-6/1992

Haff Disease It Looked Like A Myocardial Infarction After Eating Crawfish ... Ever Heard Of Haff Disease? 5-6/2001 Haff Disease … What’s Causing It? 9-10/2001 Haff Disease – Louisiana, 2012 3-4/2012

Hai – See Hospital Associated Infections

Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease - Louisiana, 2010 3-4/2010

Hansen’s Disease Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Advisories From CDC 2/1985 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Louisiana Fact 5-8/2002 Hansen’s Disease In The United States And Louisiana, 2001 1-2/2003 Carville: The Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center 7-8/2003 Archaeologists And Infection Control Precautions 9-10/2004 Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) On The Rise - Louisiana 1-2/2011 Leprosy Facts 1-2/2011 The National Hansen’s Disease Program 1-2/2011 World Leprosy Week 11-12/2014

Hantavirus Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome In Southwestern U.S. 7-8/1993 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome In Louisiana 11-12/1993 Coroner Surveillance 1-2/2004 Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007 Hantavirus Infection-Louisiana, 2013 7-8/2013 IDEpi Question/Answer Corner 7-8/2014 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Health Care Inadequate Health Care Coverage, 1991-1994 1-2/1997 Work Sites, Health Policies And Risk Factors For Chronic Disease 3-4/2005 An Assessment Of The Future Practice Of Medicine In Louisiana 5-6/2011 Centers For Medicaid And Medicare Services Inpatient Prospective Payment System (Cms Ipps) Reporting Update 9-10/2012

Healthy People Louisiana’s Physical Activity Profile 9-10/1994 BFRSS: Health Insurance, Louisiana, 1991-1999 1-2/2001

Heat – See Emergency Departments

Helminths Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975

Helicobacter Pylori Helicobacter Pylori And Peptic Ulcer Disease 11-12/1997

Hemophilia Hemophilia Surveillance 7-8/2000

Hemorrhagic Fever Infectious Diseases To Return From Middle East 5-6/1991 Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome In Southwestern U.S. 7-8/1993

Hepatitis – See Immunization Institutional Hepatitis – Orleans Parish 1/1968 Rural Outbreak Of Hepatitis – Union Parish 2/1968 Immune Serum Globulin (Isg) For Prevention Of Viral Hepatitis 8/1968 Infectious Hepatitis – Grant Parish 2/1969 The Public Health Implications Of Presence Of Hep B Antigen In Human Serum 4/1972 Recommendation Of The Public Health Svc. ACIP - Immune Serum Globulin For Protection Against Viral Hepatitis 8/1972 Hepatitis In Slidell, Louisiana 7/1973 Criteria For Furnishing State Purchased Gamma Globulin To Hepatitis Contact 10/1973 Louisiana Oysters Linked To Hepatitis In Texas And Georgia 10/1973 Oyster Related Hepatitis 11/1973 The Hepatitis Surveillance Project Introductory Facts 9/1974 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Epidemiologic Briefs 8/1975 Hepatitis Surveillance In Louisiana 8/1976 Day Care Center Associated Viral Hepatitis 9/1977 Immune Globulins For Protection Against Viral Hepatitis 1/78, 10/81 Food Borne Hepatitis A Outbreak, St. Tammany Parish 5/1978 Hepatitis Outbreak - Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana 1/1979 Immunizations For Foreign Travel; Hepatitis A Prophylaxis 7/1979 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 10&11/79, 10/83, 11-12/87, Bulletin(S) 7-8/92 Pseudo Outbreak Of Hepatitis A - Louisiana 10&11/1979 Hepatitis B Vaccine Efficacy Trial 1/1981 Viral Hepatitis: Serologic Diagnosis 12/1981 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Recommendation Of The ACIP - Inactivated Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine 6/1982 Delta Agent And Hepatitis B 9/1984 Perinatal Transmission Of Hepatitis B And Its Prevention 4/1985 New Recombinant Dna Hb (Hepatitis B) Vaccine 5-6/1987 Notification Of Contact With Infectious Disease (Act 805) 11-12/1987 Prevention Of Perinatal Transmission Of Hep. B Virus: Prenatal Screening Of All Pregnant Women For Hep. B Surface Antigen 5- 6/1988 Update: Universal Precautions For Prevention Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus And Other Bloodborne Pathogens In 9-12/1988 Health-Care Settings Hepatitis B-Region 4 ; Annual Summary Hepatitis A 3-4/1990 Reporting Of Hepatitis C Cases; Annual Summary-Hepatitis B 7-8/1990 Statewide Perinatal Hepatitis B Program Underway 11-12/1990 Annual Summary: Hepatitis A 1990 3-4/1991 Hepatitis A Outbreak Associated With Day Care Centers 5-6/1991 Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Available 7-8/1991 Expanded Vaccination Of Southeast Asian Newborns Against Hepatitis B 7-8/1991 Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers 9-10/1991 Hepatitis B Program For Southeast Asians Begins 11-12/1991 Annual Summary: Hepatitis B 1990 1-2/1992 Universal Vaccination Of Infants Against Hepatitis B 3-4/1992 Hepatitis B Carriage In Pregnant Women 7-8/1992 Large Hepatitis A Outbreak In Monroe Area; Annual Summary: Hepatitis A 1991 9 -10/1992 Annual Summary: Hepatitis B 1991 11-12/1992 Annual Summary-Hepatitis C 1992 7-8/1993 Survey Of Hepatitis B Vaccination Of Southeast Asian Children 9-10/1993 Hepatitis C Test Approved 11-12/1993 Evaluation Of Louisiana’s Perinatal Hepatitis B Vaccination Program 1-2/1994 Annual Summary: Hepatitis B 1992 1-2/1994 School-Based Vaccination Of Adolescents Against Hepatitis B 3-4/1994 Annual Summary: Hepatitis A 1993 3-4/1994 Hepatitis A Outbreak In Sulphur Area 5-6/1994 Hepatitis A Among Elementary School Students 7-8/1994 Annual Summary: Hepatitis B 1993 1-2/1995 Newly Licensed Hepatitis A Vaccine; Annual Summary: Hepatitis A, 1994 3-4/1995 Hospital Hepatitis B Immunization Survey 7-8/1995 Expanded Hepatitis B Vaccination Strategy; Annual Summary: Hepatitis B, 1994 1-2/1996 An Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Due To Oysters; Annual Summary Hepatitis A - 1995 5-6/1996 Annual Summary Hepatitis B - 1995 11-12/1996 Prevention Of Perinatal Hepatitis B Transmission; Annual Summary Hepatitis A - 1996 7-8/1997 Reminder (Hepatitis B Vaccination) 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 & 7-8/98 Annual Summary Hepatitis C - 1998 3-419/98 Hepatitis C Virus Infection - A National Plan 5-6/1998 Recommendations For Occupational Exposure To Hepatitis C 7-8/1998 Annual Summary Hepatitis B - 1997 9-10/1998 Change In HBV Vaccine Dose 11-12/1998 Annual Summary Hepatitis A - 1998 5-6/1999 Annual Summary Hepatitis C - 1998 9-10/1999 Hepatitis C In Louisiana, 1992-1998 11-12/1999 Hepatitis B Vaccination For Adolescents 3-4/2000 Annual Summary Hepatitis B - 1998 5-6/2000 Annual Summary Hepatitis A - 1999 1-2/2001 Hepatitis B And C Surveillance Update 1-2/2003 Funding 5-6/2004 Hepatitis C Infection In Louisiana 5-6/2005 May Is Hepatitis Awareness Month! 3-4/09 & 3-4/10 The Adult Hepatitis B Initiative, Louisiana 2011 3-4/2011 World Hepatitis Testing Day - May 19, 2012 3-4/2012 Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Reporting: An Evaluation of Non-Cases-Louisiana, 2013 11-12/2013 Hepatitis Awareness Month; Hepatitis Risk Assessment: Online Tool 3-4/2014 Save The Date-World Hepatitis Testing Day; Field Epidemiological Workshop 5-6/2014

Herpes – See Sexually Transmitted Disease Encephalitis Due To Herpes Simplex Virus 4/1967 What To Know About Genital Herpes 3/1982 Bulletin: National Neonatal Herpes Simplex Surveillance Program 1/1984 Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers 9-10/1991 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Corrections - STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995 STD Treatment Guidelines 9-10/1995 Gingivo-Stomatitis Outbreak In Day Care Center, Region 7- Louisiana, 2008 5-6/2008 Herpes Simplex In Children Aged Five Years And Under- Louisiana, 1999- 2004 7-8/2008 Herpes Zoster In Children Less Than Five Years Of Age 9-10/2008

HIPAA HIPAA Permits Disclosure Of Patient Information Required By Louisiana Law 5-8/2002

Histoplasmosis Histoplasmosis - Northern Louisiana 3/1978 Histoplasmosis - Louisiana, 2007 9-10/2007

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) Update On Aids – United States 10/1982 Aids: Precautions For Clinical & Laboratory Staffs 11/1982 Aids Cases In Louisiana As Of July 12, 1983; Case Definition Of Aids Used By CDC For Epidemiologic Surveillance 6/1983 Aids: Precautions For Health-Care Workers And Allied Professionals 9/1983 Bulletin Heat-Treated Factor Viii Concentrates For Treatment Of Patients With Hemophilia 10/1983 4/84, 3-4, 7-8, 11-12/86, 5-6 & Aids Update/Louisiana Aids Update/Trends 7-8/87, 1-4 &11-12/89, 3-4, 5-6 & 7-8/90, 1-2 & 3-4/01 Antibodies To A Retrovirus Etiologically Associated With Aids In Populations With Increased Incidences Of The Syndrome 8/1984 Aids In Louisiana 4/1985 Facts About Aids 10-11/1985 Summary: Recommendations For Preventing Transmission Of Infection With Human T-Lymphotoropic Virus Type Iii/ 12/1985 Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus In The Workplace Bulletin Htlv-Iii Western Blot Availability; Louisiana Aids Update 1-2/1986 Louisiana’s Aids Education And Risk Reduction Program; Louisiana Aids Update 5-6/1986 Aids/HIV Antibody Counseling And Testing; Louisiana Aids Update 1-2/1987 Physician Referral Network For Aids & HIV-Related Illness; Louisiana Aids Update 3-4/1987 Expansion Of The CDC Surveillance Definition For Aids; Louisiana Aids Update 9-10/1987 Criteria For Patient Eligibility For Federally Funded Azidothymindine (Azt) 9-10/1987 Aids And Mosquitoes 9-10/1987 Mandatory Premarital HIV Screening In Louisiana 11-12/1987 Notification Of Contact With Infectious Disease (Act 805); Louisiana Aids Update 11-12/1987 Hemophilia And HIV Infection In Louisiana 1-4/1988 Recommendations For Management Of HIV Infection And Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Louisiana Aids Update 7-8/1988 Update: Universal Precautions For Prevention Of Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus And Other Bloodborne Pathogens 9-12/1988 In Health-Care Settings; Louisiana Aids Update Blood Bank Screening For Htlv-1 9-12/1988 Update On The Aids Surveillance Program; Aids Update; Louisiana Aids 3-4/89, 5-6/89 Tb And Aids In Louisiana 5-6/1989 HIV Infection In Louisiana; Azt 7-8/1989 General Recommendations On HIV And Aids; Louisiana Aids 9-10/1989 Aids Update Female Aids Cases; Trends 9-10/90 Aids Update Trends In Risk Groups; Trends 11-12/90 Aids Update Opportunistic Infections 1-2/1991 Home Health Care For HIV/Aids Clients; Aids Update Survival Time 3-4/1991 HIV Infection Increasing In Louisiana Women; Corrections-Survival Time; Aids Update Pediatric Aids 5-6/1991 Aids Update 1990 Case Rates; Trends 7-8/1991 Bulletins Aids Helpline For Health Professionals; Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers; Aids Update Regional Shifts In Aids 9-10/1991 Cases; Trends Aids Update Cases With No Identified Risk; Trends 11-12/1991 Changes In Azt Program; Aids Update The Spectrum Of HIV Infection; Trends 1-2/1992 New Orleans Qualifies For Ryan White Title I Funding; Aids Update HIV Infection: Difference In Clinical Manifestations By Race In 3-4/1992 Patients With 200-500 Cd4 Cells; Trends Aids Update HIV In Teenagers; Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis And Aids; Trends 5-6/1992 Aids Update HIV Infection: Difference In Clinical Manifestations By Mode Of Transmission; Bulletin: New Aids Case Definition 7-8/1992 Postponed Indefinitely; Trends Aids Update Aids In The Elderly; Trends 9-10/1992 Polio Vaccine And HIV Infection 11-12/1992 Aids Update Prevalence Of HIV Infection In Women Of Childbearing Age; Trends 11-12/1992 Expansion Of The Aids Case Definition; Aids Update Idiopathic Cd4-T-Lymphocytopenia (Icl) 1-2/1993 HIV Reporting; Trends; Aids Update Urban Versus Rural Distribution 3-4/1993 Aids Update Increase In Heterosexual Transmission; Trends 5-6/1993 Aids Update Aids In Hispanics; Trends 7-8/1993 Aids Update Aids Injecting Drug Users; Trends 9-10/1993 Aids Update Tuberculosis And Aids; Trends 11-12/1993 Aids Update 1993 CDC Aids Case Definition: Impact On The Number Of Cases In La; Reporting Of HIV And Aids Cases; Trends 1-2/1994 HIV Prevention Community Planning; Trends; Aids Update Survival Time 3-4/1994 Azt Prevents HIV Spread To Infants; Aids Update HIV Infection In Louisiana ; Reporting Of HIV And Aids Cases; Trends 5-6/1994 Aids Update Trends In Modes Of Transmission By Ethnicity And Gender 7-8/1994 Aids Update HIV Infection In Women And Infants; Trends 9-10/1994 Aids Update Prevalence Of HIV Among Clients Attending The New Orleans STD Clinic; Trends 11-12/1994 Aids Update Aids In The Elderly; Trends 1-2/1995 Aids Update HIV Infection Among Teenage Mothers, Orleans Parish, 1990-1993; Trends 3-4/1995 Aids Update The Profile Of Reported Aids Cases Through 1994; Trends 5-6/1995 Survey Of Childbearing Women Suspended 5-6/1995 Aids Update The Epidemiology Of Recent HIV Infection; Trends 9-10/1995 Prevention Of Perinatal HIV Transmission; Aids Update Use Of Pcp Prophylaxis; Trends 11-12/1995 Azt Found Protective In Needlesticks; Aids Update Counseling Of Sex Partners 1-2/1996 Aids Update Pediatric HIV Cases 3-4/1996 Aids Update HIV- Related Risk Behavior In The General Population; Trends 5-6/1996 Postexposure Prophylaxis To HIV Update; Aids Update HIV Seroincidence In A New Orleans STD Clinic 7-8/1996 Aids Update Epidemiological Profile Of Injection Drug Users; Trends 9-10/1996 Survey On Needle Sales; Aids Update Aids Cases In Men Who Have Sex With Men 11-12/1996 Notification Of Partners Of HIV-Infected Persons 1-2/1997 Aids Update Epidemiology Of Aids In Baton Rouge 3-4/1997 Aids Update Aids And HIV Infection In Young Persons; Trends 5-6/1997 Aids Update HIV Prevalence Estimates; Trends 7-8/1997 Aids Update Profile Of The Epidemic, 1996 9-10/1997 Aids Update HIV Incidence In A New Orleans STD Clinic 11-12/1997 STD Treatment As HIV Prevention 1-2/1998 Aids Update Estimated Perinatal Transmission Rates; Trends 1-2 & 3-4/98 The Impact Of Protease Inhibitors On Selected Opportunistic Infections; Trends 5-6/1998 HIV Prevalence Among Persons With Syphilis; Trends 7-8/1998 HIV/Aids Update Profile Of The Epidemic, 1997 9-10/1998 HIV/Aids Update HIV And Pregnancy In Teenage Females; Trends 11-12/1998 Continued Risk Behavior In Gay Men; HIV/Aids Update Aids Related Mortality; Trends 1-2/1999 HIV/Aids Update The HIV/Aids Epidemic In The U.S.; Trends 3-4/1999 HIV/Aids Update Cryptosporidiosis Among HIV Patients; Trends 5-6/1999 HIV/Aids Update Microsporidial Infection Among HIV-Infected Patients; Trends 9-10/1999 HIV/Aids Update STDs Cause HIV Spread In Louisiana 11-12/1999 HIV/Aids Update HIV/Aids And Tuberculosis; Trends 1-2/2000 HIV/Aids Update Alcohol And Drug Use Among HIV + Persons; HIV-Aids Surveillance Epidemiologists In Louisiana; Trends 3-4/2000 HIV/Aids Update Response To HIV Treatment In Substance Abusers; Trends 5-6/2000 HIV/Aids Update Profile Of The Epidemic, 1999 7-8/2000 HIV/Aids Update New Efforts To Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission In Louisiana; HIV Resources For Clinicians 9-10/2000 Statistics About HIV And Aids 11-12/2000 Tuberculosis In Louisiana 3-4/2003 HIV-1 Genotyping, Analysis 1-2/2003 The Pelican Project-On The Right Track For A Right Start – The HIV/Aids Program Perinatal HIV Reduction Initiative 5-6/2004 Relationship Between Prenatal HIV Prevention Counseling And Medicaid Status In Louisiana 1997-1999 1-2/2005 Calculation Of HIV/Aids Case Rates Using Population Date Adjusted For Population Migration - Louisiana, 2005-2006 1-2/2008 HIV/Aids Surveillance Louisiana, 2000-2009 11-12/2010 Perinatal HIV Surveillance - Louisiana, 1994 – 2010 7-8/2012 Trends in Mortality and Causes of Death Among Louisiana Residents Living With HIV-Louisiana, 1999-2009 1-2/2013 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Update-Louisiana, 2003-2012 9-10/2014

