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Communicable Disease Report <br />January-December, 2014 <br /> <br /> Outbreaks 2014 <br /> Date Cases Suspects Contacts <br />Suspected Shigellosis in Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) 1/2014 0 1 ~50 <br />Norovirus in Long Term Care Facility 2/2014 17 0 Entire facility and staff <br />Norovirus-like illness in Retirement Community 2/2014 6 0 Entire facility and staff <br />Meningococcal- Local High School 2/2014 1 0 35 <br />Respiratory/GI illnesses local private school* 3/2014 154 0 307 <br />Hepatitis B LTCF 3/2014 2 0 5 <br />Influenza-like Illness - Retirement Community 4/2014 3 39 residents <br />12 staff <br />Entire facility and staff <br />Noro-like illness-LTCF/Rehab Center 4/2014 1 19 residents <br />12 staff <br />Limited to a specific unit. <br />Salmonella – Family Vacation 7/2014 3 <br /> <br />4 suspects 8 in all; 7 became ill <br />Retirement Community – Possible Meningococcal Disease 8/2014 0 1 6 <br />Boy Scout Troop Nepal Trip- Crypto v. Giardia 9/2014 1 confirmed <br />crypto; <br />1 confirmed <br />giardia <br />9 11 7/16/14-8/20/14: Travel to Nepal- <br />camped at 18,000 ft. Suspects may have <br />had giardia, altitude sickness or crypto. <br />Period of infectiousness for crypto was over <br />by the time investigation initiated. <br />Pertussis- Culbreth/Carrboro High 10/4- <br />11/16/2014 <br />4 confirmed 7 suspects <br />ruled out <br />11 close contacts to 4 confirmed cases, <br />all given PEP. <br />Approx. 255 classmates and teachers <br />(casual contacts); 2 Religious Exempt, 2 <br />Medical Exempt contacts did not need to <br />be excluded and were not infected. <br />Noro-like illness-Project Homestart 11/14- <br />11/20/14 <br />0 confirmed 5 suspect Approx. 50 residents/staff. Illness <br />limited to two rooms in 1 building. <br />Pertussis-private pre-school 11/25-12/8 1 case/ <br />(Durham Co) <br />2 suspects- <br />tested neg., <br />but <br />symptomatic <br />Approx. 40 contacts at school between 3 <br />yr old and 4 yr old classrooms. <br />Flu in Long Term Care Facility 12/2014 11 cases 1 hospitalized; 5 contacts treated <br />prophylactically and did not develop <br />disease <br /> *Illness with similar symptoms noted but the cause and source were never identified. There was an increased absenteeism during this time with reports of both respiratory and GI illnesses. <br /> Control measures implemented and absenteeism tracked. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />