Bureau of Disease Control
Epi Notes
Epi Notes is published 2-4 times each year by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Bureau of Disease Control. Issues contain articles on
- epidemiology of reportable conditions;
- surveillance and reporting of diseases/conditions, outbreaks, and events of public health significance;
- prevention and treatment of disease;
- and other topics of interest to DHEC’s disease reporting partners
The occasional “Ask Epi” column addresses frequently asked questions received in the Division of Acute Disease Epidemiology. “Epi Clips” present snapshots of data. Each winter, the Epi Notes reviews the changes in the SC DHEC List of Reportable Conditions. Each summer or early fall, the Epi Notes reviews changes in the School and Childcare Exclusion lists.
Epi Notes issues are emailed to disease reporting partners requesting to be in our subscriber database. To subscribe for email delivery of the Epi Notes, send a message to DADE-OC@dhec.sc.gov, and include “Epi Notes” in the subject line. PDF copies are also available from this website.
We welcome your questions and comments. Questions about Epi Notes articles may be addressed to the DHEC Bureau of Disease Control (803.898.0861) or emailed to DADE-OC@dhec.sc.gov.
Links to published issues for the Epi Notes back to Fall 2004, as well as links to individual articles, are found below.
Issues / Article Titles |
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| Upcoming Changes in the 2013 List of Reportable Conditions | Michelle L. Myer, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP; Chasisity Brown Springs, PhD |
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| Updates to the School and Childcare Exclusion Lists for the 2012-2013 Academic Year | Michelle L. Myer, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP | |
| West Nile Virus Activity Increases in US and SC in 2012 | DADE Staff, Bureau of Laboratories published reports | |
| Epi Clips: Take Action to Prevent the Spread of Flu Viruses between People and Swine | DADE staff | |
| Epi Clips: Varicella Case Reporting (chart) | DADE staff | |
| Epi Clips: Outbreaks by the Numbers | DADE staff | |
| Changes in the 2012 List of Reportable Conditions | Michelle L. Myer, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP; Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH |
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| Revised Requirement for Animal Bite Reporting | Michelle L. Myer, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP | |
| Epi Clips: Outbreaks Investigated by SC DHEC, 2009-2010 – Etiologic Agents and Routes of Transmission | Compiled | |
| Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in the Office Setting: Expanding the Role of Practicing Physicians in the Public-Private Disease Control Partnership | Robert Ball, MD, MPH, FACP; Eric R. Brenner, MD |
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| *South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners PEP Policy for STDs | ||
| Update on CLABSI Reporting (Central-Line Associated Blood Stream Infections) |
Healthcare Associated Infections Section, Division of Acute Disease Epidemiology | |
| Web Resources to Bookmark (compiled from DHEC Website) | Compiled | |
| Epi Clips: Animal Rabies in SC—Testing and Reporting | Compiled | |
| Pertussis in Adolescents and Adults: Nothing to Cough At! | Eugene M. Golding, Jr., MD, MPH | |
| Changes in the List of Reportable Conditions for 2011 | Kathleen Antonetti, MD; Michelle L. Myer, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP |
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| South Carolina 2009-2010 Influenza Season Surveillance Summary | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Changes in School and Childcare Exclusion Lists for the 2010-2011 School Year | Michelle Myer, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP | |
| Update on Influenza: What You Need to Know for the Upcoming Season | Kathleen Antonetti, MD | |
| Ask Epi: Lyme Disease -- Long-term Therapy for Lyme Disease -- or Not? | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
Spring 2010, Vol. XXVII, No. 2: Special Antimicrobial Resistance Issue |
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| Bad Bugs Including No ESKAPE -- Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals and Communities Continues to Challenge | George Kotchmar, MD | |
| Over-Prescribing of Antibiotics: Truly Not a Benign Practice | Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD; John Bosso, PharmD |
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| SC Careful Antibiotic Use (SC CAUse): Resources for the Practicing Clinician | Dixie Roberts, APRN, MPH | |