Home Health Home Health Services Available 5/1972 Home Health Care For HIV/Aids Clients 3-4/1991

Hookworm - See Trichuris Or Ancylostoma Louisiana Fact -Hookworms, 1910-1914 5-6/2014

Hospital Associated Infections – See Also Antibiotic Resistance/Sensitivity, NHSN, Training Healthcare Associated Infections: Getting To Zero Initiative - St. Tammany Parish Hospital - Louisiana, 2009 7-8/2009 Erratum -Healthcare Associated Infections- Page 1 July-August, 2009 9-10/2009 Healthcare Associated Infections Initiative- Louisiana, 2010 11-12/2010 Nursing Home Toolkits 1-2/2012 Health Care Associated Infections (Hai) Standardized Infection Ratio(Sir) Report - U.S. And Louisiana, January-December 2010 5-6/2012 Centers For Medicaid And Medicare Services Inpatient Prospective Payment System (Cms Ipps) Reporting Update 9-10/2012

Human T-Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) – See HIV Bulletin 1-2/1986

Hurricane – See Chemical, Emergency Department, Injury, Syndromic Surveillance Hurricane Andrew-Related Injuries And Illnesses 11-12/1992 Hurricanes Katrina And Rita… 9-10/2005 Hurricane Response In Louisiana: The Animal Perspective 11-12/2005 Katrina Related Regional Responses- Regions 3, 5, 8 & 9, La 11-12/2005 Environmental Assessment Summary December 1, 2005 11-12/2005 Vibrio Illnesses After Hurricanes Katrina And Rita – Louisiana, August 29-October 15, 2005 11-12/2005 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In The Aftermath Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita—Louisiana, August-November, 2005 11-12/2005 Post Katrina Case Study (Carbon Monoxide) 11-12/2005 Katrina Related Responses From Regions 3, 5, 8 And 9* - Louisiana 11-12/2005 Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Related Education 1-2/2006 Important Notice: Hypothyroidism Testing In La. After Katrina 1-2/2006 Hurricane Katrina’s Impact On Tuberculosis Control In The Gulf States 3-4/2006 School-Based Health Center Post Katrina And Rita Needs Assessment Survey: Louisiana, 2006 5-6/2006 Evaluation Of The Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System And The Effects Of Hurricane Katrina 9-10/2006 Changes For The Louisiana Public Health Laboratory System 9-10/2006 Federal Medical Stations Louisiana, 2006 11-12/2006 ‘An Eye On The Ball Is Worth A Million Bytes’; Putting Syndromic Surveillance In Its Proper Place With Ears-Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2007 Operation Prepare, Regions 1 And 3 - Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2007 Assessment Of The Medical Special Needs Shelter For Hurricane Gustav Evacuees - Central Louisiana, 2008 11-12/2009 Hurricane Isaac Syndromic Surveillance-Louisiana, August 27-September 3, 2012 3-4/2013

Hypertension Treatment Of Hypertension 6/1976 Hypertension Control Conference In New Orleans 5-6/1989 New Hypertension Reports To Be Released Soon 11-12/1992 Diagnosis And Treatment Of Hypertension In Adolescents, School-Based Health Centers - Louisiana - July 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010 9-10/2010

Hypothyroidism – See Birth Defects Neonatal Hypothyroidism Screening Now Available 1/1980 Problems With Pku And Hypothyroid Specimens 12/1983 New Pku And Hypothyroid Forms 1-2/1986 Blood Collection Procedures For Hypothyroid & PKU Specimens 7-8/1987 Newborn Screening For Congenital Hypothyroidism, La,1988-1999 5-6/2001 Newborn Screening For Congenital Hypothyroidism In La. 1999-2002 1-2/2004 Important Notice: Hypothyroidism Testing In La. After Katrina 1-2/2006

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IDEpi Question/Answer Corner Cryptosporidium (Questions from Medical Professionals) 9-10/2012 Suspect Tuberculosis (What Should be Done With This…) 5-6/2013 Water Disinfection with Bleach 9-10/2013 Rabies; Patient Information Records; Outbreak Information Reports 11-12/2013 Hantavirus 7-8/2014 Amebas 9-10/2014 Influenza/Ebola/MERS/EV-D68; Botulism 11-12/2014

IDRIS – See Reporting

Immunization - See Herpes, Travel, Typhoid, Vibrio, Yellow Fever Immunization Recommendations For Adults 7/1967 Recommendation Of The Public Health Service Advisory Committee On Immunization Practice 5, 7 & 9/68, 8/69, 7/76, 2/83 Immunization Requirements For Foreign Travel 12/1971 October “Immunization Action Month” 9/1973 Are International Travelers Over Immunized? 10/1974 Epidemiologic Briefs 8/1975 The ‘Swine Flu’ Immunization Program General Information 5/1976 Immunization Practice 7/1976 Immunization Of Children At High Risk From Influenza Infection 8/1976 Revised Immunization Schedule 6/1977 Changes In Immunization Requirements For International Travel 2/1979 Immunizations For Foreign Travel 3-4/79, 5/79, 6/79, 7/79 Advisories From CDC – DTP Vaccine 2/1985 Bulletin – DTP Vaccine 7/1985 Fetal Risk Associated With Maternal Vaccination 9/1985 1987 National Immunization Conference 5-6/1987 Day Care Center Assessment 5- 6/1988 Tetanus: Caution In Assessing Immunization History 7-8/1988 Louisiana Hospital Immunity Survey 1989 3-4/1990 Immunization Survey Of Two Year Olds From Day Care Centers 5-6/1990 New Head Of The Immunization Section 11-12/1990 Immunization Survey Shows Decline In Coverage 3-4/1991 Misconceptions About Contraindications To Immunization 7-8/1991 Annual Summary: Hepatitis B 1990 1-2/1992 New Vaccine Information Pamphlet; Use Of Influenza And Pneumococcal Vaccines In Nursing Homes; Universal Vaccination Of Infants 3-4/1992 Against Hepatitis B; Unusual Influenza Season Sharp Decrease In Hib Disease; Shots For Tots: Louisiana’s Infant Immunization Initiative 5-6/1992 Bulletin: Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination Begins August 1 7-8/1992 Influenza High Risk Immunization Program 1992-93 9-10/1992 Update: Polio Eradication In The Americas; Polio Vaccine And HIV Infection 11/12/1992 Immunization Coverage In Public Clinics 1-2/1993 Parent Immunization Survey 5-6/1993 New Combination Vaccine Approved 9-10/1993 Improved Immunization Coverage In Public Clinics 11-12/1993 Immunization Schedule Changes; Federal Program To Provide Vaccine 1-2/1994 School-Based Vaccination Of Adolescents Against Hepatitis B; Shots For Tots Update 3-4/1994 Vaccines For Children 7-8/1994 Influenza Immunization Program 1994-95 9-10/1994 CDC Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Course; Louisiana’s Improved Immunization Levels 11-12/1994 Bulletin Shortage Of Immune Globulin Supplies 3-4/1995 Newly Licensed Varicella Virus Vaccine 5-6/1995 Immunization Course For Physicians; Bulletin National Adult Immunization Week 7-8/1995 Improvement In Infant Immunization Rates; CDC Immunization Course By Satellite 1-2/1996 Immunization Assessments; Tetanus-Diphtheria Combination Recommended 9-10/1996 Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Approved For Infants 11-12/1996 New Vaccine Combination 1-2/1997 Immunization Levels Rise In Louisiana; Louisiana Fact 1875 3-4/1997 Varicella Vaccine Now Available At Health Units 5-6/1997 Availability Of Diphtheria Antitoxin Through An Investigational New Drug Protocol 5-6/1997 Influenza Immunization Program, 1997-98 7-8/1997 Adolescent Immunization 9-10/1997 Infant Immunization Coverage; Notice Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine 5-6/1999 Ppv Vaccine Available 5-6/1999 Influenza Immunization Program, 1999-2000 Season 9-10/1999 Ten Great Public Health Achievements – United States, 1900-1999 9-10/1999 Influenza Vaccination Trends; Revised Immunization Schedule 1-2/2000 Modified Guidelines For Meningococcal Vaccine 1-2/2000 Hepatitis B Vaccination For Adolescents 3-4/2000 Bulletin Varicella Vaccination 5-6/00, 5-6/01 First Pneumoncoccal Vaccine Approved For Infants And Toddlers 3-4/2001 Td Vaccine Shortage 5-6/2001 Improved Health Outcomes – La Adolescent School Health Initiative 5-6/2003 Influenza, Pneumonia And Tetanus Immunizations 9-10/2003 Has Mortality From Influenza And Pneumonia Been Rising In Louisiana? 7-8/2005 Immunization Bulletins 3-4/2006 Notice: Legislative Changes In Immunization Laws For School-Aged Children 7-8/2008 Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged Thirteen To Seventeen Years - La & The U .S., 2008 11-12/2009 H1N1 Vaccination Campaign – Louisiana, 2009-2010 9-10/2010 Back-to-School Vaccination 7-8/2013 Vaccine Adverse Events: Cause or Coincidence 9-10/2014 Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten-Louisiana vs. United States, 2013-14 School Year 11-12/2014

Impetigo – See Streptococcus Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Statement On Management Of Streptococcal Infections 4/1976

Indices Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 1997-1999 11-12/2000 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2000-2002 3-4/2003 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2003-2004 11-12/2004 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2005-2006 11-12/2006 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2007-2008 11-12/2008 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2009-2010 11-12/2010 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2011-2012 11-12/2012 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2013-2014 11-12/2014 Subject Index For The Louisiana Morbidity Report, 2015-2016 11-12/2016

Infant Care – See Birth Weight, Breastfeeding, Death, Hypothyroidism, Immunization, Lead, Neonate Misconceptions Of Infant Care Among A Group Of School-Age Mothers - A Preliminary Report 6/1974 Crib Safety 9/1974 Report To Physicians: Neonatal Screening In Louisiana 9-10/1986 Louisiana Facts 7-8/1991 Universal Vaccination Of Infants Against Hepatitis B 3-4/1992 Sharp Decrease In Hib Disease 5-6/1992 Shots For Tots: Louisiana’s Infant Immunization Initiative 5-6/1992 Healthy Babies Campaign 7-8/1993 Azt Prevents HIV Spread To Infants 5-6/1994 Early Prenatal Care And Infant Mortality 9-10/1994 Prevention Of Perinatal HIV Transmission 11-12/1995 Preventing Neural Tube Defects 9-10/1996 Prenatal Care And Infant Mortality 5-6/1997 Pulmonary Hemosiderosis Among Infants 3-4/1998 First Pneumonococcal Vaccine Approved For Infants And Toddlers 3-4/2001 Infant Mortality Rates Suffer Rapid Increase, New Orleans, Louisiana 2000-2002 3-4/2005 Analysis Of Fetal And Infant Mortality Rates -Using Perinatal Period Of Risk Approach- La 2000-2002 1-2/2006 Neonatal Mortality To Teen Mothers, Louisiana, 1997 3-4/2006 Bulletin: Newborn Screening 11-12/2007 Whose Infants Are More Likely To Be Delivered By Primary Cesarean?-Louisiana, 2005 5-6/2008 Newborn Heel Stick Screening In Louisiana: Disease Detection 2003-2007 7-8/2008 Retinopathy Of Prematurity - Louisiana, 1999-2003 9-10/2007 Babies With Syphilis - Louisiana, 2006 9-10/2007 Infant Car Seat Use - Louisiana, 1998-2004 11/12/2009 Neonatal Sepsis - Louisiana, 2002-2005 1-2/2010 Data Drives Planning To Reduce Infant Mortality - Louisiana, 2003-2005 3-4/2010 Infant Secondhand Smoke Exposure - Louisiana, 1998-2004 11-12/2010 An Assessment Of The Future Practice Of Medicine In Louisiana 5-6/2011 MRSA in a NICU - Louisiana, 2012 9-10/2012 Infants With Positive Salmonella Cultures-Louisiana, 2013 3-4/2013

