2017 Selected Communicable Disease Report City of Amarillo Department of Public Health Bi-City/County Health District
The City of Amarillo Department of Public Health Communicable Disease program (CD program) is responsible for the investigation and analysis of disease to protect citizens in Potter and Randall counties. Table 1. 2016 – 2017 Selected Notifiable Conditions Reported and Residing in Potter/Randall Counties Potter
Randall 2016 2017
Total 2016
Total 2017
10 5
4 11
14 19
43 4 19 52 74
58 2 8 42 9
94 10 35 95 181
126 7 19 80 10
1 1 27 0
2 1 9 0
1 2 5 0
3 2 42 1
2 3 31 0
5 2 8 13 13
0 2 4 13 9
4 0 2 7 14
0 3 6 9 21
9 2 10 20 28
0 5 10 22 30
78 0 0
114 0 1
69 1 0
61 1 0
155 1 0
175 1 1
5 214
4 132
12 1174 534 18 99
11 1254 563 27 80
2737 1050 9384
3410 3522 11618
2016
2017
1 5
4 14
3 6
51 6 16 43 107
68 5 11 38 1
1 1 33 1
Vaccine Preventable Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Varicella (Chickenpox)
Enteric Campylobacteriosis Cryptosporidiosis E. coli, Shiga-toxin producing (STEC) Salmonellosis Shigellosis
Viral Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis B, acute Hepatitis B, perinatal Hepatitis C, acute
Invasive/Respiratory Legionellosis Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter (MDRA) Streptococcus, Group A, invasive (GAS) Streptococcus, Group B, invasive (GBS) Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive
Vector-Borne Zoonotic Animal Bites West Nile Virus, fever West Nile Virus, neuroinvasive
Tuberculosis (TB) Active Latent*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) AIDS Chlamydia Gonorrhea HIV Syphilis
10 947 459 13 82
8 1043 510 22 68
2 227 75 5 17
3 211 53 5 12
Influenza** Influenza A – Rapid Test Influenza B – Rapid Test Influenza Like Illness *Started on latent TB therapy from City of Amarillo Department of Public Health TB clinic.
** Flu A and B are lab-confirmed only. Influenza report represents “season-to-date” cases rather than year-to-date.
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