By Denise Rivette
Level of Respiratory Illness Activity Across the Country for Week Ended March 9, 2024
Montana Respiratory Illness Statistics
(not updated this week by time of publication)
Number of Reportable Incidents Statewide
Enteric Diseases:
Campylobacteriosis* (4 - 4 less than last week)
Cryptosporidiosis (Crypto**) (0 - same as last week)
Giardiasis (aka Giardia) (4 - same as last week)
Legionellosis (0 - 1 less than last week)
Salmonellosis (caused by Salmonella) (2 - 2 more than last week)
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) (3 - same as last week)
Shigellosis (aka Dysentery***) (0 - 1 less than last week)
General Communicable Diseases:
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) (2 - 2 more than last week)
COVID-19 (291 - 93 less than last week)
Latent Tuberculosis Infection (aka LTBI) (4 - 1 more than last week)
Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome (0 - 1 less than last week)
Heavy Metal Exposures:
Lead (4 - 2 less than last week)
Mercury (1 - 1 more than last week)
Hepatitis:
Hepatitis C, acute (0 - 2 less than last week)
Hepatitis C, chronic (19 - 5 more than last week)
STD/HIV:
Chlamydia (62 - 9 less than last week)
Gonorrhea (19 - 7 more than last week)
HIV/AIDS (0 - 1 less than last week)
Syphilis, latent (4 - 8 less than last week)
Syphilis, primary and secondary (4 - 2 more than last week)
Vaccine Preventable Diseases:
H. influenzae, invasive (1 - 1 more than last week)
Influenza, hospitalization or death (12 -4 more than last week)
Pertussis (aka Whooping Cough) (0 - same as last week)
Streptococcus pneumoniae****, invasive (4 - 3 more than last week)
* Varicella (chickenpox) (1 - 1 more than last week)
Zoonotic and Vector borne:
Rabies, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) (0 - 1 less 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.
****Pneumococcal 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). Nationwide data provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).