Infection Control Hospital Infections Control 7- 8/1977 Summary: Recommendations For Preventing Transmission Of Infection With Human T-Lymphotoropic Virus Type Iii/ 12/1985 Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus In The Workplace Recommended Infection-Control Practices For Dentistry 5-6/1986 CDC Voice Information System - Hospital Infections 5-6/1991 Use Of Influenza And Pneumococcal Vaccines In Nursing Homes 3-4/1992 Update: Polio Eradication In The Americas 11/12/1992 Polio Vaccine And HIV Infection 11/12/1992 Notice To Infection Control Practitioners 1-2/1994 Emerging Infections 3-4/1994 CDC Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Course 11-12/1994 Louisiana Fact 7-8/1997 Infection Control Practitioners Survey 11-12/1999 Archaeologists And Infection Control Precautions 9-10/2004

Influenza – See Immunization Influenza 12/67, 12/68, 1/81, 3-4/86 Recommendation Of The Public Health Service Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices 5 & 9/68, 8/69, 7/76, 11/77 Influenza – United States And Louisiana 1/1969, 1/1972 Influenza Vaccine 8/1971, 10/1978 Influenza In Louisiana 1/1973 Influenza B Seen In New Orleans 1/1974 Current Status Of Influenza In Louisiana 2/1974 Influenza, 1975-1976 6/1975, 2/1976 New Influenza Strain Isolated 11/1975 Influenza Update (Through March 6, 1976) 1/1976 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 Epidemiology Briefs 4/1976 The ‘Swine Flu’ Immunization Program 5/1976 Swine Influenza-Selected Notes 7/1976 Influenza: Questions & Answers; Immunization Of Children At High Risk From Influenza Infection 8/1976 Public Health Service Recommendations for Vaccinating Normal Children 3-18 & High Risk Children 6 Months-3 Years Against Swine 10-11/1976 Flu Flu Program Suspended, Now Resumed 1/1977 Fact Sheet On Influenza 12/1977 2-3/77, 1& 2/78, 1/79, 8/80, Bulletin -Influenza Update(S) 7/82, 1/85, 9-12/88, 11-12/89, 1-2/98 Influenza Vaccine Guidelines 1979-80 8/1979 Flu Surveillance 10 & 11/1979 Review - Influenza Season 1979-80 6/1980 Influenza Vaccine 1981-82 8/1981 Recommendations For The Management Of Cases And Contacts Of Meningococcal And Hemophilus Influenzae Type B Infections 4/1982 Important Correction For April, 1982 Special Issue 5/1982 Influenza Vaccination Program 1983-84 7/1983 Influenza In Louisiana January-February, 1984 3/1984 6/84, 9-10/94, 9-10/96, 7-8/97, Influenza Immunization Program 7-8/98 Recommendation Of The ACIP - Polysaccharide Vaccine For Prevention Of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Disease 3/1985 Haemophilus Influenzae Vaccine; Influenza Immunization Program 5/1985 Influenza High Risk Immunization Program 1986-87 7-8/1986 CDC’s Recommendations Regarding Influenza Immunizations 7-8/1987 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: Requirements For Permanent Vaccination Records And For Reporting Of Selected Events After 1-4/1988 Vaccination Influenza High Risk Immunization Program 1988-89 7-8/1988 Influenza – October 31, 1989 - March 31, 1989; New Vaccine Requirement For Day Care Center Enrollment 3-4/1989 Influenza High Risk Immunization Program 1989- 90 5-6/1989 ACIP Recommends Lower Age For Hib Conjugate Vaccines 5-6/1990 Influenza 1990-91 9-10/90, 5-6/91 Annual Summary - H. Influenza Disease 1989 11-12/1990 Hib Vaccine Given At Age 2 Months 3-4/1991 Corrections - Hib Vaccine Given At Age 2 Months 5-6/1991 Influenza High Risk Immunization Program 1991-92; Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers 9-10/1991 Influenza Arrives Early; Annual Summary: H. Influenza Disease 1990 11-12/1991 Louisiana Facts 1918-1919 1-2/92, 5-6/03 Unusual Influenza Season; Use Of Influenza And Pneumococcal Vaccines In Nursing Homes 3-4/1992 Influenza High Risk Immunization Program 1992-93 9-10/1992 1992-93 Influenza Season 5-6/1993 Early Outbreaks Of Influenza A; Combination Vaccine Approved 9-10/1993 Rimantadine Approved For Influenza A Treatment & Prophylaxis 11-12/1993 1993-94 Influenza Season 5-6/1994 1995-1996 Flu Program 9-10/1995 Correction - Flu Program Recommendations 11-12/1995 Louisiana’s Influenza Surveillance Program 1-2/1996 Influenza 1997-98 Season 3-4/1998 Surveillance For Influenza A, Subtype H5n1, In Louisiana 5-6/1998 1998-1999 Influenza Immunization Update; Influenza Surveillance Enhancement 9-10/1998 Bulletin Revision To Louisiana Morbidity Report’s Provisional Data Table 9-10/1998 Sub-Typing Of Influenzae Isolates 3-4/1999 Influenza 1998-99 Season 5-6/1999 Influenza A Outbreak Louisiana, July 1999 9-10/1999 Influenza Vaccination Trends 1-2/2000 Influenza 1999-2000 Season 5-6/2000 Louisiana Fact 1929-30s 7-8/2000 2001-2002 Influenza Season 5-8/2002 Influenza Program -2002 9-10/2002 Influenza, Pneumonia And Tetanus Immunizations 9-10/2003 Influenza Vaccination: Focus On Diabetics And Older Population 9-10/2003 Your Tax Dollars At Work… 3-4/2004 Funding 5-6/2004 Has Mortality From Influenza And Pneumonia Been Rising In Louisiana? 7-8/2005 Influenza In Louisiana-An Analysis Of Sentinel Surveillance Data, 1998-2004 9-10/2005 Pandemic Influenza In Louisiana: What To Expect 1-2/2006 Influenza And Pneumococcal Vaccination Coverage Among Older Adults-Louisiana, 2004-2005 1-2/2007 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness 1-2/2007 Pandemic Influenza External Tabletop Exercise 3-4/2007 Sentinel Surveillance For Influenza, 07/02 & 07/06 3-4/07, 11-12/07 Influenza Activity Summary Louisiana, 2007-2008 Season 11-12/07 Swine Flu Updates/Information 3-4/2009 The Strategic National Stockpile And H1n1 Influenza - Louisiana, 2009 7-8/2009 Central Laboratory Progress Report - Louisiana, 2009 9-10/2009 2009 H1n1 Summary - Louisiana – CDC Week 39, 2009 9-10/2009 Septicemia - Louisiana, 1999-2007 9-10/2009 H1n1 Vaccination Campaign -Louisiana, 2009-2010 9-10/2010 2010-2011 Influenza Vaccine Update 11-12/2010 How To Become A Sentinel Site For Influenza Surveillance 11-12/2010 Hospitals Plan For An Influenza Pandemic-Louisiana, 2011 3-4/2011 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013 Influenza Update 1-2/2013 Influenza Vaccine: 2013-2014 Composition 5-6/2013 Influenza Update-Louisiana, 2013 11-12/2013 Influenza Information for Curious Minds 1-2/2014 Influenza Pediatric Deaths - Louisiana, 2013-2014 7-8/2014 IDEpi Question/Answer Corner (Influenza) 11-12/2014

Injury Control – See Alcohol, Chemical, Emergency Department, Flood, Hurricane Changing Faces In The Epidemiology Office-OPH 3-4/1989 Buckets Potential Drowning Hazard 5-6/1989 Intentional Injury Homicide In New Orleans 11-12/1989 Bulletins Severe Head Injuries Now Reportable 11-12/1991 Bulletins 11-12/94 Louisiana Spinal Cord Injuries-Motor Vehicle Crashes 3-4/1992 Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries To Louisiana Residents, 1991 11-12/1992 Injuries To Oil Drilling Workers 3-4/1993 Louisiana Severe Traumatic Brain Injury 1992 7-8/1993 1993 Louisiana Severe Traumatic Head Injury 5-6/1994 The Health Effects Of The Flood 5-6/1995 Alcohol Involvement In Central Nervous System Injuries 9-10/1995 The Louisiana Safe Kids Coalition 11-12/1995 Car Safety Seats Used Improperly; Injuries From Electric Heating Pads 1-2/1996 Louisiana Unintentional Fatal Child Injuries, 1994; Fatal Falls - Louisiana, 1994 5-6/1996 Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Louisiana’s Infants 7-8/1996 Unintentional Childhood Injury Fatality Report 3-4/1997 Pedestrian Injuries 1-2/1997 Domestic Violence And Sexual Abuse Project 5-6/1997 Fire Deaths And Injuries 11-12/1997 Louisiana Fact -Injury Prevention 1873 1-2/1998 Drowning Fatalities In Louisiana 3-4/1998 Deaths From Injuries, 1995-1996 9-10/1998 Childhood Injury 11-12/1998 Child Deaths In Louisiana 1-2/1999 Brain Injuries And Motorcycle Helmets 3-4/1999 Seat Belt Use In Louisiana 7-8/1999 Ten Great Public Health Achievements – United States, 1900-1999 9-10/1999 Airway Obstruction Deaths Of Louisiana Children 11-12/1999 Spinal Cord Injury Among Louisiana’s Youth 1-2/2000 Tornado-Related Injuries 7-8/2000 Fatal Fire And Burn Injuries 9-10/2000 Dog Bites, Orleans, 1999 11-12/2000 Personal Flotation Device (Pfd) Usage 1-2/2001 Violence In Louisiana 5-6/2001 Errata: May-June 2001 – Violence In Louisiana 7-8/2001 An Observational Study On Child Passenger Safety Seat Use 11-12/2002 Stayin’ Afloat 2003 5-6/2003 Hazardous Substance Emergency Events Surveillance-2001 7-8/2003 Conjunctivitis Outbreak 11-12/2003 All Kids Need To Be Buckled Up – Do It Right! 5-6/2004 Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance Related Injuries, Fatalities & Evacuations In La, 2002 11-12/2004 Review Of National Response Center Reports For Louisiana, 1990-2003: Trend And Risk Factor Analysis 1-2/2005 An Unusual Bug 1-2/2005 A Closer Look At Drowning, Louisiana 7-8/2005 Unexplained Deaths Surveillance, Louisiana, 2002-2004 1-2/2006 Workers Health Alert-Bronchiolitis Obliterans Among Food Manufacturing Workers 9-10/2006 Death At Work: Fatal Occupational Injuries-La., 1995-2004 11-12/2006 Injury In Louisiana, 2004 1-2/2008 Life Stress Factors Associated With Physical Abuse During Pregnancy - Louisiana, 2000 - 2004 7-8/2008 Infant Car Seat Use - Louisiana, 1998-2004 11-12/2009 Work-Related Hospitalizations - Louisiana, 1998-2007 1-2/2010 Unintentional Falls Among Older Adults - Louisiana, 2007 5-6/2010 An Analysis Of Low Back Pain Disorders In Workers Louisiana, 1988-2009 11-12/2011 Fatalities in the Construction Industry - Louisiana, 2007-2011 7-8/2013 Work-related Lead Exposures and U.S. 190 Old Mississippi River Bridge Renovations-Louisiana-2013-2014 3/4/2014

Intestinal Parasites - See Entamoeba Histolytica, Giardia Lamblia, Worms Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975

Insects – See Arbovirus, Lice A Case Of Delusional Parasitosis - Not 1-2/2005 What’s “Tick”-ing? 11-12/2006 Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Infection-Louisiana 2011 11-12/2011

Isoniazid Inh Poisoning - Orleans Parish 4/1969 Isoniazid-Associated Liver Disease Preliminary Recommendations Of The Ad Hoc Committee 3/1971 Isoniazid And The Liver 12/1971

Isospora Travelers’ Diarrhea 9-12/1988

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John Snow Quote Of The Month 5-6/1996

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Katrina- See Hurricanes Important Notice: Hypothyroidism Testing In La. After Katrina 1-2/2006 Katrina-Related Regional Responses- Regions 3, 5, 8 & 9, La 11-12/2005 Evaluation Of The Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System And The Effects Of Hurricane Katrina 9-10/2006

Kawasaki Syndrome Intravenous Gamma Globulin Treatment For Kawasaki Syndrome 3-4/1987

Kawashiorkor Kawashiorkor In Louisiana - A Case Report 7-8/1990

Klebsiella pneumoniae – see CRE

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Laboratory Infectious Waste 9-10/1989 Elisa Value Reporting Versus Titer Reporting 11-12/1989 Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis 3-4/1998 State To Become A Regional Reference Laboratory 9-10/1998 Laboratory Announces Riboprinter 3-4/2004 Changes For The Louisiana Public Health Laboratory System 9-10/2006 Central Laboratory Progress Report - Louisiana, 2009 9-10/2009 Electronic Laboratory Data And Meaningful Use 1-2/2012 Louisiana Fact – Laboratory - Office of Public Health 9-10/2014

Lactose Intolerance Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975

Law Law Enforcement And Public Health - Louisiana, 2010 1-2/2010

Lead Review Of Livingston Train Derailment To Date 1/1983 Lead Monoxide Spill In Greenwood, Louisiana 8/1983 Impact Of The New CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Guidelines 1-2/1992 Pilot Blood Lead Screening Program Begins 9-10/1992 Childhood Lead Screening Results 1-2/1998 Adult Blood Lead Testing - Louisiana, 2007 7-8/2008 Adult Lead Poisoning Document For Healthcare Providers 9-10/2008 Blood Lead Surveillance in Children and Adults-Louisiana, 2012 1-2/2013 Work-related Lead Exposures and U.S. 190 Old Mississippi River Bridge Renovations-Louisiana-2013-2014 3/4/2014

