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This is the Maine Epi-Gram homepage.
All past issues of the Epi-Gram are available here.
The Maine Epi-Gram is not being published at this time.

 

The purpose of the Epi-Gram is to distribute timely and science-based information to guide Maine's healthcare professionals in issues of public health and infectious disease importance and to promote statewide infectious disease surveillance.

Director, Maine CDC:
Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH

Director, Infectious Disease Division:
Sally-Lou Patterson

State Epidemiologist and Editor:
Kathleen F. Gensheimer, MD, MPH

 

The Epi-Gram is only available in an online format.

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2006 ISSUES
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OCTOBER
DECEMBER

Epidemology Recognition Awards

Evaluating Maine's Influenza Surveillance System Sentinel Provider Network 2004-2005

Reducing the Spread of HIV, HCV, and HBV: Safer Injection Policies in Maine

Clinical Guidance for Screening and Initial Management of Suspected Human Cases of Avian Influenza (H5N1) - Maine, November 30 2005

Reportable Disease Graph for December 2005

Foodborne Disease Trends in Maine: Toward Healthy Maine 2010

Save the Date: MRSA and TB: Implications for Correctional Facilities

PDF Version

 

New Test Methods at the STate Public Health Laboratory

Meningococcal Prophylaxis

Notice to readers: Investigation of invasive cases and clusters of CA-MRSA

Selected Reportable Diseases in Maine Year-to-Date through February 2006

Raising Awareness of Viral Hepatitis in Maine

Maine CDC to Launch HIV Prevention Media Campaign for Gay and Bisexual Men

Save the Date: 2006 Immunization Update

PDF Version

2005 Arbovirus Surveillance in Maine: Updates and Recommendations

Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis-United States

Rabies: What Defines an Exposure?

National HIV Testing Day: June 27, 2006

Data from the Maine Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Health Risks among Youth with Same-Sex Partners

Pertussis in Maine: An Overview

Reportable Disease Graph for April 2006

Information for Healthcare Providers on New Tdap Vaccine

PDF Version

Be on the Lookout: 2006 Syphilis Increase in Maine

Cholera and Other Vibrio Illnesses: Summary of 2004-05 Surveillance - Maine and United States

Infectious Disease Epidemiology Surveillance Report: Rabies

Post-Exposure Prophylaxis After Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis?

Updated Recommendations for Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Vaccine

Selected Reportable Diseases in Maine Year-to-Date (YTD) Through June 2006

Save the Date: A Conference Emerging Infectious Diseases in Maine: The Public Health Response

Save the Date: A Conference Advancing Maine's HIV Prevention and Care: Moving Maine Forward

PDF Version

Preparing for Influenza Season - Maine 2006-2007

Patterns in the System: Cycles of Mosquito Borne Disease

New Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines - 2006

Chickenpox Control: Itching to Administer a Two-Dose Vaccine

MRSA Among Students - Maine, 2006

Selected Reportable Diseases in Maine Year-to-Date through August 2006

2006 Emerging Infectious Disesases in Miaine: The Public Health Response

2005 Annual Summary of Reportable Infectious Diseases in Maine

 

Public Health Law in Maine

Revised CDC Recommendations for HIV Testing

2006 Epidemiology Recognition Awards

Selected Reportable Diseases in Maine Year-to-Date

PDF Version

2005 ISSUES
FEBRUARY
APRIL
JUNE
AUGUST
OCTOBER
DECEMBER

Foodborne Botulism

Selected Reportable Diseases

Influenza
Surveillance

TB

PDF Version

DDC Monthly 
Disease Summary

Antiretroviral 
Postexposure Prophylaxis

Outbreak of 
Gastroenteritis

Reptile/Amphibian-
Associated Salmonellosis

Protecting Maine's High-Risk Population

Lymphogranuloma Venereum Resurgance

Disease Reporting

PDF Version

Primary Three Drug Class Antiretroviral-
Resistant HIV (3DCR HIV)

Influenza Surveillance--Maine 2004-2005 Season Report

Interim Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of CA MRSA in Maine

Tattooing and Body Piercing: Public Health Updates

Rabies – Close Encounters of the Furry Kind

Selected Reportable Diseases

Thimerosal: What and Why

PDF Version

Febrile Illnesses During the Summer and Fall

Summer Is Here: Think RWI

West Nile Virus

Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease

Selected Reportable Diseases

Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV Update)

PDF Version

New Recommendations for Expanded Prenatal and Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing

2005 Influenza Vaccine Distribution

Re-screening and Test of Cure for Chlamydia Infection

Lyme Disease: 2005 Update for Maine Clinicians

PCR Testing for Pertussis at State Laboratory

Preparing for Influenza, 2005-2006

Selected Reportable Diseases in Maine Year-to-Date (YTD) through August 2005

Save These Dates

PDF VERSION

TB Prevention and Control Recommendations for Maine's Homeless Shelters

Maine to Change Methods for HIV Data Collection and Storage

HIV and HCV Co-Infection in Maine

Maine Perinatal Hep B Program

Comparison of Selected Disease Rates

Reportable Disease Graph for October 2005

PDF VERSION

 

2004 ISSUES
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TB Outbreak

HIV Diagnoses

Hepatitis C

PDF

WNV

Pertussis

Regional Epi's

Febrile Illnesses

PDF

Community-
acquired MRSA

Influenza Surveillance

Hep C Testing

Malaria Prophylaxis

PDF

2003 ISSUES
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
JULY
AUGUST
   

Conjunctivitis


HIPAA Privacy


Parkinson's

Disease Conf.


Hep B

2002 ISSUES
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MAY
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JULY
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SEPTEMBER
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NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
2001 ISSUES
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
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APRIL
MAY
JUNE
1999 Disease Summary Poliomyelitis

Body-
Piercing

Shiga Toxin
Hep A

Foodborne-
Illnesses

Meningococcal
Gonorrhea

AAP/USPHS

Fluoride

HIV Treatment
Foot & Mouth

Gonorrhea

Rabies

Febrile
WNV

Tickborne-
Infections
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
Escherichia

Enteric-
Pathogens

Prenatal-
Screenings

Browntail Moth

Lyme Disease
Shiga-Toxin

HIV/AIDS-
in Maine

Tuberculosis

WNV
Hantavirus

Influenza-
Recommendations
Bioterrorism

Anthrax

Vaccine Supply
Inhalational Anthrax

Gonorrhea

Recognition Awards
 
 2000 ISSUES
 JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
 Herpes

Pertussis

Pyloric- Stenosis
  Nursing-
Home-
Outbreak
Clusters

Irradiation
Escherichia Coli

Shiga-Toxin

Hep A

Prevnar

Meningitis
  Salmonella

Clostridium-
Novy

WNV
 JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
    Influenza Vaccine

Antiviral Agents

WNV
WNV

Pneumococcal-
Vaccine

AIDS 1999

HIV 1999
Think TB

Contacts of Contacts

Chemo-
prophylaxis
WNV

Increases in-
Gonorrhea

Escherichia

Raw Milk
 1999 ISSUES
 
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
  Meningococcal

Hantavirus

Intussusception

Enteric Vibrio
Lyme Disease

Tick-Borne

Salmonella
All About Vaccines WNV Outbreak

ACIP

Foodborne Illness
1998 Reportable-
Infectious-
Diseases in ME