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Disease Highlights

The Division of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC) provides these infectious and communicable disease updates to keep you informed on current disease activity, prevention, and treatment news.

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Hot Disease Topics

  • Rabies
  • Protect Yourself and Your Family from Rabies
  • West Nile Virus
  • Salmonellosis (Salmonellosis is an infection with a bacteria called Salmonella)
  • CDC information on the Salmonellosis outbreak
  • Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • Tuberculosis
  • Most Frequently Requested Disease Information

    Flu and Pandemic Influenza

  • Influenza (Flu)
  • Pandemic Influenza
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  • West Nile Virus

  • Get the Facts About West Nile Virus
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  • Information About Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Information About HIV/AIDS
  •  Information for Health Care Providers

  • Reportable Diseases
  • Communicable Disease Control Reporting Forms
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections and Infection Control Guidelines
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