Legionnaires’ Disease Legionnaires’ Disease: Preliminary Report On Its Diagnosis, Etiology, Pathology And Therapy 10/1977 Bulletins 6/78, 7/79 Legionnaires’ Disease – Update, 1979 3-4/1979 Legionellosis In Washington Parish 11-12/1989 A Pseudo-Outbreak Of Legionnaires’ Disease 7-8/1995 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004 Prevalence Of Legionella Antibodies, Louisiana, 2005 7-8/2005 Questions From Medical Professionals 9-10/2012 Prevalence of Legionella Antibodies – Louisiana 3-4/2013 Legionnaires’ Disease-Louisiana, 2012-2013 7-8/2013

Leishmaniasis Infectious Diseases To Return From Middle East 5-6/1991 Visceral Leishmaniasis In Returning Soldiers Causes Blood Donation Ban 1-2/1992

Leprosy – See Hansen’s Disease

Leptospirosis Leptospirosis - Rapides Parish 4/1971 Leptospirosis - A Disease Endemic To Southern La - Part 1 6/1976 Leptospirosis - A Disease Endemic To Southern La - Part Ii 9/1976 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Lice (Pediculosis) An Old Companion Is Not Necessarily An Old Friend 2/1974 Head Lice Control 11/1975 STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

Listeria Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007 Listeria Cluster Identified, Associated With Consumption Of Hog’s Head Cheese - Louisiana, 2010 9-10/2010 Raw Milk: Just the Facts 5-6/2014

Louisiana Fact State Board Of Health, 1855 11-12/1989 Yellow Fever, 1853 3-4/1990 Louisiana’s Three Quarantine Stations, 1884 7-8/1990 Pellagra, 1929 9-10/1990 Smallpox 1949 11-12/1990 Huey P. Long 1927 3-4/1991 Rabies 1952 5-6/1991 Infantile Paralysis 1951 7-8/1991 Diphtheria 1935 9-10/1991 Sanitary Code City Of New Orleans 1817 11-12/1991 Recommendations To Housekeepers-Yellow Fever 1897 11-12/1992 Influenza 1918-1919 1-2/1993 Vaccination – Smallpox 1878 3-4/1993 Quarantine Notice 1883 5-6/1993 Control Of Communicable Diseases Mid-1880’s 7-8/1993 Yellow Fever – City Planning 1804 9-10/1993 Board Of Health New Orleans 1816-17 11-12/1993 Local Boards Of Health, 1882 1-2/1994 Early Method Of Handling Garbage, Pre-1900 3-4/1994 Drinking Water Of Earlier Days: Part 1 5-6/1994 Drinking Water Of Earlier Days: Part 2 7-8/1994 Tuberculosis 1906-1916 9-10/1994 Most Commonly Reported Causes Of Death-1872 11-12/1994 Professorship Of Hygiene - 1873 1-2/1995 Reporting Diseases -1870 3-4/1995 Tuberculosis – Case Numbers 1928-38 5-6/1995 Smallpox 1872 7-8/1995 Swamp Itch 9-10/1995 Sanitary Inspections 1918-19 11-12/1995 Smallpox 1733, 1802, 1949 1-2/1996 Board Of Health New Orleans 1804 3-4/1996 Shrimp Ordinance 1880 5-6/1996 Analysis Of Air In New Orleans In 1873 7-8/1996 Sanitary Police 1872 9-10/1996 Ozone 1875 11-12/1996 Bad Air /Yellow Fever 1800 1-2/1997 Vaccinations/Smallpox 1875 3-4/1997 Unpaved Streets 1872 5-6/1997 Infection Control 1884 7-8/1997 Environmental Pollution 1872 9-10/1997 First Pharmacist/Licensed Pharmacy 1816 11-12/97, 7-8/05 Injury Prevention 1873 1-2/1998 Drainage System 1918 3-4/1998 Vital Statistics 1911 5-6/1998 Journal Of The Louisiana Medical Society 7-8/1998 Board Of Health 1855 & 1878 9-10/1998 Flood 1927 11-12/1998 First Hmo 1924 1-2/1999 Quarantine Division Within The National Board Of Health - 1880 3-4/1999 Section Of Industrial Hygiene -1942 5-6/1999 Apha Louisiana Physicians 1872 7-8/1999 Malaria Control 1918 9-10/1999 Yellow Fever 1-2/2000 Sanitation 1800-1921 3-4/2000 Anti-Mosquito Campaign 1901 5-6/2000 Cancer Deaths 1930 7-8/2000 Board Of Health 1800 9-10/2000 Asiatic Cholera 1866 11-12/2000 Charity Hospital 1736 1-2/2001 Sisters Of Charity 1834 3-4/2001 Flood 1927 5-6/2001 Health Train 1910 9-10/2001 Yellow Fever –Bananas 1878 1-2/2002 Yellow Fever –News 1853 3-4/2002 Leprosy 1971 5-8/2002 Quarantine Stations Mississippi River 1886-87 9-10/2002 Obesity/Diabetes 1-2/2003 Influenza 1918 5-6/2003 Tb 1910 Spitting Ordinance 11-12/2003 America’s First Woman Pharmacist-1734 5-6/2007 Dr. Anthony Stefanski -Oldest Living Veterinarian 11-12/2007 Louisiana And Mental Health 5-6/2008 Cooperation Between City, State And Federal Governments Beats The Plague –1914 5-6/2009 First Full-Time Epidemiologist 1-2/2010 First Book 3-4/2010 Share-Cropper’s Plague-Pellagra 3-4/2011 Peychaud’s Bitters 7-8/2013 Hookworms, 1910-1914 5-6/2014 Laboratory-Office of Public Health 9-10/2014

Lyme Disease – See Also Borrelia Burgdorferi Lyme Disease 7/1982 Bulletins 9-12/88, 3-4/89 Beware Of Ticks 3-4/1990

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis And Hamsters 3/1974

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Malaria Malaria Surveillance 5/1967 Malaria 4/1970 Malaria Surveillance Summary, Usa, 1970 6/1971 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Chemoprophylaxis Of Malaria 5/1978 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Malaria Outbreak Among Newly Arriving Vietnamese Refugees-N.O., La 2/1980 Bulletin 4-5/1980 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Health Precautions For International Travelers 5/1984 Adverse Reactions To Fansidar And Updated Recommendations For Its Use In The Prevention Of Malaria 11 & 12/84 New Malaria Drug Recommended 7-8/1990 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Louisiana Fact 3-4/98, 9-10/99 Unusual Cases, 2003: An Interesting And Deadly Malaria Case 7-8/2003 Update Malaria-Louisiana, 2013 5-6/2014

Mammograms Medicare Pays For Screening Mammograms 3-4/1991

Mayaro Virus Mayaro Virus Infection Louisiana, 2011 7-8/2011

Measles – See Rubeola

Medical Waste Bulletin Medical Waste Disposal 3-4/1991

Meningitis - See Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, N.Meningitidis Fulminating Meningococcemia – Jefferson Davis 5/1967 Prophylaxis Of Contacts In Meningococcal Disease 7/1967 Aseptic Meningitis – Southeast Louisiana 6/1968 Aseptic Meningitis – Summer 1971 9/1971 Meningococcal Disease 2/1975 Reporting Of All Cases Of Bacterial Meningitis Requested 10/1975 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 Meningococcal Disease Alert 12/1976 Revised Recommendations For Management Of Meningococcal Carriers/ Meningococcal Disease In Louisiana 5/1977 1978 Update-Meningococcal Disease In Louisiana (1/1/78-7/31/78) 8/1978 Bulletin(S) 2- 3/77, 3/81, 9-10/91 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Recommendations For The Management Of Cases and Contacts Of Meningococcal and Hemophilus Influenzae Type B Infections 4/1982 Advisories From CDC - Travel 2/1985 Notification Of Contact With Infectious Disease (Act 805) 11-12/1987 Meningococcal Disease In Louisiana 1984-1988 5-6/1989 Annual Summary - N. Meningitidis Disease 1989 11-12/1990 Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers 9-10/1991 Annual Summary: Meningococcal Disease 1992 5-6/1993 Annual Summary: Meningococcal Infections 1993 11-12/1994 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Annual Summary Meningococcal Infection, 1994 11-12/1995 Annual Summary Meningococcal Infections - 1995 9-10/1996 Annual Summary Meningococcal Disease - 1996 9-10/1997 Annual Summary Meningococcal Infection - 1998 7-8/1999 Modified Guidelines For Meningococcal Vaccine 1-2/2000 Annual Summary Meningococcal Infection - 1999 11-12/2000 Meningococcal Meningitis Trends 3-4/2001 Tracking A Serial Killer 7-8/2001 Outbreak Of Aseptic Meningitis Associated With Echovirus Type 13, Louisiana, 2001 9-10/2001 Annual Summary – Neisseria Meningitidis 1-2/2002 Coroner Surveillance 1-2/2004 One-Year Sequelae In Patients With West Nile Virus Encephalitis And Meningitis In Louisiana 5-6/2005 Unexplained Deaths Surveillance, Louisiana, 2002-2004 1-2/2006 Neisseria Meningitidis: An Organizational Meningitis Outbreak 3-4/2006 Eosinophilic Meningitis And Angiostrongylus Cantonensis 5-6/2006 Neisseria Meningitidis- Louisiana, 2008 3-4/2008 Meningococcal Disease Region 7* - Louisiana - February, 2009 5-6/2009 An Outbreak Of Meningococcal Meningitis In A Prison – Central Louisiana, 2010 1-2/2010 Investigating Reporting Discrepancies for Meningococcal Invasive Disease-Louisiana, 1999-2010 5-6/2013

Mental Health Louisiana Fact 5-6/2008

Mercury Mercury Poisoning – Jefferson Parish 6/1971 Fish Consumption And Mercury Poisoning 1-2/1995 Mercury Levels In Seafood: Caught Vs. Bought - Louisiana, 2007 1-2/2008 Blood Mercury Levels - Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2008

MERS MERS-CoV Testing - Louisiana, 2014 7-8/2014 IDEpi Question/Answer Corner Influenza/Ebola/MERS/EV-D68; Botulism 11-12/2014

Methamphetamine See Drug Use

Miscarriage St. Gabriel Miscarriage Study Results Announced 5-6/1990

Mold – See Fungus

Molluscus Contagiosum STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

Mortality Rates Several Measures Of The Force Of Mortality For Louisiana And Her Parishes 5/1973

Morbidity And Mortality Report MMWR Now Available At Reasonable Cost 3/1983 Mortality And Economic Impact Of Smoking In Louisiana 5-6/1992 Louisiana Smoking Trends: BRFSS 1991-1992 3-4/1994

MRSA – See Staphylococcus Aureus Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus Infections - Michigan 4/1981 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections In Nursing Homes 5-6/1989 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Mrsa) State Guidelines 7-8/1993 1-2&11-12/97, 5-6& 11-12/98, Emerging Pathogens Surveillance 5-6/99, 5-6/00, 11-12/00 Information On Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) 3-4/2002 Community-Acquired MRSA 1-2/2003 Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: Nasal Carriage Prevalence In New Orleans, 2005 9-10/2005 MRSA In A NICU - Louisiana, 2012 9-10/2012

Mosquito-Borne – See AIDS, Chikungunya, Dengue, Encephalitis, Malaria, Vector-borne, West Nile

Motor Vehicle – See Injury

Mumps Recommendations For Mumps Vaccine 1/1968 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 Revised Immunization Schedule 6/1977 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Louisiana Mumps Outbreak 3-4/1987 Mumps In The 1980=S 5-6/1989 Mumps Cases Decline In 1990 1-2/1991 Annual Summary: Mumps 1991 5-6/1992

Murine Typhus Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Mycobacteria Mycobacterium Chelonei: “Pseudoepidemic”- New Orleans 6/1976 American Thoracic Society- Treatment Of Mycobacterial Diseases - M. Intracellulare (Battey Bacillus), M. Kansasii, M. Tuberculosis 4/1977 Nontuberculos Mycobacterial Infections In Hemodialysis Patients -Louisiana, 1982 4/1983 Testing For Atypical Mycobacteria Available 9-10/1991 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004 Pedicure Foot Spa Infections (Mycobacteria) - Louisiana, 2009 3-4/2009 Septicemia - Louisiana, 1999-2007 9-10/2009 Raw Milk: Just the Facts 5-6/2014

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Naegleria Fowleri A Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (Pam) Fatality Louisiana, 2011 9-10/2011 Second Case Of Naegleria Fowleri Meningoencephalitis Associated With Neti Pot Use - Louisiana, 2011 1-2/2012 Naeglaria fowleri Primary Meningoencephalitis-Louisiana, 2013 11-12/2013

Natural Disasters – See Emergency Department Hurricane Andrew-Related Injuries And Illnesses 11-12/1992

Neisseria Gonorrhea – See Gonorrhea

Neisseria Meningitides – See Meningitis

Neonatal Screening – See Infant Report To Physicians: Neonatal Screening In Louisiana 9-10/1986 Pre-Discharge Neonatal Screening Required 5-6/1991 Neonatal Sickle Cell Screening And Follow-Up 7-8/1991 Neonatal Screening Program Results 9-10/1991

NHSN – See Hai, Antibiotic Resistance Centers For Medicaid And Medicare Services Inpatient Prospective Payment System (Cms Ipps) Reporting Update 9-10/2012

Norovirus Gastroenteritis Associated With Raw Oyster Consumption 5/1983 Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Gastroenteritis Outbreak At A College 1-2/1991 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Among Airline Passengers 1-2/1993 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Linked To Louisiana Oysters 1-2/1994 An Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Due To Oysters 5-6/1996 Oysters-Related Outbreak 1-2/1997 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis? Think Of Norwalk Virus 9-10/2002 Videoconference Follow Up: Foodborne Terrorism 5-6/2003 Region 1, Norovirus Outbreak 11-12/2003 To Close Or Not To Close 3-4/2004 Norovirus - Region Iv - Louisiana, 2008 3-4/2008 Norovirus Outbreak Investigation- Raw Oyster Consumption- Gulf Coast, 2010 5-6/2010 Norovirus-Louisiana, 2013 7-8/2013 Test Your Knowledge (Norovirus) 3-4/2014

