By Denise Rivette
Level of Respiratory Illness Activity Across the Country for Week Ended April 6, 2024
Information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Montana Respiratory Illness Statistics
State information provided by Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)
Number of Reported Incidents Statewide
Enteric Diseases:
Campylobacteriosis* (6 - 2 more than last week)
Cryptosporidiosis (Crypto**) (0 - same as last week)
Giardiasis (aka Giardia) (2 - same as last week)
Legionellosis (0 - same as last week)
Salmonellosis (caused by Salmonella) (9 - 6 more than last week)
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) (2 - 2 more than last week)
Shigellosis (aka Dysentery***) (0 - 2 less than last week)
Vibriosis (from eating undercooked seafood) (1 - 1 more than last week)
General Communicable Diseases:
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) (0 - 2 less than last week)
COVID-19 (270 - 52 more than last week)
Latent Tuberculosis Infection (aka LTBI) (2 - 1 less than last week)
Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome (0 - 1 less than last week)
Tuberculosis (1 - 1 more than last week)
Heavy Metal Exposures:
Lead (3 - 1 less than last week)
Hepatitis:
Hepatitis A (1 - 1 more than last week)
Hepatitis C, acute (0 - same as last week)
Hepatitis C, chronic (24 - 5 more than last week)
STD/HIV:
Chlamydia (75 - 24 more than last week)
Gonorrhea (27 - 17 more than last week)
HIV/AIDS (1 - same as last week)
Syphilis, latent (14 - 2 less than last week)
Syphilis, primary and secondary (1 - 3 less than last week)
Vaccine Preventable Diseases:
Haemophilus influenzae, invasive (1 - same as last week)
Influenza, hospitalization or death (4 - 1 less than last week)
Pertussis (aka Whooping Cough) (1 - 1 more than last week)
Streptococcus pneumoniae****, invasive (5 - 1 more than last week)
Zoonotic and Vector borne:
Rabies, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) (1 - 1 more than 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.
****Haemophilus influenzae disease is a name for any illness caused by bacteria called H. influenzae. Some of these illnesses, like ear infections, are mild while others, like bloodstream infections, are very serious. In spite of the name, H. influenzae does not cause influenza (the flu). Vaccines can prevent one type of H. influenzae (type b or Hib) disease. - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
*****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)