Washington State COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT 2008 "The Department of Health works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington State." WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section 1610 NE 150th Street Shoreline, WA 98155 206-418-5500 or 1-877-539-4344 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT 2008 CONTRIBUTORS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY Rebecca Baer, MPH Katelin Bugler, MPH Mary Chadden Erin Chester, MPH Natasha Close, MPH Marisa D’Angeli, MD, MPH Chas DeBolt, RN, MPH Marcia Goldoft, MD, MPH Kathy Lofy, MD Kathryn MacDonald, PhD Nicola Marsden-Haug, MPH Judith May, RN, MPH Tracy Sandifer, MPH Phyllis Shoemaker, BA Deborah Todd, RN, MPH Sherryl Terletter Doreen Terao Wayne Turnberg, PhD, MSPH COMMUNITY AND FAMILY HEALTH Maria Courogen, MPH Kim Field, RN, MSN Salem Gugsa, MPH Tom Jaenicke, MPH, MBA, MES Shana Johnny, RN, MN Julieann Simon, MSPH i Mary Selecky Secretary of Health Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH Health Officer Dennis Dennis, PhD, RN Assistant Secretary Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories Judith May, RN, MPH Office Director for Communicable Disease Tony Marfin, MD, MPH, MA State Epidemiologist for Communicable Disease Romesh Gautom, PhD Director, Public Health Laboratories Juliet VanEenwyk, PhD, MS State Epidemiologist for Non-Infectious Disease This report represents Washington State communicable disease surveillance: the ongoing collection, analysis and dissemination of morbidity and mortality data to prevent and control communicable disease. This is the 24th report from the Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section since 1982. In addition to the contributors listed on the previous page, we would like to recognize the staff of the Washington State Public Health Laboratories, the staff of Washington’s local health jurisdictions who contribute to surveillance, investigation, and prevention of communicable diseases in our state, and the thousands of people in clinics, hospitals and clinical laboratories throughout Washington whose disease reports constitute the basis for this document. Revised September 2009 ii Table of Contents Executive Summary – 2008 .................................................................................................................................... v Technical Notes ...................................................................................................................................................... v Reporting a Notifiable Condition............................................................................................................................ v Notifiable Conditions and the Health Care Provider ............................................................................................. vi Notifiable Conditions and Washington's Hospitals .............................................................................................. vii Notifiable Conditions and Washington's Laboratories ........................................................................................ viii Notifiable Conditions and the Veterinarian ........................................................................................................... ix Arboviral Disease.................................................................................................................................................... 3 West Nile Virus (WNV) Disease......................................................................................................................... 3 Yellow Fever ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Botulism .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Brucellosis............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Campylobacteriosis ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Chlamydia Infection ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Cholera .................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Cryptosporidiosis .................................................................................................................................................... 6 Cyclosporiasis ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Diphtheria ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) ........................................................................................................ 7 Foodborne Outbreaks .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Giardiasis .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Gonorrhea ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Haemophilus influenzae (Invasive Disease, Under Age 5 Years) ........................................................................ 12 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) .............................................................................................................. 13 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) .................................................................................................................... 13 Hepatitis A ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Hepatitis B ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Hepatitis C ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Hepatitis, Unspecified (Infectious) ....................................................................................................................... 15 Herpes Simplex, Genital and Neonatal ................................................................................................................. 16 HIV/AIDS ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Legionellosis ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Leptospirosis ......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Listeriosis .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Lyme Disease ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Malaria .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Measles ................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Meningococcal Disease (Invasive) ....................................................................................................................... 19 Mumps .................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) ...................................................................................................................... 20 Pertussis ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Plague .................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Polio ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Psittacosis .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Q Fever.................................................................................................................................................................