| Are you using 2009 H1N1 Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) in your Practice? | Riyadh Muhammad, MD, MPH | |
| Ask Epi: Perspective on the Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Changes in the 2010 List of Reportable Conditions: Influenza | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Changes to the SC List of Reportable Conditions for 2010 | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Syndromic Surveillance in South Carolina | Himal Dhotre, MPH; Dan Drociuk, MT (ASCP) | |
Fall 2009-Supplement, Vol. XXVI, No. 6: Special Pandemic H1N1 Flu Issue |
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| Perspectives on the Evolving H1N1 Influenza Pandemic | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Thanksgiving Food Safety | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Brucellosis | Stephanie Cox, DVM, MPH | |
| Influenza Season Update | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Influenza Vaccination for 2009-10: Seasonal and Novel H1N1 | Riyadh Muhammad, MD, MPH | |
| Changes in the 2009-2010 School and Childcare Exclusion Lists | Michelle Myer, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP | |
| Hospital Infection Disclosure Act (HIDA) Update | Amber Taylor, MPH | |
| Influenza Season Update | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Rabies Vaccine and Rabies Immune Globulin Procurement Change | Linda Bell, MD | |
| Summer Food Safety: Safe Grilling Practices | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Summertime Salmonella | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Ask Epi: Prevention and Treatment of Influenza during Pregnancy | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Better, Faster, Smarter: Using CHESS for Reportable Conditions | James "Jerry" Gibson, MD, MPH; Denise Brown, MHA; Lisa Still, BS |
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| Changes in Reporting for Haemophilus influenzae for 2009 | Marya Barker, MPH | |
| Changes in the 2009 List of Reportable Conditions | Julie Schlegel, MSP; Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH |
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| Changes in Varicella Reporting for 2009 | Marya Barker, MPH | |
| List of Reportable Conditions for Laboratories | Marya Barker, MPH | |
| Public Health Clinical Liaisons | Roscia Hardee, RN, MPH | |
| South Carolina 2008-2009 Influenza Season Surveillance Update | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Vibrio Spotlight | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| 2008 Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Regarding Influenza Vaccine and Antiviral Agents | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Ask Epi: New Recommendations for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Hepatitis A | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Back to School Appointments? Think MRSA! | Michelle Myer, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP | |
| Back to School: Changes in the School and Childcare Exclusion Lists | Michelle Myer, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP | |
| Outpatient Management Of Skin And Soft Tissue Infections In The Era Of Community-Associated MRSA (Algorithm) | ||
| South Carolina 2007-2008 Influenza Season Surveillance Update | Chasisity Brown Springs, MSPH | |
| Spotlight on Salmonella | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Update on Salmonella Saintpaul Multistate Outbreak - South Carolina Perspective | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Hospital Infection Disclosure Act (HIDA) | Amber Taylor, MPH | |
| Changes in the SC 2008 List of Reportable Conditions | Libby Greene, MSN, APRN, BC | |
| DHEC Adds Human Illness with Avian or Novel Influenza A as Reportable Condition | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Electronic Disease Reporting | Claire Youngblood, MA, Lisa Still, BS |
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| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Laboratory Tests) | Wayne Duffus, MD, PhD | |
| New List of Reportable Diseases for Laboratories | Marya Barker, MPH, Julie Schlegel, MSP |
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| Polio Surveillance Update - Rationale for Maintaining Vigilance Both for (i) Poliomyelitis, Paralytic and (ii) Poliovirus Infection, Nonparalytic | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Required Laboratory Reporting of Bloodstream Infections Caused by MRSA | Shirley Jankelevich, MD; Dixie Roberts, RN, MPH |
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| Syndromic Surveillance in South Carolina | Daniel Drociuk, MT (ASCP); Himal Dhotre, MPH |
