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Case Counts

The Infectious Diseases & Outbreaks Division monitors the incidence and prevalence of communicable, zoonotic, and environmentally-related human diseases. This table summarizes cases reported over the last five years, as well as the cases reported year-to-date this year and last year.

 

Cases Reported Year-to-Date*

Totals by Year Reported

Condition

2021

2020

% Change

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Acute Flaccid Myelitis

0

0^

--

0^

0^

--

--

--

Anthrax

0

0

--

0

0

0^

0

0

Arboviral Diseases (excludes Chikungunya virus, Dengue, and Zika virus)

11

9

22.2%

10

6

28

62

18^

Babesiosis

1

1

0.0%

1

0

0

1

0

Botulism

0

1

-100.0%

1

1

0

0

1

Brucellosis

0

1

-100.0%

1

4

1

0

0

Campylobacteriosis

580

615

-5.7%

663

754

783

790

692

Chikungunya virus - travel related, acquired out of state

0

0

--

0

0

0

1

1^

Cholera

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Coccidioidomycosis

10

3

233.3%

5

9

--

--

--

Cryptosporidiosis

88

121

-27.3%

137

225

152

189

334

Cyclosporiasis

6

9

-33.3%

9

4

--

--

--

Dengue - travel related, acquired out of state

1

0

--

0

3

2

0

5

E. coli, shiga toxin-producing (includes O157: H7)

113

95

18.9%

100

138

129^

31

39

Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis

24

11

118.2%

12

39

24

17

21

Giardiasis

116

117

-0.9%

130

164

217

191

234

Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)

0

1

-100.0%

1

1

0

1

1

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

0

0

--

0

0

--

--

--

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)

2

3

-33.3%

3

6

3

0

6

Hepatitis E, acute

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Influenza-associated non-pediatric mortality

27

19

42.1%

19

93

257

--

--

Influenza-associated pediatric mortality

0

1

-100.0%

1

2

2

1

0

Legionellosis

74

55

34.5%

61

72

76

66

63

Leptospirosis

0

0

--

0

0

1

0

0

Listeriosis

11

12

-8.3%

14

7^

11

5

8

Lyme disease

47

13

261.5%

15

66

36

39^

38

Malaria - travel related, acquired out of state

8

2

300.0%

2

9

9

8

10

Novel Influenza A virus infection

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Paratyphoid Fever

1

1

0.0%

1

1^

6^

3

9

Plague

0

0^

--

0^

0

0

0

0

Psittacosis

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Q fever

2

0

--

0

2

2

0

1

Rabies, animal

43

49

-12.2%

51

50

55

51

77

Rabies, human

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Salmonellosis

733

822

-10.8%

886

1001

1198^

1129^

1276

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Shigellosis

77

340

-77.4%

342

431

320

247^

239

Smallpox

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis

119

88

35.2%

90

476^

673

671

453

Toxic Shock Syndrome (non-streptococcal)

0

0

--

0

0

--

--

--

Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)

1

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

Tularemia

0

1

-100.0%

1

4

0

1^

1

Typhoid fever

6

0

--

1

0^

1

1

0

Vibriosis (non-Cholera)

20

25

-20.0%

26

41

38

26^

31

Viral hemorrhagic fever

0

0

--

0

0

0

0

0

VISA (Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-intermediate)

1

0

--

0

1

1

4

3

VRSA (Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant)

0

1

-100.0%

1

2

0

0

0

Yellow Fever

0

0

--

0

0^

0

0

0

Zika virus - travel related, acquired out of state

0

0

--

0

0

3

4

41^

Other Investigations

1

0

--

0

3

0

0

0

Total

2123

2416

-12.1%

2584

3615

4028

3539

3602

NOTE: Counts include finalized investigations among Alabama residents as of December 7, 2021. The Other investigations category includes a variety of conditions or events that have been investigated, but are not reportable in Alabama or do not fall into any other category (e.g., Histoplasmosis, Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome, Yersiniosis, etc.). To see case counts for conditions investigated by other divisions, please see the following websites: Tuberculosis, Immunizations, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and HIV/AIDS.

*Through MMWR Week 48 (week ending December 4, 2021), as compared to the same time period in the previous calendar year.

^The case definition was updated this year for this condition.





Page last updated: December 8, 2021