Norwalk – See Norovirus

Notifiable Diseases 1989 Annual Summary Available 7-8/1991 1990 Annual Summary Available 1-2/1992

Nutrition – See Food Severe Undernutrition: A Reportable Condition In Louisiana 8/1970 The Louisiana Nutrition Surveillance Program A Preliminary Report 10/1973 Severe Undernutrition 7/1979 Louisiana Chosen For Pediatric Under Nutrition Grant By CDC 1-4/1988 Surveillance Of Severe Pediatric (Sspun) Update 5-6/1989 Tomorrow’s Food Label 1-2/1993 Agencies Unveil Food Guide Pyramid 1-2/1993 Obesity And Nutrition, Louisiana 1991-1994 7-8/1996 Preventing Neural Tube Defects 9-10/1996 Severe Pediatric Undernutrition 9-10/1997 Sociodemographic Characteristics Of A High Risk WIC Population 7-8/2000 Folic Acid: A Preconception Health Intervention - Louisiana, 2009 7-8/2010

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Obesity Obesity In Louisiana 1-2/1993 Louisiana’s Physical Activity Profile 9-10/1994 Obesity And Nutrition, Louisiana 1991-1994 7-8/1996 Overweight And Obesity 11-12/2000 Louisiana Fact 1-2/2003 Region Ix Childhood Obesity Study 5-6/2005 Examining The Trends In Obesity Among Adults - Behavioral Risk Factor Survey - Louisiana, 2003-2007 9-10/2009

Occupational Health – See Injury Louisiana Office Of Public Health’s Occupational Health Surveillance Program 3-4/2006

Ophthalmia Neonatorum Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995

Outbreak Investigations Gastroenteritis Outbreak At A College 1-2/1991 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Among Airline Passengers 1-2/1993 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Linked To Louisiana Oysters 1-2/1994 An Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis Due To Oysters 5-6/1996 Oysters-Related Outbreak 1-2/1997 Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis? Think Of Norwalk Virus 9-10/2002 Outbreak Investigations - Louisiana, 1950-2008 3-4/2010 Norovirus Outbreak Investigation- Raw Oyster Consumption- Gulf Coast, 2010 5-6/2010 Ending An Outbreak-Shigella Region 8, Louisiana, 2010 3-4/2011 UV Exposure Cluster - Regions 4 And 5 - Louisiana, 2011 5-6/2011 Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli O415; A Multi- State Outbreak - Louisiana, 2012 9-10/2012 Cryptosporidium Outbreak Investigation-Louisiana, June-September, 2013 9-10/2014 Outbreak Investigations - Louisiana, 1950-2013 11-12/2014

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Pam – See Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis

Parasites – See Ascaris, Ancylostoma, Dipylidium, Entamoeba, Giardia, Helminths, Hookworm, Strongyloides, Trichuris

Parovirus – See Fifth Disease

Pediculosis – See Lice

Pellagra Louisiana Facts 9-10/90, 7-8/00, 3-4/2011

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease – See Sexually Transmitted Disease Pelvic Inflammatory Disease-United States 12/1979 Recommended Changes In Treatment Of Gonorrhea And Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 1/1984 STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995 Corrections - STD Treatment Guidelines 9-10/1995

Pertussis – See Immunization Pertussis Outbreak In Southern Louisiana – Orleans 5/1967 Current Trends 9/1967 Pertussis Outbreak – Sabine 11/1967 Pertussis Recommendations 9/1970 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugee 6/1975 Whooping Cough In Southern Louisiana 7/1975 Epidemiology Briefs 4/1976 Whoop Whoop Whoop 9/1980 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Whooping Cough (Pertussis) And The Vaccine 2/1985 Pertussis Surveillance 7-8/1987 Bulletin 1-4/1988 Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 1-2/1989 Pertussis-Covenant House, New Orleans 11-12/1989 Annual Summary-Pertussis 1989 9-10/1990 Combination Vaccine Approved 9-10/1993 Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Approved For Infants 11-12/1996 Louisiana Fact 7-8/2000 Annual Summary-Pertussis 2000 9-10/2001 Pertussis: Hidden In Louisiana? 3-4/2005 Pertussis Update - Louisiana, 2008 9-10/2008 Pertussis Health Alert 9-10/2013

Pesticide - See Chemical, Environment, Poison, Sanitary Code

Pets Wild Animals As Pets: The Reasons Why Not 11-12/1986 Wolf Hybrids And Rabies 7-8/1992 Monkey Business - A Brief Summary Of The Dangers Of Non-Human Primates As Pets 5-6/2011

Pharmacy – See Strategic National Stockpile Louisiana Fact 11-12/97, 7-8/05, 5-6/07

Phenylketonuria Problems With Pku And Hypothyroid Specimens 12/1983 Bulletin: Pku-Hypothyroid Screening Lab 10 Form 9/1984 New Pku And Hypothyroid Forms 1-2/1986 Blood Collection Procedures For Hypothyroid & Pku Specimens 7-8/1987 Pku In Louisiana 5-6/2000 The Importance Of A Repeat Newborn Screen 3-4/2002

Photobacterium Damselae Photobacterium Damselae, Rare Illness In Humana Louisiana, 2011 7-8/2011

Physical Activity Louisiana’s Physical Activity Profile 9-10/1994 Prevalence Of Physical Inactivity- Louisiana 5-8/2002 New Orleans Bottoms Out 9-10/2004

Physicians Physicians Please Read This 3/1976 Do Physicians Report Diseases 7-8/1990 Louisiana Facts 1-2/95. 3-4/96 Immunization Course For Physicians 7-8/1995 Notice To Physicians 7-8/2008

Plague – See Yersinia Pestis

Pleisiomonas Travelers’ Diarrhea 9-12/1988

Pneumococcus – See Immunization And Streptococcus Bulletin(S) 9/1977 Use Of Influenza And Pneumococcal Vaccines In Nursing Homes 3-4/1992 Emerging Infections 3-4/1994 An Outbreak Of Pneumonia In A Workplace 3-4/1995 Pneumococcal Resistance In Day Care 5-6/1995 Adenovirus Type 7 Outbreak In A Long-Term Care Facility 9-10/1996 Emerging Pathogens Surveillance 5-6/1998 Notice Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine 5-6/1999 Louisiana Fact 7-8/2000 First Pneumoncoccal Vaccine Approved For Infants And Toddlers 3-4/2001 Influenza, Pneumonia And Tetanus Immunizations 9-10/2003 Increasing Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Rates In Hospitalized Patients 3-4/2004 Influenza And Pneumococcal Vaccination Coverage Among Older Adults-Louisiana, 2004-2005 1-2/2007 Pneumonia Among Children Five And Under - Louisiana, 1999 - 2004 5-6/2008

Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia Advisories From CDC 2/1985

Poison (See Carbon Monoxide, Food Poisoning, Lead, Mercury) The Louisiana Poison Control Center At New Orleans 2/69, 1/70 Inh Poisoning – Orleans Parish 4/1969 Louisiana Poison Control Center At New Orleans – Quarterly Report 4/1969 March 15-22 National Poison Prevention Week 1/1970 Computerized Poison Information System Poison Data Link Testing 2/1971 Poison Control Center Statistical Report For The Year 1970 2/1971 Mercury Poisoning – Jefferson Parish 6/1971 One Dead, Family Hospitalized, Cause Of Tragedy A Mystery 1/1973 Mysterious Illness In A Houma Family 3/1973 Suspected Chemical Poisoning From Orange Drink Machine-Crowley, La 11/1975 Epidemiology Briefs 4/1976 Level Of Pcb’s And Insecticides In The Milk Of Ten New Orleans Women 2- 3/1977 Physician Advisory-Health Effects Of Asbestos 7/1978 Impact Of The New CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Guidelines 1-2/1992 Pilot Blood Lead Screening Program Begins 9-10/1992 Algae Toxin In Lake Pontchartrain 7-8/1997 Health Effects Related To Pesticide Exposure 1-2/2002 Allergies? Asthma? ER Visits? 1-2/2003 Coroner Surveillance 1-2/2004 Misapplication Of Organophosphate Insecticide To Public School Results In Health Effects–La. 2002 3-4/2004 Scrombroid Fish Poisoning - Louisiana - December, 2006 3-4/2007 Ciguatoxin Poisoning Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2007 Mothballs: An Ineffective and Dangerous Remedy For Animal Invasions 5-6/2013

Polio Immunization Recommendations For Adults 7/1967 Poliomyelitis – St. Tammany 11/1967 Poliomyelitis Surveillance 10/1968 Poliomyelitis Immunizations For European Travelers 8/1969 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 Revised Immunization Schedule 6/1977 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Immunization Survey Of Two Year Olds From Day Care Centers 5-6/1990 Update: Polio Eradication In The Americas 11/12/1992 Polio Vaccine And HIV Infection 11/12/1992 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Global Poliomyelitis Eradication 1-2/2000 Louisiana Fact 7-8/2000

Pregnancy – See Also Smoking Teenage Pregnancy In Louisiana 7-8/90, 11-12/96 Hepatitis B Carriage In Pregnant Women 7-8/1992 Increase In Congenital Syphilis: Recommendations For Screening 11-12/1992 Healthy Babies Campaign 7-8/1993 Louisiana’s Perinatal Hepatitis B Vaccination Program 1-2/1994 Azt Prevents HIV Spread To Infants 5-6/1994 Pregnancy-Related Hospitalizations 3-4/2000 Prenatal Care In Louisiana 7-8/2000 Louisiana’s PRAMS And Prenatal Exposure To Alcohol 1-2/2003 Adequate Prenatal Weight Gain And Birth Weight 9-10/2003 The Pelican Project-On The Right Track For A Right Start – The HIV/Aids Program Perinatal HIV Reduction Initiative 5-6/2004 Strategies In Louisiana For The Title V Maternal And Child Health 2005 Needs Assessment In Perinatal Health 11-12/2004 Analysis Of Fetal And Infant Mortality Rates – Using Perinatal Periodsof Risk Approach, Louisiana, 2000-2002 1-2/2006 Sexually Transmitted Disease During Pregnancy, La, 1997-2004 7-8/2006 Evaluation Of The Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System And The Effects Of Hurricane Katrina 9-10/2006 Gbs Assessment Prevention, Control Policies In Perinatal Women-Louisiana, January-May 2007 7-8/2007 Life Stress Factors Associated With Physical Abuse During Pregnancy - Louisiana, 2000 - 2004 7-8/2008 Achieving Appropriate Weight Gain During Pregnancy Requires More Than Education - Louisiana, 2001-2004 9-10/2008 Relationship Between Pregnancy Intention And Fruit And Vegetable Consumption- PRAMS – La., 2004 3-4/2010 The Relationship Between Health Insurance Coverage And Prenatal Care: Louisiana PRAMS, 2000-2004 7-8/2011 Perinatal HIV Surveillance - Louisiana, 1994 – 2010 7-8/2012

Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis – See Also Naegleria Fowleri A Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (Pam) Fatality Louisiana, 2011 9-10/2011

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004

Psittacosis Psittacosis 11/1969 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Unusual Cases, 2003: The Dead Parakeet 7-8/2003

Psocoptera A Case Of Delusional Parasitosis - Not 1-2/2005

Public Health Ten Great Public Health Achievements – United States, 1900-1999 9-10/1999 Louisiana Public Health Association Conference-April, 2007 7-8/2007

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Q Fever Bulletins 7/1979

Quarantine 11-12/89, 7-8/90, 5-6/93, 11- Louisiana Facts 12/93, 9-10/02

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Rabies – See Animals Immunization Recommendations For Adults 7/1967 Current Trends 9/1967 Rabies Prophylaxis 5/1971 The Risk Of Rabies Prophylaxis Vs. The Risk Of The Disease 12/1973 Rabies 11/1977 9/77, 3-4/79, 8/81, 2/83, Bulletin(S)/Notices 11-12/84, 9-10/89, 7-8/93 Recommendation Of The Public Health Service Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices 11/1977 New Rabies Vaccine 6/1980 Rabies Review 7/1980 New Manufacturer Of Rabies Immune Globulin 5/1982 Rabbits And Rodents Rarely Have Rabies 2/1983 Animal Rabies Incidence 2/1983 Rabies In A Horse - Webster Parish - A Case Report 5/1983 Skunk Rabies - Alexandria 6/1984 Rabies Prevention-United States, 1984 7/1984 Rabies In Animals/January-August, 1984 8/1984 Compendium Of Animal Rabies Vaccines, 1985 Prepared By: The National Association Of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. 11-12/1984 Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis With Human Diploid Cell Rabies Vaccine: Lower Neutralizing Antibody Titers With Wyeth Vaccine 1/1985 Bulletin FDA Approval Of Intradermal Route Of Administration Of Rabies Vaccine For Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis 3-4/1987 Possible Interference Of Antibody Response To Hdcv (Rabies) By The Use Of Chloroquine 11-12/1989 Rabies Testing Comes To A Head 9-10/1990 Louisiana Facts 5-6/91, 7-8/00 Wolf Hybrids And Rabies 7-8/1992 Rabies Update 1-2/94, 7-8/94 Change In Rabies Prophylaxis Recommendations 9-10/1997 Louisiana Rabies Testing, 2000 5-6/2001 Errata: May-June 2001 – Rabies Table 7-8/2001 Raccoons And Human Disease 9-10/2005 Office Of Public Health Rabies Testing Policies Clarified 7-8/2006 The Prevalence Of Animal Bites/Exposure In Relation To The Risk Of Human Rabies-Central Louisiana - January, 2000-September, 2008 3-4/2009 Risk Of Aerosol Transmission Of Rabies - Louisiana And United States, 2009 7-8/2009 Four-Dose Post-Exposure Rabies Vaccine 3-4/2010 Rabies Control In A Community Setting - Region Iv - Louisiana, May-June, 2010 7-8/2010 Dog Rabies-From 443 In 1943 To One In 2013-Louisiana Has Come A Long Way! 3-4/2014 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013 IDEpi Question/Answer Corner 11-12/2013

Rape Rape 12/1972

Rat-Bite Fever Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Red Measles – See Rubeola

