TABLE 2—

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

	Spontaneous Reporting (Public Health Department)
Condition	Average Lag Time, Days	No. of Cases
Campylobacteriosis	0.0	1
Chlamydial infection	10.0	363
Cryptosporidiosis	0.0	1
Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection	–1.0	1
Giardiasis	3.5	2
Hepatitis A	4.0	4
Hepatitis B	2.2	17
Hepatitis C	5.5	157
Histoplasmosis	–8.5	4
Salmonellosis, nontyphoid	–1.0	3
Shigellosis	0	24
Streptococcus: group A	1.2	5
Streptococcus: group B	20.0	2
Syphilis	4.4	17

Note. Negative values indicate that electronic laboratory reports were received later than were spontaneous reports on average. Only conditions for which timeliness could be calculated are included.