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. 2014 Feb 5;5(3):225. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v5i3.4939

Table 1. – ELR messages grouped by disease and estimated level of effort to perform local health department follow-up procedures.

Disease and effort Count (%) Rate per 100,000 per year MMWR Rate per 100,000 2010 MMWR Rate per 100,000 2011
Level 4 effort: substantial contact investigation, patient interview and provider follow-up required 6,726 (11.2%) 183.30
Human Immunodeficiency Virus 3,452 94.08 11.64 11.41
Measles 3,177 86.58 0.02 0.07
Tuberculosis 90 2.45 3.64 3.41
Typhoid fever 7 0.19 0.15 0.13
Level 3 effort - over 3 hours: Increased paperwork required, patient interviews required, moderate contact investigation 20,979 (34.9%) 571.74
Diphtheria 124 3.38 N/A N/A
Escherichia coli O157 H7 infection 1,306 35.59 1.78 1.96
Hantavirus 10 0.27 0.01 0.01
Hepatitis A 2,435 66.36 0.54 0.45
Hepatitis E 10 0.27 N/A N/A
Lead exposure 11,208 305.45 N/A N/A
Listeriosis 7 0.19 0.27 0.28
Meningitis (fungal) 1 0.03 N/A N/A
Meningococcal Disease 104 2.83 0.27 0.25
Mumps 1,318 35.92 0.85 0.13
Mycobacterium non-Tb 528 14.93 N/A N/A
Pertussis 314 8.56 8.97 6.06
Poliomyelitis 4 0.11 N/A N/A
Q Fever 1 0.03 0.04 0.04
Rubella 2,045 55.73 0.00 0.00
Shigellosis 265 7.22 4.82 4.32
Syphilis 1,298 35.37 14.93 14.90
Trichinosis 1 0.03 0.00 0.00
Level 2 effort, up to 3 hours: Minimal paperwork and patient interview, minimal contact investigation 29,810 (49.6%) 812.41
Arbovirus 11 0.30 0.37 0.28
Campylobacteriosis 296 8.07 N/A N/A
Chickenpox 6,009 163.76 5.03 4.70
Chlamydia infection 8,229 224.26 426.01 457.14
Cryptosporidiosis 27 1.20 2.91 2.99
Dengue fever 6 0.16 0.22 0.08
Ehrlichiosis 5 0.14 0.85 0.83
Giardiasis 54 1.47 6.45 5.42
Gonorrhea 3,224 87.86 100.76 104.14
Haemophilus influenzae 210 5.72 1.03 1.15
Hepatitis B 7,033 191.67 1.10 0.94
Hepatitis C 3,071 83.69 0.28 0.40
Hepatitis D 3 0.08 N/A N/A
Histoplasmosis 164 4.47 N/A N/A
Legionellosis 446 12.15 1.09 1.36
Malaria 1 0.03 0.58 0.56
Rickettsial infection 2 0.05 N/A N/A
Salmonellosis non-typhoid 631 17.20 17.73 16.79
Streptococcus pneumoniae 299 8.15 5.40 5.55
Tetanus 86 2.34 0.01 0.01
Yersiniosis non-plague 3 0.08 N/A N/A
Level 1 effort, < 2 hours: Little paperwork involved, rare contact investigation 2,579 (4.3%) 70.29
Cryptococcosis 44 1.20 0.06 0.05
Influenza 1,579 43.03 N/A N/A
Lyme disease 139 3.79 9.82 10.71
Streptococcus group B 817 22.27 N/A N/A
Grand Total 60,094 1,637.73