Reporting – See Sanitary Code Changes In Selected Diseases Reported In La Monthly Morbidity 1/79, 9-12/88 Do Physicians Report Diseases 7-8/1990 Responsibility For Disease Reporting Clarified 1-2/1993 Reporting Communicable Diseases: What’s The Point? 3-4/1993 Reporting Of HIV And Aids Cases 3-4/93, 1-2, 5-6/94 Evaluation Of STD Reporting 3-4/1994 Disease/Conditions Added To Reportable List 11-12/1994 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Louisiana Facts 3-4/1995 Revised Reportable Disease List 3-4/1997 Idris-A New Infectious Disease Reporting System 11-12/2006 Additions To Disease Reporting Requirement: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 1-2/2009 Important Notice: Disease Reporting In Louisiana 1-2/2010 Reportable Infectious Disease Case Counting 3-4/2014 Notice: IDRIS 2 9-10/2014

Retrovirus – See HIV

Reyes Syndrome Reyes Syndrome In Lafayette, Louisiana 6/1973 Bulletin(S) 2-3/77, 1-2/86 Reye Syndrome And Salicylates 3/1982

Rheumatic Fever – See Streptococcus

Ricin When There Is A Suspicious Substance In The Mail … 7-8/2004

Rickettsia – See Typhus New Form For Serology 2/1981 Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – Jefferson Parish 6/1968 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Where Are You? 9/1974 Communicable Disease Bulletins 7- 8/1977 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever 6/1979 Tick Bites Can Cause Serious Illness 1-4/1988 Beware Of Ticks 3-4/1990

Rodent – See Animals, Hantavirus, Rabies

Rotavirus Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Rotavirus And Intussusception 7-8/1999

Roundworms – See Toxocara

Rubella Test For Rubella (German Measles) Available 1/1968 Questions On Rubella Diagnosis 3/1968 Measles Outbreak – Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana 9/1968 Rubella Immunization Program Planned 5/1969 Recommendation Of The Public Health Service Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices - Prelicensing Statement On Rubella 5/1969 Virus Vaccine State Health Department Launches Rubella Control Program 9/1969 Registry For Congenital Rubella 10/1969 Rubella Progress Report 2/1970 Questions And Answers On Rubella (German Measles) Vaccine 7/1970 Serologic Assistance In Rubella Diagnosis 12/1970 Serologic Testing For Rubella – A Warning 1/1971 Rubella Vaccination During Pregnancy 4/1971 Rubella Virus Vaccine Usage 9/1971 Evidence Of Widespread Rubella In Louisiana 3/1973 Rubella Spreads Among Louisiana Young Adults 3/1975 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 Bulletin 1/1978 Rubella Immunization Of Post-Pubertal Females 3/1978 Statewide Rubella Outbreak: Recommendations To Physicians 4/1978 Red Measles - The Continuing Saga 11&12/78 Rubella - Changing Concepts 8/1979 New Form For Serology 2/1981 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Routine Rubella Testing Prior To Vaccination Not Essential 3/1983 Rubella Screening Test Now Available 5/1984 Measles Outbreak Washington - St.Tammany (41 Cases) 7/1985 Fetal Risk Associated With Maternal Vaccination 9/1985

Rubeola Measles Eradication 2/1967 15,000 Vaccinated For Measles – Rapides, Avoyelles 3/1967 Mass Measles Campaign – Baton Rouge 4/1967 K.O. Measles Campaign In Orleans And St. Bernard Parishes 8/1967 Measles Epidemic – Allen Parish 3/1969 Measles Outbreak – Webster Parish 4/1969 Measles Outbreak – East Baton Rouge 6/1969 Measles Returns To Louisiana 3/1970 Measles (Rubeola) 5/1970 Measles 10/1970 Outbreak Of Measles – West Monroe 11/1970 Measles Outbreaks Increasing 1/1971 Measles Surveillance 4/1971 Louisiana Exports Not Necessarily In Demand 6/1973 Measles Eradication In 1975 3/1975 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Measles Tragedy In Louisiana - 1975 1/1976 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana - 1975 2/1976 Special Request 2/1976 Physicians Please Read This 3/1976 Epidemiology Briefs 4/1976 Measles Outbreak In Assumption Parish 9/1976 Rubeola Morbidity In Louisiana - 1976 6/1977 1& 2/78, 1& 3-4/79, 4/83, 9- Bulletin 12/88 Measles – Iberia Parish 2/1978 Cf Test For Measles (Rubeola) Unsuitable For Determining Immunity 7/1978 News Media Reports Of Need For Revaccination Against Measles 1/1982 1981 Measles Update 1/1982 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Recommendations For Measles Vaccination For International Travel 5/1982 Measles Outbreak In Monroe, Louisiana 12/1982 Measles – United States, First 26 Weeks, 1983 7/1983 Measles Morbidity 11/1983 Measles Outbreak-(Shreveport) 3-4/1990 ACIP Issues Two-Dose Measles Vaccine Recommendations 3-4/1990 Measles Outbreak In Jefferson Parish 5-6/1995 Global Measles Eradication Summary 11-12/1996 The Case Of Measles That Wasn’t, Or ‘Delusional Measles’ - Louisiana, 2012 5-6/2012

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St. Louis Encephalitis –See Encephalitis Epidemiologic Briefs 8/75, 4/76 Viral Surveillance In Louisiana-1975 2/1976 St. Louis Encephalitis In Louisiana - 1976 10-11/1976 St. Louis Encephalitis 5/77, 5/78, 1-2/87 Communicable Disease Bulletins 7- 8/1977 Bulletin(S) 4-5/80, 7/80 Update: Saint Louis Encephalitis In New Orleans 9/1980 Facts You May Want To Know About St. Louis Encephalitis 1-4/1988 St. Louis Encephalitis Outbreak, 1994 9-10/1994 Update: St. Louis Encephalitis Outbreak, 1994 1-2/1995 St. Louis Encephalitis Outbreak, 1998 11-12/1998

Salmonella – See Food Poisoning, Gastrointestinal Disorders And Travel Non-Treatment Of Salmonella Gastroenteritis 4/1968 Salmonella Rides Again! 11/1969 Salmonella Food Poisoning Outbreak, New Orleans 11/1969 CDC Veterinary Public Health Notes, July, 1970 7/1970 Salmonella Anatum Gastroenteritis Outbreak In A Louisiana State School 12/1972 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Epidemiologic Briefs 8/1975 Salmonella Singapore Outbreak-New Orleans 12/1975 Preventing Food Outbreaks From Poultry 9-10/1987 Traveler=S Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Pseudo-Outbreak Of Nosocomial Salmonellosis, Louisiana 3-4/1989 Annual Summary-Salmonella 5-6/1990 Salmonellosis At A Fund-Raising Event 1-2/1991 Annual Summary Salmonellosis 9-10/1991 Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak Traced To Food Handler Contamination 1-2/1992 Active Surveillance For Enteric Disease In Southeast Louisiana 1-2/1992 Annual Summary: Salmonellosis 1991 7-8/1992 Active Surveillance Of Enteric Diseases 5-6/1993 Food-Related Complaints 1992 7-8/1993 Annual Summary: Salmonellosis, 1992 11-12/1993 Annual Summary: Salmonellosis, 1993 9-10/1994 Annual Summary: Salmonellosis, 1994 7-8/1995 Annual Summary Salmonellosis, 1995 3-4/1996 Annual Summary - Salmonellosis, 1996 11-12/1997 Salmonellosis At A Fund Raising Event 1-2/1998 Salmonellosis From A Commercially Distributed Product; Annual Summary Salmonellosis, 1997 11-12/1998 Annual Summary Salmonellosis, 1998 11-12/1999 Annual Summary Salmonellosis, 1999 9-10/2000 Stuffed Bell Peppers And Salmonella Don’t Mix Well 3-4/2001 Annual Summary Salmonellosis, 2001 3-4/2002 Salmonella Tennessee Outbreak In Peanut Butter - U.S. And La - 2007 5-6/2007 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013 Infants With Positive Salmonella Cultures-Louisiana, 2013 3-4/2013 Rare Salmonella Uganda Outbreak Associated With Hog Head Cheese-Louisiana, 2012 3-4/2013 Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak Associates With Baby Chicks Includes Louisiana 7-8/2013 Raw Milk: Just the Facts 5-6/2014 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

Salmonella Typhi – See Typhoid

Salpingitis – See Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Sandfly Fever Infectious Diseases To Return From Middle East 5-6/1991

Sanitary Code – See Reporting New Revision To Sanitary Code Requires Private Laboratories To Report Positive Tests For Syphilis 11/1969 Infectious Waste Regulations Amended In Sanitary Code 9-10/1990 Warning Requirements On Consuming Raw Shellfish 1-2/1993 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Confidential Disease Case Report 3-4 & 9-10/99 Additions To Disease Reporting Requirements: Pesticides-Related Illness & Injury & Heavy Metals (Arsenic Cadmium, Lead & Mercury); 5-6/2006 Pesticide Exposure & Toxicity; Heavy Metal Exposure & Toxicity Announcements-Changes to the Sanitary Code 5-6/2013

Sanitation Sanitation Issues B Then And Now 5-6/1993 Food-Related Complaints 1992 7-8/1993 11-12/93, 11-12/95, 9-10/96, 3- Louisiana Facts 4/00

SARS – See Influenza

Scabies STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995 Scabies - Louisiana, 2012 7-8/2012

Scarlet Fever – See Streptococcus Group A Louisiana Facts 7-8/93, 7-8/00

Schistosomiasis Infectious Diseases To Return From Middle East 5-6/1991

School Louisiana School-Based Health Centers 9-10/97, 1-2/00 Survey On School-Based Health Centers 1-2/1999 Improved Health Outcomes – La Adolescent School Health Initiative 5-6/2003 School-Based Health Center Post Katrina And Rita Needs Assessment Survey: Louisiana, 2006 5-6/2006 School Pesticide Safety 7-8/2006 Notice: Legislative Changes In Immunization Laws For School-Aged Children 7-8/2008 Screening For Type 2 Diabetes In School-Based Health Centers-Louisiana, 2007-2008 11-12/2008 Group A Streptococcal Infections In A School-Based Health Clinic-Louisiana, 2003-2007 1-2/2008

Scombroid Fish Poisoning Scrombroid Fish Poisoning - Louisiana - December, 2006 3-4/2007

Seafood – See Fish

Seatbelts – See Injury Control

Senior Adults Aids Update: Aids In The Elderly 9-10/1992 Influenza Vaccination: Focus On Diabetics And Older Population 9-10/2003 Natural Teeth Retention Among Older Adults In Louisiana 3-4/2004

Septicemia Septicemia - Louisiana, 1999-2007 9-10/2009

Serology New Form For Serology 2/1981

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID) Pilot Testing For Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID) Begins Louisiana, 2010 7-8/2010

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)–See Gonorrhea, HIV, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Syphilis And Venereal Disease Cooperation Asked For Vd Survey 2/1968 New Revision To Sanitary Code Requires Private Laboratories To Report Positive Tests For Syphilis 11/1969 Syphilis Serology – Why Report It? 2/1970 Syphilis 4/1970 Diagnosis Of Gonorrhea 11/1971 Penicillin Reactions 2/1972 New Gonorrhea Treatment Schedules 3/1972 Lost To Follow-Up/ Serology Of Untreated Syphilis 4/1973 Recommended Treatment Schedules For Gonorrhea 1/1975 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Vd Course For Physicians 8/1975 Syphilis: Vdrl Vs. Fta-Abs 11/1975 Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhea First Intrusion Into The U.S. 10-11/1976 Syphilis Screening For Employment 6/1977 Use Of The Fluorescent Treponenal Antibody (Fta-Abs) Test 2/1978 Venereal Disease Control Activities 2/1978 Serologic Tests For Syphilis 2/1979 Bulletin(S) 5/79, 6/79, 11-12/91 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 PPNG-Shreveport 3/1980 Disseminated Gonococcal Infection 12/1980 Spectinomycin-Resistant Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhea- California 5/1981 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 What To Know About Genital Herpes 3/1982 Recommended Changes In Treatment Of Gonorrhea And Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 1/1984 Penicillinase Producing Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. (PPNG) Outbreak In La 5-6/1986 Congenital Syphilis Outbreak B New Orleans 9-10/1989 Syphilis Cases Increase In Louisiana 5-6/1990 Annual Summary-Gonorrhea 9-10/1990 Update: Syphilis Epidemic 9-10/1991 Bulletin(S) 11-12/91, 5-6/92 Genital Chlamydia Infections In Louisiana 7-8/1992 Increase In Congenital Syphilis: Recommendations For Screening 11-12/1992 Annual Summary: Syphilis 1992 1-2/1994 Evaluation Of STD Reporting 3-4/1994 Jail Screening For Sexually Transmitted Diseases 5-6/1994 Chlamydia Rates Decrease In New Orleans 9-10/1994 Aids Update Prevalence Of HIV Among Clients Attending The New Orleans STD Clinic 11-12/1994 Update: Syphilis Emergency 1-2/1995 STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995 Corrections - STD Treatment Guidelines 9-10/1995 Clinic Accessibility And Delays In Seeking STD Care 11-12/1995 Aids Update HIV Seroincidence In A New Orleans STD Clinic 7-8/1996 Louisiana STD Update 3-4/1997 Domestic Violence And Sexual Abuse Project 5-6/1997 Aids Update HIV Incidence In A New Orleans STD Clinic 11-12/1997 STD Treatment As HIV Prevention 1-2/1998 1998 STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1999 HIV/Aids Update STDs Cause HIV Spread In Louisiana 11-12/1999 Louisiana STD Trends 1-2/2001 Office Of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases And Emergency Preparedness Program Collaborate, Baton Rouge, La 7-8/2005 Sexually Transmitted Disease During Pregnancy, La, 1997-2004 7-8/2006 Sexually Transmitted Disease Update - Louisiana, 2007-2008 5-6/2009 April Is STD Awareness Month 1-2/2009 An Assessment Of The Future Practice Of Medicine In Louisiana 5-6/2011 Sexually Transmitted Disease Exposure - Via The Internet? Louisiana, 2009-2011 7-8/2011 STD Surveillance Update Louisiana 1-2/2012, 3-4/2013 Upcoming-STD Education and Awareness Month 1-2/2014

