The Epi-Log Newsletter

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 2008, Vol. 48, No. 1
  
  • Know It's Pertussis... Now What Do You Do?
  • Chlamydophila psittaci in Birds Sold in the U.S.
  • Influenza Monthly Update
    
    
• February 2008, Vol. 48, No. 2
  
  • Conditions Notifiable by Health Care Providers and Health Care Facilities
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Notifiable Conditions
  • Monthly Influenza Update
    
  • Erratum
    
    
• March 2008, Vol. 48, No. 3
  
  • World TB Day March 24, 2008: Tuberculosis (TB) in King County
  • Monthly Influenza Update
    
    
• April 2008, Vol. 48. No. 4
  
  • Animal Bites and Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) in King County
  • Evaluation of Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Reporting in King County
    
    
• May 2008, Vol. 48. No. 5
  
  • Measles Outbreaks Continue Throughout the US, Including Washington State
  • Temporary Unavailability of Rabies Vaccine for Pre-exposure Vaccination
  • Travel Health Information for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, August 8-24, 2008
    
    
• June 2008, Vol. 48. No. 6
  
  • Human West Nile Virus: Will 2008 Be Our Year?
    
    
• July 2008, Vol. 48. No. 7
  • Menacing Mollusks
  • Zebra of the Month: Scombroid Poisoning
    
    
• August 2008, Vol. 48. No. 8
  • Positive Hepatitis A IgM in Persons Without Hepatitis A-Like Clinical Illness
  • Rabies Vaccine: No Ifs, Ands or Butts!
  • West Nile Virus Detected in a King County Blood Donor
    
    
• September 2008, Vol. 48. No. 9
  • Foodborne Illness Surveillance: How do we Identify and Prevent Foodborne Illnesses and Outbreaks?
    
  • Clinical Cases: Food Safety for Special Populations
    
    
• October 2008, Vol. 48. No. 10
  • 2008-2009 Influenza Season Update
  • New Public Health – Seattle & King County Website
    
    
• November 2008, Vol. 48. No. 11
  • Annual Tuberculosis Report for 2007 Now Available
  • The Case of the Cajun Catering Calamity
    
    
• December 2008, Vol. 48. No. 12
  • National Survey Findings: "Pregnancy, the Flu Shot and You"
  • Influenza Vaccination Findings From Behavioral Risk Factor Survey System
  • Influenza Update