2018 Selected Communicable Disease Report Amarillo Department of Public Health Bi-City/County Health District
The Amarillo Department of Public Health (APH) Communicable Disease program is responsible for the investigation and analysis of disease to protect citizens in Potter and Randall counties. Table 1. 2017 – 2018 Selected Notifiable Conditions Reported and Residing in Potter/Randall Counties Potter
Randall 2017 2018
Total 2017
Total 2018
2 8
14 19
3 11
58 2 8 42 9
48 8 13 28 3
126 7 19 80 10
104 19 18 58 7
1 2 14 1
1 2 5 0
2 1 12 0
2 3 31 0
3 3 26 1
0 2 4 13 9
2 4 13 16 19
0 3 6 9 21
2 0 9 11 12
0 5 10 22 30
4 6 22 27 31
114 0 1
120 0 0
61 1 0
77 1 0
175 1 1
210 1 0
4 132
5 116
2017
2018
4 14
1 3
10 5
68 5 11 38 1
56 11 5 30 4
1 1 27 0
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 Exposures West Nile Virus, fever West Nile Virus, neuroinvasive
Tuberculosis (TB) Active Latent*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)p AIDS Chlamydia Gonorrhea HIV Syphilis
8 1043 510 22 68
3 211 53 5 12
11 1254 563 27 80
Influenza** Influenza A – Rapid Test Influenza B – Rapid Test Influenza Like Illness
3410 3522 11618
5333 979 11311
*Started on latent TB therapy from 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. P: 2018 information will be added when data becomes available.
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