Shigella – See Foodborne/Food Poisoning And Gastrointestinal Disorders Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 A Foodborne Outbreak Of Shigella Sonnei Gastroenteritis May 1988 5- 6/1988 Traveler=S Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Shigellosis B Caddo Parish 7-8/1989 Shigella Sonnei 11-12/1989 Shigellosis Outbreak At Institution 11-12/1990 Annual Summary: Shigellosis 1990 1-2/1991 Infectious Diseases To Return From Middle East 5-6/1991 Annual Summary: Shigellosis 1991 3-4/1992 Shigella Outbreak In Calcasieu Parish 5-6/1993 Food-Related Complaints 1992 7-8/1993 Annual Summary: Shigellosis 1992 9-10/1993 Shigellosis At Institution For Developmentally Disabled 11-12/1993 Bulletin; Annual Summary: Shigellosis 1993 5-6/1994 Annual Summary, Shigellosis 1994 9-10/1995 Annual Summary Shigellosis - 1995 7-8/1996 Annual Summary Shigellosis - 1996 1-2/1998 Annual Summary Shigellosis - 1997 3-4/1999 Annual Summary Shigellosis - 1999 7-8/2000 Annual Summary Shigellosis - 2000 3-4/2000 Annual Summary Shigellosis - 2001 5-8/2002 Shigella In Central Louisiana 3-4/2004 Ending An Outbreak-Shigella Region 8, Louisiana, 2010 3-4/2011

Sickle Cell Neonatal Sickle Cell Screening And Follow-Up 7-8/1991 Evaluation Of Newborn Sickle Cell Screening 9-10/1998

SIDS Pulmonary Hemosiderosis Among Infants 3-4/1998 Child Deaths In Louisiana 1-2/1999 Newborn Sickle Cell Screening 11-12/2002 Promoting A Safe Sleep Environment: Will It Make A Difference? 9-10/2005 Reducing The Risk Of SIDS Through Educational Intervention - Region V - Louisiana, 2006 - 2008 7-8/2009

Smallpox – See Immunization Smallpox Vaccination Requirement For Mexico Travelers Discontinued; Possible Smallpox Cases Investigated – Orleans - St. Bernard; 6/1967 Vaccinia Virus Transmitted To Dairy Cattle Immunization Recommendations For Adults 7/1967 Reconsideration Of Routine Primary Smallpox Vaccination 8/1971 Smallpox Immunization 10/1971 Special Request 2/1976 Immunizations For Foreign Travel 6/1979 Bulletin(S) 10 & 11/1979 Smallpox Vaccination 5/1982 Health Precautions For International Travelers 5/1984 11-12/90, 7-8/93, 7-8/95, Louisiana Facts 1-2/96, 3-4/97, 7-8/00, 5-6/01 Eruptive Fever: Besiculo-Pustular Rash Smallpox? 11-12/2001

Smoking Passive Smoking: Myth Or Reality 10/1984 Mortality And Economic Impact Of Cigarette Smoking In Louisiana, 1985 11-12/1987 No Smoking Policy At OPH 9-10/1990 Louisiana Ranks 37th In Smoking Cessation Progress 11-12/1990 Mortality And Economic Impact Of Smoking In Louisiana 5-6/1992 Louisiana Smoking Trends: BRFSS 1991-1992 3-4/1994 Smoking In Pregnancy 3-4/1995 Cost Of Smoking In Louisiana 1-2/1999 Ten Great Public Health Achievements – United States, 1900-1999 9-10/1999 BRFSS: Tobacco Trends In Louisiana, 1991-1999 9-10/2000 Pregnant Women And Smoking - Louisiana 9-10/2001 Tobacco Smoke Exposure In Children Under 5 Years Of Age 1-2/2002 Smoking Prevalence Among Public Middle School Students 3-4/2002 BRFSS: Trends In Cigarette Smoking Among Young Adults In La 3-4/2003 Tobacco Use - Behavioral Risk Factor Survey - Louisiana, 2004-2006 11-12/2009 Infant Secondhand Smoke Exposure - Louisiana, 1998-2004 11-12/2010 Tobacco Use-Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Louisiana, 1995-2009 7-8/2011 Relationship Between Adolescent Smoking, Student’s Attitudes & Family Social Environment Favorable Toward Smoking-Louisiana, 9-10/2011 2006 Maternal Perinatal Smoking Behavior And Infant Outcomes Louisiana, 2008-2009 9-10/2013

Sphingomonas Sphingomonas Infection - Southern Louisiana, 2010 11-12/2010

Stachybotrys Pulmonary Hemosiderosis Among Infants 3-4/1998

Stalking Stalking In Louisiana 11-12/2000

Staphylococcus – See Antibiotic Resistance/Sensitivity, Foodborne/Food Poisoning, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Mrsa Staphylococcal Food Poisoning On An Offshore Oil Platform 10/1974 Staphylococcal Food Poisoning – Terrebonne Parish 4/1975 Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus Infections - Michigan 4/1981 Food Borne Attack In Rapides Parish 8/1985 New Orleans Food Festival Food Borne Outbreak - June 28 & 29, 1986 1-2/1987 A Restaurant’s “Special” Staphylococcus Food Poisoning - Orleans Parish 1-2/1989 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections In Nursing Homes 5-6/1989 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) State Guidelines 7-8/1993 Food-Related Complaints 1992 7-8/1993 Emerging Infections 3-4/1994 The Christmas Staph Party 1-2/1995 Community-Acquired MRSA 1-2/2004 Are There More Deaths Due To Invasive Staphylococcal Infection? 7-8/2004 Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004 Is Mortality From Staphylococci On The Rise? 5-6/2005 Staphylococcal Disease 1-2/2007

Statistics Infectious Disease Epidemiology Web Statistics- July-December, 2008 1-2/2009 Infectious Disease Epidemiology Web Statistics - April - June, 2009 9-10/2009

Stenotrophomonas Hydrotherapy Pools: A Source Of Infection? 5-6/2004

STD – See Sexually Transmitted Disease

Strategic National Stockpile Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness In Louisiana 5-6/2003 Antimicrobial Resistance Update And Strategic National Stockpile Distribution Information 5-6/2004 A Strategic National Stockpile Update 7-8/2006 Federal Medical Stations - Louisiana, 2006 11-12/2006 Point Of Dispensing Sites 5-6/2007 Cities Readiness Initiative 7-8/2007 Postal Plan - Louisiana, 2009 1-2/2009 The Strategic National Stockpile And H1n1 Influenza - Louisiana, 2009 7-8/2009 Strategic National Stockpile Exercise - Louisiana, 2012 3-4/2012 CHEMPACK - Louisiana, 2013 9-10/2013

Streptococcus – See Antibiotic Resistance/Sensitivity, Impetigo, Foodborne, Pneumococcus, Scarlet Fever & Toxic Shock Statement On Management Of Streptococcal Infections 4/1976 Statement On Management Of Contacts Of Streptococcal Infections 12/1983 Bulletin 5/1984 Invasive Streptococcal Infection& Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome 5-6/1990 Louisiana Facts 7-8/1993 Prevention Of Group B Streptococcal Infection 3-4/95, 3-4/96 Pneumococcal Resistance In Day Care 5-6/1995 Drug Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Report From Shreveport 11-12/1995 Active Surveillance Program For Drug-Resistant Pathogens 7-8/1996 Group B Strep Prevention Guidelines 11-12/1997 Emerging Pathogens Advisory Committee To Develop Guidelines 7-8/1998 1-2/97, 11-12/97, 11-12/98, Emerging Pathogens Surveillance 5-6/99, 5-6/00, 11-12/00 Prenatal Group B Streptococcal Screening 11-12/1999 Increasing Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Rates In Hospitalized Patients 3-4/2004 Is Mortality In Louisiana From Invasive Streptococcal Infections Increasing? 1-2/2005 Has Mortality From Influenza And Pneumonia Been Rising In Louisiana? 7-8/2005 Gbs Assessment Prevention, Control Policies In Perinatal Women-Louisiana, January-May 2007 7-8/2007 Group A Streptococcal Infections In A School-Based Health Clinic-Louisiana, 2003-2007 1-2/2008

Stroke BRFSS: The Effect Of Diabetes On Stroke Disparities 1-2/2003 Stroke In Louisiana, 2005 9-10/2005

Strongyloides Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975 Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Louisiana Facts 9-10/1995

Surveillance - See Behavior & Emergency Departments Do Physicians Report Diseases 7-8/1990 Active Surveillance For Enteric Disease In Southeast Louisiana 1-2/1992 Emergency Public Health Surveillance System 5-6/1993 Active Surveillance Of Enteric Diseases 5-6/1993

Swimming Healthy Swimming Louisiana 5-6/2013

Swine Fever (Hog Cholera) CDC Veterinary Public Health Notes, July, 1970 7/1970

Swine Flu – See Influenza

Swamp Itch – See Strongyloides

Syndromic Surveillance – See Emergency Departments Syndromic Surveillance For Emergency Department 1-2/2002 ‘An Eye On The Ball Is Worth A Million Bytes’; Putting Syndromic Surveillance In Its Proper Place With Ears-Louisiana, 2007 11-12/2007 Hurricane Isaac Syndromic Surveillance-Louisiana, August 27-September 3, 2012 3-4/2013 Super Bowl-Hospital Emergency Department Syndromic Survellance-Louisiana, 2013 5-6/2013

Syphilis – See Sexually Transmitted Disease New Revision To Sanitary Code Requires Private Laboratories To Report Positive Tests For Syphilis 11/1969 Syphilis Serology – Why Report It? 2/1970 Syphilis 4/1970 Lost To Follow-Up/ Serology Of Untreated Syphilis 4/1973 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Syphilis: Vdrl Vs. Fta-Abs 11/1975 Syphilis Screening For Employment 6/1977 Use Of The Fluorescent Treponenal Antibody (Fta-Abs) Test 2/1978 Serologic Tests For Syphilis 2/1979 Bulletin(S) 6/1979 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Congenital Syphilis Outbreak B New Orleans 9-10/1989 Syphilis Cases Increase In Louisiana 5-6/1990 Update: Syphilis Epidemic 9-10/1991 Increase In Congenital Syphilis: Recommendations For Screening 11-12/1992 Annual Summary: Syphilis 1992 1-2/1993 Syphilis Declared Public Health Emergency 1-2/1994 Update: Syphilis Emergency 1-2/1995 Screening For Syphilis In Pregnant Women: Results Of A Survey 1-2/1996 Usefulness Of Partner Notification For Syphilis Prevention In Louisiana 5-6/1998 Annual Summary Early Syphilis 1997 5-6/1998 HIV Prevalence Among Persons With Syphilis 7-8/1998 Syphilis Elimination 5-6/1999 Primary And Secondary Syphilis In Louisiana 5-6/2003 Nationwide Syphilis Elimination Program: Focus On Louisiana, 1988-2005 5-6/2006 Babies With Syphilis - Louisiana, 2006 9-10/2007 Erratum - September-October, 2008 Disease Statistics - Syphilis 1-2/2009 Recommendation: Syphilis Screening For All Women Diagnosed Pregnant While Cared For in ED Settings 3-4/2013 Announcements-Act 459-Third Trimester HIV and Syphilis Testing; 5-6/2014

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Taenia Saginata A Taenia Saginata Infection Louisiana-May, 2011 7-8/2011

Tapeworm - See Dipylidium, Taenia, Worms

Teeth Natural Teeth Retention Among Older Adults In Louisiana 3-4/2004

Terrorism – See Bioterrorism

Tetanus – See Immunization Immunization Recommendations For Adults 7/1967 Tetanus – Louisiana 3/1968 A Case Of Tetanus In A Young Louisiana Teacher 8/1974 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Revised Immunization Schedule 6/1977 Bulletin(S) 6/79, 12/79 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Tetanus: Caution In Assessing Immunization History 7-8/1988 Combination Vaccine Approved 9-10/1993 Tetanus-Diphtheria Combination Recommended 9-10/1996 Influenza, Pneumonia And Tetanus Immunizations 9-10/2003

Ticks – See Babesiosis, Lyme Disease What’s “Tick”-ing? 11-12/2006

Tobacco Use – See Smoking

Tornados – See Hurricane, Injury

Toxic Shock Toxic-Shock Syndrome - Summary 8/1980 Invasive Streptococcal Infection And Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome 5-6/1990

Toxocara Toxocara Larva Migrans - Surveillance 1/1981

Toxoplasmosis New Antibody Test Available In Toxoplasmosis Diagnosis 4/1968

Trachoma Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975

Training Public Health Satellite Broadcast Training (Tb, Flu, Vibrio, Vaccines) 1-2/1999 1-2, 3-4,5-6,7-8, 9-10 & 11- OPH Training Offerings 12/05, 3-4 & 5-6/06 3-4/06, 9-10/07, 1-2/09, 9-10/10, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Field Epidemiology 3-4/11, 11-12/11, 5-6 & 7-8/12, 5-6/14 9-10/06, 11-12/08, 5-6/ /10, 7- Louisiana’s Infectious Disease Rapid Response Team 8/11 Statewide Education 3-4/2008 11-12/10, 5-6 &11-12/13; 5- Infectious Disease Epidemiology Training 6./14 NHSN Training-Metairie, Louisiana-October 13, 2014 11-12/2014

Travel Poliomyelitis Immunizations For European Travelers 8/1969 Immunizations For Travel To Expo ’70 3/1970 Immunization Requirements For Foreign Travel 12/1971 Changes In Quarantine Measures For Travelers To Europe And The U.S.S.R. 2/1972 Prevention Of Travelers’ Diarrhea 5/1972 Are International Travelers Overimmunized? 10/1974 Recommendations For Measles Vaccination For International Travel 5/1982 Health Precautions For International Travelers 5/1984 Health Hints For The International Traveler 9-12/1988 Travelers’ Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Bulletin(S) 3-4/1989 Health Information For International Travel - United States Public Health Service Recommendations 9-10/1989 CDC’s Voice Information System For International Travelers 7-8/1991 Visceral Leishmaniasis In Returning Soldiers Causes Blood Donation Ban 1-2/1992

Trichinosis Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Trichinellosis-Region 3- Louisiana, 2010-2011 3-4/2011 Wildlife and Agricultural Animal Diseases: A Reminder of Potential Hazards to Hunters-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2013

Trichomoniasis STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

Trichuris Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Vietnam Refugee Notes 10/1975 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Louisiana Fact 7-8/2000

