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. 2008 Feb;98(2):344–350. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.092700

TABLE 1—

Reporting Completeness for Traditional Methods and Electronic Laboratory Reporting, by Condition: Indianapolis, Ind, 2001

Condition Spontaneous Reporting (Public Health Department), No. (%) Electronic Laboratory Reporting (INPC), No. (%) No. of Unique Reports
Acute herpes 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1
Amebiasis 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1
Blastomycosis 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1
Campylobacteriosis 3 (60.0) 3 (60.0) 5
Chickenpox 0 (0.0) 8 (88.9) 9
Chlamydial infection 398 (52.5) 719 (94.9) 758
Coccidioidomycosis 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1
Cryptococcosis 0 (0.0) 9 (100.0) 9
Cryptosporidiosis 2 (66.7) 2 (66.7) 3
Cytomegalovirus 0 (0.0) 116 (100.0) 116
Ebola 0 (0.0) 4 (100.0) 4
Elevated carboxyhemoglobin level 0 (0.0) 65 (100.0) 65
Enterococcus, vancomycin resistant 0 (0.0) 44 (73.3) 60
Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection 1 (50.0) 2 (100.0) 2
Fifth disease 0 (0.0) 9 (100.0) 9
Giardiasis 3 (42.9) 6 (85.7) 7
Gonorrhea 228 (56.7) 383 (95.3) 402
Haemophilus influenzae 0 (0.0) 138 (100.0) 138
Hepatitis A 6 (4.0) 146 (97.3) 150
Hepatitis B 20 (3.1) 635 (99.4) 639
Hepatitis C 164 (34.1) 463 (96.3) 481
Hepatitis D 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 2
Herpes simplex 0 (0.0) 35 (100.0) 35
Herpes simplex type 1 0 (0.0) 37 (100.0) 37
Herpes simplex type 2 0 (0.0) 61 (100.0) 61
Histoplasmosis 4 (12.9) 30 (96.8) 31
HIV 23 (3.7) 616 (99.5) 619
Human T-lymphotropic virus 0 (0.0) 4 (100.0) 4
Influenza 0 (0.0) 71 (96.0) 74
Lead exposure 5 (29.4) 17 (100.0) 17
Lyme disease 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 2
Meningitis: bacterial 0 (0.0) 31 (88.6) 35
Meningitis: fungal 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1
Meningitis: viral 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2
Meningococcal disease 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 2
Mumps 0 (0.0) 13 (92.9) 14
Mycobacterium, nontuberculous 0 (0.0) 68 (100.0) 68
Other 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 19
Poliomyelitis 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 2
Rubella 0 (0.0) 22 (100.0) 22
Salmonellosis, nontyphoid 3 (21.4) 12 (85.7) 14
Shigellosis 27 (84.4) 28 (87.5) 32
Sickle cell disease 0 (0.0) 62 (100.0) 62
Streptococcus pneumoniae 30 (53.6) 45 (80.4) 56
Streptococcus: group A 5 (1.3) 380 (100.0) 380
Streptococcus: group B 3 (2.2) 136 (99.3) 137
Syphilis 18 (13.3) 133 (98.5) 135
Tetanus 0 (0.0) 8 (100.0) 8
Toxoplasmosis 0 (0.0) 4 (100.0) 4
Trichomoniasis 0 (0.0) 41 (100.0) 41
Tuberculosis 1 (25.0) 4 (100.0) 4
Typhoid fever 0 (0.0) 3 (100.0) 3
Yersiniosis, nonplague 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1

Note. INPC = Indiana Network for Patient Care.