J A Jereb,G D Kelly,S W Dooley Jr et al.
J A Jereb et al.
The number of tuberculosis cases reported to CDC has been increasing since 1988, after a long historic decline. In 1990, 25,701 cases were reported, an increase of 9.4% over the 1989 figure and the largest annual increase since 1953. From 1...
B L Herwaldt,G F Craun,S L Stokes et al.
B L Herwaldt et al.
For the 2-year period 1989-1990, 16 states reported 26 outbreaks due to water intended for drinking; an estimated total of 4,288 persons became ill in these outbreaks. Giardia lamblia was implicated as the etiologic agent for seven of the 1...
Chancroid in the United States, 1981-1990: evidence for underreporting of cases [0.03%]
美国1981~1990年软下疳的发病情况及病例漏报证据
J M Schulte,F A Martich,G P Schmid
J M Schulte
Chancroid, a bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) characterized by genital ulceration, has reemerged in the United States during the last decade. From 1950 to 1980, cases were infrequently reported. After an epidemic in California i...
L E Chapman,M A Tipple,L M Schmeltz et al.
L E Chapman et al.
During the 1989-90 influenza season, 98% of all influenza viruses isolated in the United States and reported to CDC were influenza A. Almost all those that were antigenically characterized were similar to influenza A/Shanghai/11/87(H3N2), a...
M Hammett,K E Powell,P W OCarroll et al.
M Hammett et al.
From 1979 through 1988, 217,578 homicides occurred in the United States, an average of greater than 21,000 per year. Homicide rates during this 10-year period were about 1.5 times higher than the rates during the 1950s. The national homicid...
Cancer screening behaviors among U.S. women: breast cancer, 1987-1989, and cervical cancer, 1988-1989 [0.03%]
S P Ackermann,R M Brackbill,B A Bewerse et al.
S P Ackermann et al.
Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were used to examine trends in breast and cervical cancer screening behaviors among U.S. women in selected states. Data reported are from the 1987, 1988, and 1989 BRFSS for br...
J R Qualters,N C Lee,R A Smith et al.
J R Qualters et al.
Breast and cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates were reviewed for the period 1973-1987. For breast cancer, mortality has been relatively stable, increasing from 26.9/100,000 women in 1973 to 27.1 in 1987. Alternatively, data from t...
The National Surveillance System for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Italy. STD Surveillance Working Group [0.03%]
B Suligoi,M Giuliani,N Binkin
B Suligoi
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have increased in importance in recent decades as a result of their wider dissemination, the emergence of new etiologic agents, and changes in sexual behaviors. In Italy, gonorrhea and syphilis are among...
P L Graitcer
P L Graitcer
In both developed and developing countries, injuries have a substantial effect on the public's health and on quality of life. Although epidemiologic data regarding the occurrence of injuries in developing countries are limited, recent studi...
D R Hopkins,E Ruiz-Tiben
D R Hopkins
In 1986 the World Health Organization (WHO) designated dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) as the next disease scheduled to be eradicated (by 1995) after smallpox. Dramatic improvement in national and international surveillance has played ...