Tropheryma Whipplei – See Whipple’s Disease

Tuberculosis - See Isoniazid Family Outbreak Of Tuberculosis 3/1969 The Reporting Of Tuberculosis 7/1969 Preventative Treatment For Tuberculous Infection 7/1969 Tuberculin Testing In Louisiana 6/1970 CDC Veterinary Public Health Notes, July, 1970 7/1970 Isoniazid And The Liver 12/1971 Tuberculin Testing Of Children 5/1975 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Ethanbutol And The Tuberculosis Patient 2/1976 Tuberculosis Epidemic Richland Parish, La 3/1976 Recommendations For Health Dept. Supervision Of Tb Patients 5/1976 New Concepts In The Care Of Tuberculosis 4/1977 Guidelines - Tuberculosis Case Management And Referral 1/1978 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Short Course Chemotherapy For Tuberculosis 3/1980 Tuberculosis In Louisiana 6/81, 7/81 Tuberculosis Control Highlights-Abstracted From The Tuberculosis Control Manual 9/1981 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 Bulletin(S) 1/83, 7-8/89, 5-6/90 Tb Control Program In 1982 A Step In The Right Direction 3/1983 Notification Of Contact With Infectious Disease (Act 805) 11-12/1987 Tb And Aids In Louisiana 5-6/1989 Annual Report - Tuberculosis 7-8/1990 Update: Resistant Tuberculosis In Vermilion Parish 1-2/1991 Tranmission Of Mycobacterium Bovis Tuberculosis At The Zoo 3-4/1992 Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis And Aids 5-6/1992 Annual Summary Tuberculosis 1992 3-4/1993 Louisiana Facts – Vaccination 1878 3-4/1993 Tuberculosis In An Elementary School 5-6/1993 Tuberculosis Legislation 9-10/1993 Changes In Tb Therapy Regimen; Aids Update Tuberculosis And Aids 11-12/1993 Emerging Infections 3-4/1994 Tuberculosis In 1993 7-8/1994 Louisiana Facts - Tuberculosis 1906-1916 9-10/1994 Tb Transmission Guidelines 11-12/1994 Tb Cases Increase In 1994 5-6/1995 Louisiana Facts -1928-38 5-6/1995 An Outbreak Of Tuberculosis Among Workers On A Group Of River Barges 7-8/1995 Tuberculosis Clinical Materials Available 11-12/1995 New Masks Approved For Tuberculosis Protection 1-2/1996 Inpatient Tuberculosis Treatment Unit Available 11-12/1996 Annual Summary Tuberculosis - 1995 1-2/1997 Tuberculosis In Louisiana 1996 9-10/1997 Tuberculosis - 1997 3-4/1998 Tuberculosis In Louisiana 1998 3-4/1999 HIV/Aids Update HIV/Aids And Tuberculosis 1-2/2000 Tuberculosis – Louisiana, 1999 3-4/2000 High Rates Of Reported Tuberculosis Cases In Some Specific Population Groups 7-8/2001 Changes In Tb Treatment 5-8/2002 Tuberculosis In Louisiana 3-4/2003 LOUISIANA FACT- 1840s-1910 11-12/2003 Tuberculosis In Louisiana; 2003 Update 9-10/2004 Tb Strain With Strong Persistence And with Highly Efficient & Rapid Transmission-Louisiana, 2004 9-10/2004 Hurricane Katrina’s Impact On Tuberculosis Control In The Gulf States 3-4/2006 What Should Be Done With Suspect Tuberculosis? 5-6/2013 Upcoming-World TB Day 1-2/2014 Is It Tuberculosis?-Louisiana, 2014 11-12/2014

Tularemia A Case Report: Tularemia In Webster Parish 8/1973 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 When There Is A Suspicious Substance In The Mail 7-8/2004

Typhoid Family Outbreak Of Typhoid Fever – Caddo, Red River 4/1967 Immunization Recommendations For Adults 7/1967 Typhoid Vaccine 11/1968 Immunizations And Hurricanes 7/1970 Typhoid Fever In Mexico 5/1972 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Typhoid Fever-1975 9/1975 Typhoid Fever - New Orleans Area 10/1975 Typhoid Fever Outbreak In Natchitoches Parish 5/1976 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 New Oral Typhoid Vaccine 5-6/1990 Infectious Diseases To Return From Middle East 5-6/1991 Bulletin(S) 1-2/1995 Louisiana Fact 5-6/2001 Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007

Typhus – See Animals Typhus In Louisiana 11/1968 Murine Typhus – Caddo Parish 12/1969 Endemic Murine Typhus, New Orleans Metropolitan Area 5/1972 Bulletin(S) 9/79, 1-2/89 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995

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Under-Nutrition – See Nutrition

Urethritis STD Treatment Guidelines 7-8/1995

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Vaccination – See Hepatitis & Immunization

Vaccinia – See Smallpox

Varicella – See Immunization Zoster Immune Globulin Program: Zig 11/1974 Bulletin(S) 3/80, 9-10/99 Excluding Sick Children From Day Care Centers 9-10/1991 Newly Licensed Varicella Virus Vaccine 5-6/1995 Varicella Vaccine Now Available At Health Units 5-6/1997 Bulletin Varicella Vaccination 5-6/2000 Louisiana Fact 7-8/2000 Eruptive Fever: Besiculo-Pustular Rash Smallpox? 11-12/2001 Varicella Vaccination Update: New 2003 School & Day Care Entry Requirements 7-8/2003 Varicella (Chickenpox) Survey - Louisiana, 2010-2011 9-10/2011 Varicella Outbreak In A Daycare - Louisiana, 2011 1-2/2012

Venereal Disease – See Gonorrhea And Syphilis Cooperation Asked For Vd Survey 2/1968 New Revision To Sanitary Code Requires Private Laboratories To Report Positive Tests For Syphilis 11/1969 Syphilis Serology – Why Report It? 2/1970 Syphilis 4/1970 Diagnosis Of Gonorrhea 11/1971 Penicillin Reactions 2/1972 New Gonorrhea Treatment Schedules 3/1972 Lost To Follow-Up / Serology Of Untreated Syphilis 4/1973 Recommended Treatment Schedules For Gonorrhea 1/1975 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Vd Course For Physicians 8/1975 Syphilis: Vdrl Vs. Fta-Abs 11/1975 Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhea First Intrusion Into The U.S. 10-11/1976 Syphilis Screening For Employment 6/1977 Use Of The Fluorescent Treponenal Antibody (Fta-Abs) Test 2/1978 Venereal Disease Control Activities 2/1978 Serologic Tests For Syphilis 2/1979 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Bulletin(S) 5/79, 6/79, 11-12/91, 5-6/92 PPNG-Shreveport 3/1980 Disseminated Gonococcal Infection 12/1980 Spectinomycin-Resistant Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhea - California 5/1981 Communicable Diseases Louisiana, 1981 2/1982 What To Know About Genital Herpes 3/1982 Recommended Changes In Treatment Of Gonorrhea And Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 1/1984 Penicillinase Producing Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. (PPNG) Outbreak In La 5-6/1986 Congenital Syphilis Outbreak B New Orleans 9-10/1989 Syphilis Cases Increase In Louisiana 5-6/1990 Annual Summary-Gonorrhea 9-10/1990 Update: Syphilis Epidemic 9-10/1991 Genital Chlamydia Infections In Louisiana 7-8/1992 Increase In Congenital Syphilis: Recommendations For Screening 11-12/1992

Veterinary CDC Veterinary Public Health Notes, July, 1970 7/1970 A Web-Based Integrated Veterinary Surveillance System For La 3-4/2005 Louisiana Fact 11-12/2007

Vectorborne – See Dengue, Mosquito, West Nile Virus OPH Training Offerings –Videoconference Courses; Vectorborne Disease Epidemiology 3-4/04, 5-6/05 Videoconference Course “Bugs Are Us” –An Update On Vectorborne Disease Epidemiology In Louisiana 5-6/2004 Upcoming-World Health Day-Focus on Vector-borne Diseases 1-2/2014

Vibrio - See Foodborne/Food Poisoning And Gastrointestinal Disorders Recommendation Of The Public Health Service Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices 5/1968 International Notes - Cholera 8/1970 The Cholera Threat 9/1973 Are International Travelers Over Immunized? 10/1974 Health Screening Of Vietnamese Refugees 6/1975 Special Request 2/1976 Bulletin(S) 6/78, 2/80, 7/81, 1/85, 5-6/91 Vibrio Parahemolyticus Food Borne Outbreak - Louisiana 7/1978 Cholera 9/1978 Cholera Update 10/1978 Cholera - Follow-Up On 1978 Louisiana Outbreak 5/1979 Immunizations For Foreign Travel 5/1979 Health Status - Indochinese Refugees 9/1979 Non-01 Vibrio Cholera 11/1980 An Outbreak Of Cholera On A Gulf Coast Oil Rig 11/1981 Vibrio Vulnificus Infections 8/1982 Gastroenteritis Associated With Raw Oyster Consumption 5/1983 Health Precautions For International Travelers 5/1984 Cholera In Louisiana 7-8/1986 Vibrio Infections Become Reportable 5- 6/1988 Traveler’s Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Warning 7-8/1989 Annual Summary Non-Cholera-01 Vibrio Infections 5-6/1991 Cholera And Travelers To South America 7-8/1991 Update – Cholera In Louisiana And South America 11-12/1991 Active Surveillance For Enteric Disease In Southeast Louisiana 1-2/1992 Cholera In Vermilion Parish 9-10/1992 Vibrio Infection In Louisiana 3-4/1993 Active Surveillance Of Enteric Diseases 5-6/1993 Vibrio Cholerae O1 Inaba Case 7-8/1993 Food-Related Complaints 1992 7-8/1993 Vibrio Cholerae Serogroup 0139: A New Toxigenic Serogroup 9-10/1993 Annual Summary: Vibrio Infections 1993 7-8/1994 Annual Summary: Vibrio Infections 1994 5-6/1995 Vibrio Vulnificus Infection 1985-1994 9-10/1995 Annual Summary: Vibrio Infections 1996 5-6/1997 Annual Summary: Vibrio Infections 1997 1-2/1999 Annual Summary: Vibrio Infections 1998 3-4/2000 Louisiana Fact 11-12/2000 Annual Summary: Vibrio Infections 2000 5-6/2001 Vibrio In Louisiana, 1993-2002, Summary 11-12/2003 Vibrio In Louisiana, January-October, 2003 11-12/2003 To Close Or Not To Close 3-4/2004 Cholera: Forgotten, But Not Gone 7-8/2004 Non-Cholera Vibrio Infections Reported In Louisiana, January–September 2004 (N=26) 11-12/2004 Online CME-Approved Course For Physicians-Deadly Delicacy: V. Vulnificus In Raw Oysters 5-6/2005 Vibrio Illnesses After Hurricanes Katrina And Rita – Louisiana, August29-October 15, 2005 11-12/2005 Vibrio, Summer And Seafood 11-12/2006 Summary Of Vibrio Surveillance - Louisiana, 2008 1-2/2009 Vibrio Hollisae Causes Illness - Region Ii - Louisiana, 2009 7-8/2009 Vibrio - Not Just A Foodborne Illness - Louisiana, 2011 9-10/2012 Louisiana, 2012-A Big Year For Vibrio Fluvialis 1-2/2013

Violence – See Injury

Viral Meningitis – See Meningitis

Vital Statistics Attention Physicians 10/1982

VRE – See Enterococcus

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Waste Infectious Waste Regulations Amended In Sanitary Code 9-10/1990

Web Announcement: Recent Updates To The Infectious Disease Epidemiology Webpage 7-8 &9-10/06

Weight – See Obesity Achieving Appropriate Weight Gain During Pregnancy Requires More Than Education - La, 2001-2004 9-10/2008

Western Blot Bulletin 1-2/1986

Western Equine Encephalitis – See Encephalitis

West Nile Virus West Nile Virus Activity, Louisiana 5-8/2002 West Nile Virus Update 11-12/2002 Update: West Nile Virus 3-4/2003 Difficulties In The Interpretation Of WNV Test Results 5-6/2003 Perception Of West Nile Virus Activity 9-10/2003 Alligators And West Nile Virus 11-12/2003 Birds & West Nile Virus 1-2/2004 Your Tax Dollars At Work… 3-4/2004 Dead Birds Positive For WN Virus As Of June 30, 2003 3-4/2004 Funding 5-6/2004 Are Hunters At Increased Risk Of Contracting West Nile Virus? 3-4/2005 A Web-Based Integrated Veterinary Surveillance System For La 3-4/2005 One-Year Sequelae In Patients With West Nile Virus Encephalitis And Meningitis In Louisiana 5-6/2005 West Nile Virus Summary, 2002-2005 7-8/2006 Summary Of West Nile Virus - Louisiana, 2006 3-4/2007 West Nile Virus Manifestations As Chorioretinitis - Louisiana, 2006-2007 5-6/2007 Summary Of Human West Nile Virus - Louisiana, 2007 3-4/2008 West-Nile Virus Infections - Region 5 - Louisiana, 2011 11-12/2011 Collaboration Against West Nile Virus - Louisiana, 2012 9-10/2012 Why The Sudden Increase Of West Nile Infections In Louisiana? 11/12/2012 West Nile Infections-Louisiana, 2013 1-2/2014 (WNV) Reportable Infectious Disease Case Counting 3-4/2014

Whipple’s Disease Whipple’s Disease - Region 2 - Louisiana, 2012 5-6/2012

Whipworm – See Trichuris

Whooping Cough – See Pertussis

Wild Animals – See Animals

World’s Fair World’s Fair Disease Surveillance Project 4/1984 Worlds Fair Surveillance Project Update 5/84, 6/84, 8/84

Worms – See A. Cantonensis, Animals, Ascaris, Baylisascaris Procyonis, Cestoidosis, Dipylidium, Helminths, Hookworm,

Schistosomiasis, Strongyloides, Taenia, Toxocara, Trichinella, Trichuris, Health Threats From Rodent Infestation 1-2/2007 An Ocular Worm In Central Louisiana, 2008 11-12/2008

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Xenopsylla cheopis (Rat Flea) Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014

X-Rays Bulletin 1/1983 Chest X-Ray Screening Statements 10/1983

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Yellow Fever – See Immunization Health Units Recently Designated As Yellow Fever Vaccination Centers 10/1967 Are International Travelers Over Immunized? 10/1974 Special Request 2/1976 Health Precautions For International Travelers 5/1984 11-12/89, 3-4/90, 11-12/92, 9- Louisiana Fact 10&11-12/93, 1-2/97, 3-4/98, 1- 2/00, 1-2&3-4/02 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Yellow Fever Case 5-6/2000

Yersinia Special Request 2/1976 Travelers’ Diarrhea 9-12/1988 Simplifying The Reportable Disease List 3-4/1995 Yersinia Enterocolitica 9-10/2003 When There Is A Suspicious Substance In The Mail 7-8/2004 Louisiana Fact 5-6/2009 Rodent Infestations and Disease-Louisiana and U.S. 7-8/2014