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| Ask Epi: Infectious Disease Information | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Help DHEC Identify the Circulating Strains for Influenza Virus in South Carolina | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Help DHEC Measure Influenza Burden in South Carolina | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Neisseria gonorrhea Antimicrobial Resistance: Important Considerations for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections | Wayne Duffus, MD, PhD | |
| Public Health Clinical Liaisons: Assisting South Carolina Medical Practices with Pandemic Influenza Preparedness | Roscia Hardee, RN, MPH | |
| Rabies and World Rabies Day | Kira Christian, DVM, MPH | |
| ReachSC and South Carolina Health Alert Network | Shana Dorsey, BS, BA | |
| Surveillance for Botulism in South Carolina | Dan Drociuk, MT (ASCP) | |
| 2005 Annual Report on Notifiable Conditions in South Carolina | Libby Greene, MSN, APRN, BC | |
| Acute Retroviral Syndrome | Wayne Duffus, MD, PhD | |
| CDC Annual Report "Annual assessment of Progress Towards Goals to Prevent Perinatal HBV Transmission" | Elona Rhame, RN, MSN, MPH | |
| Changes in the School and Child Care Exclusion Lists for the 2007-2008 School Year | Michelle Myer, MSN, RN, CPNP | |
| Leptospirosis | Kira Christian, DVM, MPH | |
| Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance Program - What you need to know | Jesse Greene, MSN, RN | |
| Brucellosis | Marcia Headrick, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, FACE | |
| HPV Disease in the United States and South Carolina and the HPV Vaccine | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| Laboratory Testing of Shiga-Toxin Producing Escherichia coli | Jennifer Meredith, PhD | |
| Norovirus | Julie Schlegel, MSP; Libby Greene, MSN, APRN, BC |
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| Preventing Illnesses and Injuries associated with Animal Contact Settings | Marcia Headrick, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, FACE | |
| Changes in HIV Test Reporting | Lynda Kettinger, MPH | |
| Changes in the SC 2007 List of Reportable Conditions | Libby Greene, MSN, APRN, BC | |
| Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| How to Report Cases of Botulism | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Important Dates When Reporting Diseases | Amy Belflower, MSPH | |
| New Reporting Guidelines for Toxins | Amy Belflower, MSPH | |
| Revised Cholera and Other Vibrio Illness Reporting Requirement | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Revised E. Coli Reporting Requirement | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Seasonal Influenza Surveillance and Reporting 2006-07 | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Update for Reporting Meningococcal Disease | Dixie Roberts, MPH, APRN | |
| ACIP Recommendations for New Rotavirus Vaccine | Elona Rhame, RN, MSN, MPH | |
| CHESS Hospital Deployment | Claire Youngblood, MA | |
| Cryptosporidiosis: Is a Change in Test Methodology Identifying More Cases? | Dan Drociuk, MT; Robert Ball, MD, MPH |
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| Mumps | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| Rabies Update | Mary Helen Niemeyer, MD | |
| South Carolina Immunization Registry | Rodney Saylor; Elona Rhame, RN, MSN, MPH |
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| The South Carolina Health Alert Network | Shana Dorsey; Dan Drociuk, MT |
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| Avian Influenza in Birds | Julie Helm, DVM, ACPV | |
| Immunization Update: Influenza Vaccination for Health-care Personnel | Rebecca Morrison, MSN, CS-FNP | |
| Pandemic Influenza [Overview] | G. T. "Tom" Fabian, MD, MPH | |
| Pandemic Influenza Planning: On Your doorstep! | Julie Lumpkin, MSPH | |
| Preparing for a Pandemic: The Psychosocial challenges | Robert Carlton, MSW, LMSW | |
| Prevention and Control of Influenza for 2006: New and Updated Recommendations | Rebecca Morrison, MSN, CS-FNP | |
| S.C. Human Pandemic Influenza Monitoring Systems | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| SC DHEC Media Relations [What do you do to prevent the flu?] | Jim Beasley | |
| Teleconference: "Influenza Update for Physician Office Laboratories: September 26, 2006 from 1-2 PM ET | ||
| Updated Interim Guidance for Laboratory Testing of Persons with Suspected Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in the United States | [From Health Alert Network] | |
| Avian Influenza | Marcia Headrick, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, FACE | |
