Our Vision - Healthy People

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2018 Communicable Diseases

Communicable diseases are reported to the Ottawa County Department of Public Health for surveillance and investigation to prevent their spread. The data in the annual disease report 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. Therefore, it should be kept in mind that numbers in the disease reports may change and should be used only to generally monitor trends over time. Suspected, probable and laboratory confirmed cases of the reportable condition are included in the report.

For specific data requests and questions, contact:

Derel Glashower, MPH, CPH
Senior Epidemiologist
dglashower@miottawa.org
(616) 393-5785

Report Highlights:

Diseases which hit their highest reported 5-year count during 2018:

1. Cryptosporidiosis
2. Norovirus (outbreak related)
3. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
4. Flu-like disease
5. Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
6. CP-CRE (newly reportable in 2017)
7. Legionellosis
8. VISA (Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus)
9. Gonorrhea
10. Latent Tuberculosis Infection (newly reportable in 2017)
11. Nontuberculous Mycobacterium (newly reportable in 2017)
12. Tuberculosis
13. Ehrlichiosis
14. Hepatitis B, Chronic

 Diseases which hit their lowest reported 5-year count during 2018:

1. Meningitis – aseptic
2. Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive
3. Streptococcal Disease, invasive, Group A

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Norovirus is a very contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Anyone can get infected and sick with norovirus. You can get norovirus from:

• Having direct contact with an infected person
• Consuming contaminated food or water
• Touching contaminated surfaces then putting your unwashed hands in your mouth

Learn more at the CDC.

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Our team at the Ottawa County Department of Public Health exemplifies equity, integrity and excellence. Our vision is for healthy people. We work with our community to help assure conditions that promote and protect health. We are dedicated to preventing diseases and providing evidence-based public health programs and services. Public health has a vital role in all of our lives. It empowers communities with the necessary resources, knowledge and opportunities to make lasting change. To learn more, visit www.miOttawa.org/miHealth or check out what we’ve been doing at www.miOttawa.org/AnnualHealthReports.

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