2002 Epi-Log newsletter issues
The Epi-Log Newsletter contains articles about current health issues in King County, such as recent outbreaks, vaccination programs, cases of unusual infectious diseases, and background articles on new and emerging infectious diseases. Also included in each issue is a table of disease reports received the previous month, and historical data on disease reports from the previous year.
- January 2002, Vol. 42, No. 1:
- First year of mandatory reporting of Hepatitis C and Chronic Hepatitis B
- Listeriosis in pregnant women linked to consumption of queso fresco
- February 2002, Vol. 42, No. 2:
- The smallpox threat
- Antibiotic resistant shigellosis in King County
- March 2002, Vol. 42, No. 3:
- FDA alert on potentially dangerous OB/GYN surgical devices
- Reptile-associated salmonellosis in King County
- Re-emergence of Influenza B/Victoria strain
- April 2002, Vol. 42, No. 4:
- Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis associated with a Dallas,Texas hotel
- Year-round sentinel influenza surveillance
- CDC satellite course: The Immunization Encounter
- Campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with a fondue dinner
- May 2002, Vol. 42, No. 5:
- Best Bites: West Nile Virus surveillance in King County
- Return of the malicious melons: Salmonella poona outbreak associated with imported cantaloupes
- CDC satellite course: The Immunization Encounter
- June 2002, Vol. 42, No. 6:
- Tuberculosis Control in Seattle-King County, 2001
- July 2002, Vol. 42, No. 7:
- New Public Health recommendations for smallpox vaccine use
- The changing epidemiology of varicella disease in the era of varicella vaccination
- Recent kitten-associated Campylobacter infections
- August 2002, Vol. 42, No. 8:
- Rabies risk and international travel
- Exotic lizard threatens childcare center!
- Join the Jade Ribbon Campaign to fight hepatitis B and liver cancer
- September 2002, Vol. 42, No. 9:
- Public Health practice at Ground Zero: Lessons learned
- Fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever in an Hispanic male
- Preparing and responding to bioterrorism: Training for primary care clinicians
- October 2002, Vol. 42, No. 10:
- Survey of HIV status and HIV risk behaviors among Seattle-King County STD clinic patients, 1988-2001
- Announcing the Immunization E-Mail Alert Service!
- November 2002, Vol. 42, No. 11:
- Recent increase in tuberculosis among homeless persons in King County
- Unusual manifestations of N. meningiditis infection
- Pertussis update
- Correction to October 2002 "Reported Cases of Selected Diseases" Table
- December 2002, Vol. 42, No. 12:
- The National Smallpox Vaccination Program unveiled
- CDC's Epidemiology & Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Course 2003
- Updated NIH Hepatitis C Consensus Statement
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