| Ciguatera Fish Poisoning from Fish Caught off the Coast of South Carolina | Mary Anne Wenck, DVM, MPH, Charles Moore |
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| Immunization Requirements for Child Day Care Facilities and Schools | Jesse Greene, MSN, RN | |
| New Hepatitis B Immunization Recommendations from the ACIP | Libby Greene, MSN, APRN, BC; Elona Rhame, MSN, MPH, RN |
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| School and Childcare Exclusion Lists | Michelle Myer, MSN, RN, CPNP | |
| South Carolina Needs More Participation in the Sentinel Influenza Surveillance Providers Network | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Time to Order Influenza Vaccine for the 2006-07 Season | Linda Kelly; Jesse Greene, MSN, RN |
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| Varicella Disease - A Review and an Update on New Recommendations for Vaccination | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| West Nile Virus in the 2006-07 Season | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Addition of Yersiniosis to the 2006 List of Reportable Conditions | Marcia Headrick, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, FACE | |
| Ask Epi: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis after Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis [Pertussis, Rabies, Hepatitis A] | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Change in Reporting Antibiotic Resistant Organisms [VRE, Strep pneumoniae] | Dixie Roberts, MPH, RN | |
| Changes in the SC 2006 List of Reportable Conditions | Libby Greene, MSN, APRN, BC | |
| "Get the Point" Program | Margie Davis | |
| Removal of Laboratory Reported HTLV-I and HTLV-II Infections from the 2006 South Carolina List of Reportable Conditions | Daniel Drociuk, MT (ASCP) | |
| Antiviral Drugs for Prophylaxis and Treatment of Influenza | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| Human Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection Associated with Rodents | Marcia Headrick, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, FACE | |
| Immunization Update: General, Influenza, Meningococcal | Jesse Greene, MSN, RN | |
| Pertussis Deaths in Infants | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| Preventing Illnesses and Injuries associated with Animal Contact Settings | Marcia Headrick, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, FACE | |
| PulseNet | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Reporting of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Invasive Disease | Amy Belflower, MSPH | |
| Revised School and Childcare Exclusion Lists | Michelle Myer, MSN, RN, CPNP | |
| South Carolina Influenza Surveillance 2005-06 Season | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| The Overwhelming Challenge of Community Associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) | George Kotchmar, MD, FAAP; Shirley Jankelevich, MD; Dixie Roberts, MPH, RN |
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| To PPD or Not to PPD -- An Issue Revisited on the Utility of Tuberculin skin Tests for Low Risk Persons | Rick Ervin, MD; JoAnn Palmer, BA; Eric R. Brenner, MD |
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| Update on Tuberculosis in South Carolina | Eric R. Brenner, MD; Rick Ervin, MD |
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| Ask Epi: TB Skin Testing after BCG | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Change in Rapid Influenza Test Surveillance (for 2005) | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Changes in the SC 2005 List of Reportable Conditions and Why Disease Reporting is Important! | Dixie Roberts, MPH, RN | |
| Got Shigella? A Community Responds | Fran Hall, RN, BSN; Stacy Holley, RN, BSN |
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| Pediatric Influenza-related Deaths Surveillance | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
| Revised Listeriosis Reporting Requirement | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) will begin in SC in 2005 | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| Surveillance of Aseptic Meningitis | Shirley Jankelevich, MD | |
| Ask Epi: IgM False Positives | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Ask Epi: IgM in Febrile Rash Illness | Eric R. Brenner, MD | |
| Enhanced Surveillance for Chlamydia in Women-South Carolina, 1998-2002 | Wayne Duffus, MD, PhD | |
| Table: Clinical Symptoms, Food-Related Agents to Consider | ||
| Update on Foodborne Illness in S.C. | Julie Schlegel, MSP | |
| West Nile Virus – 2003 Summary and the Upcoming Season | Lena Bretous, MD, MPH | |
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