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Table 3.134. Reportable disease by county for the planning area for 2002 – 2011 (part 2
of 2).
County
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis, non-HiB, non-Neisseria
Meningococcal Disease
Mumps
Pertussis
Rabies, animal
Salmonellosis
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
Shigellosis
Strep., Group A, invasive
Mitigation Planning Region L
Johnson 3 4 6 1 2 0 2 0 68 21 8 11 13 8 5 1 7 0 2 16
Leavenworth 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Wyandotte 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 20 1 9 3 10 3 3 0 5 0 0 0
Total 6 5 6 1 3 0 12 0 96 22 19 15 24 11 8 1 13 0 2 18
Source: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, *Zero to five cases reported. Not shown to protect confidentiality.
Strep. pneumoniae, invasive
Syphilis, 1° & 2°
Syphilis, early latent
TSE or Prion Disease
Tuberculosis, active
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Varicella
Previous Occurrences
• 2012 – Johnson County had a reported 485 cases of pertussis to JCDHE.
• 2011 – The highly contagious disease, cryptosporidium, which is a waterborne disease,
facilitated the early closing of pools in the planning area.
Previous Occurrences of Pandemic Influenza
There have been four acknowledged pandemics in the past century:
• 1918–19 Spanish flu (H1N1): This flu is estimated to have sickened 20-40% of the
world’s population. Over 20 million people lost their lives. Between September 1918 and
April 1919, 500,000 Americans died. The flu spread rapidly; many died within a few days
of infection, others from secondary complications. The attack rate and mortality was
highest among adults 20-50 years old; the reasons for this are uncertain. Recently, the
origin of the pandemic was traced to an outbreak of influenza in Haskell County, Kansas,
in January 1918. Army personnel in Haskell County reported to Camp Funston (now Ft.
Riley), which meant soldiers and their friends and families likely carried the virus from
the county to the camp. Camp Funston sent a constant stream of soldiers to other
American locations and to Europe, enabling the spread of the disease throughout the
country and around the world. By the end of 1918, the Kansas death toll was around
12,000.
• 1957–58 Asian flu (H2N2): This virus was quickly identified because of advances in
technology, and a vaccine was produced. Infection rates were highest among school
children, young adults, and pregnant women. The elderly had the highest rates of death.
A second wave developed in 1958. In total, there were about 70,000 deaths in the
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