The charts below show the types and numbers of illnesses that have been reported in Woodbury County. The current year as well as last year are shown.

It should be noted that individual cases of common illnesses such as influenza and norovirus (also known as "stomach flu") are not reportable, so numbers of those cases are not shown. Those illnesses are only reportable during outbreaks and other special circumstances.

2025

January 1, 2025 through October 31, 2025

All cases are either confirmed or probable cases

Reportable Diseases in Woodbury County Number of Cases
Campylobacter 29
Chlamydia  553
Cryptosporidium* 3
Cyclospora 4
E. coli / Shiga toxin** 10
Giardia 3
Gonorrhea  175
Hepatitis A 0
Hepatitis B (acute)  0
Hepatitis B (chronic) 16
Malaria  4
Pertussis  16
Salmonella* 20
Shigella** 3
Syphilis (infectious stages only) 30
West Nile Virus 

*Requires public health follow up investigations by local public health
**Requires the enforcement of exclusions if they are a food worker, daycare worker, child in daycare, or a healthcare worker who has direct patient care.

2020 - 2024 Case Numbers

All cases are either confirmed or probable cases

Infection  2024  2023  2022 2021  2020
Campylobacter  37  21 26 26 14
Chlamydia  662  674 806  822 838 
Cryptosporidium*  12  6 14 8 15 
Cyclospora   1  0 1
E. coli / Shiga toxin**  9  6 13 12
Giardia  12  7 6 4
Gonorrhea  261  178 321 426 424 
Hepatitis A  0  1  0 0
Hepatitis B (acute)*  1  0 0 1
Hepatitis B (chronic)*  18  15 21 20
Legionella*   0  1 2 2
Lyme Disease  0  1    
Malaria  2
Monkeypox   0  0    
Mumps*  0  0 0
Pertussis*  7  0 1
Salmonella*  24  21 29  25 15 
Shigella**  5  10 2
Syphilis (all infectious stages)   57  107 98 25
West Nile Virus*  0  1 2

*Requires public health follow up investigations by local public health
**Requires the enforcement of exclusions if they are a food worker, daycare worker, child in daycare, or a healthcare worker who has direct patient care.

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