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Communicable diseases are reported to the Ottawa County Department of Public Health for surveillance and investigation to prevent their spread. The data in the monthly disease reports are provisional, based on current reports in the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS) made by local health departments. The MDSS is a dynamic, continually active system; counts of disease are constantly changing as cases are investigated, confirmed as cases, or ruled out as not meeting the case definition. Each monthly disease report reflects this constant activity as the numbers may slightly fluctuate each month.
Therefore, it should be kept in mind that numbers in the monthly disease reports are NOT final and should be used only to generally monitor trends over time. Unknown, suspected, probable and laboratory-confirmed cases of the reportable condition are included in the report. Click to view or print the most recent monthly reportable diseases summary. Specific data requests and questions should be directed towards:
Marcia Mansaray, M.Sc.
Senior Epidemiologist
mmansaray@miottawa.org
(616) 494-5598
Derel Glashower, MPH, CPH
Epidemiologist
dglashower@miottawa.org
(616) 393-5785
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls hepatitis C (HCV) a silent epidemic. The virus is a leading cause of liver disease, liver cancer and liver transplants. An estimated 3.5 million people in the United States are living with HCV. Most transmission occurs among people who inject drugs. Yet, baby boomers may be at higher risk of infection due to past injection drug use, organ transplants or blood transfusions before the blood supply was routinely tested for chronic HCV. In Ottawa County, the number of reported chronic HCV infections is relatively low. Public health will continue to monitor for any increasing trends, especially in the context of the national opioid epidemic.
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