By Denise Rivette
Level of Respiratory Illness Activity Across the Country for Week Ended March 2, 2024
Montana Respiratory Illness Statistics
Number of Reported Incidents Statewide
Enteric Diseases:
Campylobacteriosis* (8 - 1 more than last week)
Cryptosporidiosis (Crypto**) (0 - 1 less than last week)
Giardiasis (aka Giardia) (4 - 3 more than last week)
Legionellosis (1 - 1 more than last week)
Salmonellosis (caused by Salmonella) (0 - 1 less than last week)
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) (3 - 1 more than last week)
Shigellosis (aka Dysentery***) (1 - 1 less than last week)
General Communicable Diseases:
COVID-19 (384 - 23 less than last week)
Latent Tuberculosis Infection (aka LTBI) (3 - 1 less than last week)
Stretococcal toxic-shock syndrome (1 - 1 more than last week)
Heavy Metal Exposures:
Lead (6 - 1 more than last week)
Hepatitis:
Hepatitis C, acute (2 - 2 more than last week)
Hepatitis C, chronic (14 - same as last week)
STD/HIV:
Chlamydia (71 - 8 more than last week)
Gonorrhea (12 - 6 less than last week)
HIV/AIDS (1 - same as last week)
Syphilis, latent (12 - 9 more than last week)
Syphilis, primary and secondary (2 - 3 less than last week)
Vaccine Preventable Diseases:
Influenza, hospitalization or death (8 - 12 less than last week)
Pertussis (aka Whooping Cough) (0 - 1 less than last week)
Streptococcus pneumoniae****, invasive (1 - same as last week)
Zoonotic and Vector borne:
Rabies, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) (1 - same as last week)
*Most Campylobacter infections are probably acquired by eating raw or undercooked poultry or eating something that touched it. Campylobacter are also transmitted by other foods, including seafood, meat, and produce; by contact with animals; and by drinking untreated water. - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
**Crypto is caused by a parasite found in stool. You can get this infection after eating food or drinking water that is contaminated with stool.-Johns Hopkins Medicine
***Dysentery is a word for diarrhea that contains blood or mucus.
****Pneumococcal [noo-muh-KOK-uhl] disease is a name for any infection caused by bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus. Pneumococcal infections can range from ear and sinus infections to pneumonia and bloodstream infections. - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
State data provided by Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)