Dallas County

Dallas County Health & Human Services
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2377 N. Stemmons Freeway . Dallas, Texas 75207-2710 . 214.819.2000 Main Switchboard

The health alert page is intended to inform the public about outbreaks of communicable diseases. This page also educates the public on the signs and symptoms, mode of transmission, and prevention methods.

Health Concerns

Frequently Asked Questions About Mumps
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 04-26-2006

DCHHS Meningitis Investigation 2-10-2006

Pertusis Vaccine "BOOSTRIX"
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Pertusis, Tetanus, Diptheria
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Avian Flu
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
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West Nile Virus Updated 8.12.05
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Meningitis
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2000

Influenza Surveillance

Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services, Communicable Disease Division, is once again helping the Texas Department of Health with influenza surveillance by sending throat swabs collected from four sentinel sites to the TDH lab on a weekly basis. The first positive culture was collected on 11-14-2000, with six additional positive cultures reported over the next three weeks. All have been identified as influenza A, type H1N1. In addition, two positive cultures of type A and another two type B have been reported by local hospital laboratories.

Increased incidence of pertussis
Outbreak of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Investigation of a cluster of tuberculosis

1999

Outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a restaurant
Morbidity and Mortality from Reportable Conditions
Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality from Heat Waves
Rotavirus vaccine linked to intussusceptions
Cryptosporidium cases linked to a swimming pool
Morbidity and Mortality from HIV/AIDS among African Americans
Cases of Vibrio vulnificus linked to consumption of raw oysters
Rabies

1998

Targeted vaccination against hepatitis A in Dallas County
The level and trend of tuberculosis in Dallas County
Outdoor air pollution (Smoke & haze from Mexican Fires) and ER visits from respiratory & cardiovascular diseases
A proposal for countywide education on sexual abstinence
Morbidity & Mortality from Reportable Conditions in Dallas County
Prevention of morbidity and mortality from heat waves
Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C in Dallas County: Their mode of spread and methods of prevention
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Immunization against influenza and pneumonia
Invasive Streptococcal Disease

1997

Hepatitis A in children & young men
Cryptosporidiosis among people living with HIV
An imported case of measles in Dallas County
A suspected case of vaccine-associated polio
Prevention of morbidity & mortality from heat waves
St. Louis encephalitis in sentinel chicken confirmed