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Synopsis for October 12, 2001
The MMWR is embargoed until 4 p.m. ET, Thursdays.
- Cigarette Smoking Among Adults United States, 1999
- Potential Risk for Lead Exposure in Dental Offices
- Acute Flaccid Paralysis Associated with Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Philippines, 2001
- Ongoing Investigation of Anthrax Florida, October 2001
- Weekly Update: West Nile Virus Activity United States, October 39, 2001
MMWR Surveillance Summaries
October 12, 2001/Vol. 50/No. 3
Surveillance for Homicide Among Intimate Partners United States, 19811998
This report is the first state-by-state analysis of intimate partner homicide. Southern and Western states have the highest rates of intimate
partner homicide among women. The risk of intimate partner homicide increases with the size of the community. Rates for intimate partner
homicide decreased steadily from 1981-1998, for an overall reduction of 47.2%. The report gives national intimate partner homicide rates for all
four racial groups, including for the first time Asians and African Americans.
Contact: Office of Communications
CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
(770) 4884298
Synopsis for October 12, 2001
Cigarette Smoking Among Adults United States, 1999
PRESS CONTACT:
Marcella Law
CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
& Health Promotion
(770) 4885468 |
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Summary not available.
Potential Risk for Lead Exposure in Dental Offices
Lead-lined boxes used to store intraoral dental film and film stored in them create an avoidable potential exposure risk
for lead and should be disposed of immediately.
PRESS CONTACT:
Marc Weisskopf, Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
(617) 4323276 |
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A potential risk for lead exposure exists in some dental offices. In the past, the need to protect intraoral dental film from scatter radiation
led to the use of lead-lined film storage boxes in dental offices. These boxes and the film in them were found to contain lead powder.
Forty-three of 240 (18%) dental offices with radiograph equipment visited in Wisconsin between January and March, 2001 used these lead-lined
boxes. The lead powder could be transferred to patients undergoing dental radiograph procedures via the hygienist's fingers and the film itself.
Because advances in dental radiograph technology have reduced scatter radiation, lead-lined radiograph storage boxes are no longer necessary.
Dental offices still using these boxes should dispose of them, and any film in them, immediately.
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Associated with Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Philippines, 2001
Three cases of poliomyelitis associated with a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) have been confirmed in the Philippines.
PRESS CONTACT:
Roland Sutter, M.D., M.P.H. & T.M.
CDC, National Immunization Program
(404) 6398252 |
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Since March 2001, three cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) associated with a type-1 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) have been confirmed in
the Philippines: an eight-year old boy from Northern Mindanao, a three-year old boy in Laguna province, and the most recent case (with July
onset), a 14-month old boy from Cavite province. These viruses were detected through the enhanced global surveillance for VDPV established
following a VDPV polio outbreak in Haiti and the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola) in late 2000. The World Health Organization is working with the
Department of Health, Philippines, to coordinate a detailed field investigation into this polio outbreak, including enhanced case finding,
expanded specimen collection, and rapid laboratory analyses. The results of the investigation will determine the scope of immunization response
activities. Circulating VDPV are rare and likely caused by low immunization coverage.
Ongoing Investigation of Anthrax Florida, October 2001
The investigation into a case of anthrax in Florida is on-going.
PRESS CONTACT:
Division of Media Relations
CDC, Office of Communication
(404) 6393286 |
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On October 4, 2001, the Palm Beach County Health Department, Florida State Department of health, and CDC reported a case of anthrax in a
63-year-old resident in Florida. An environmental investigation identified one sample take from the individuals workplace as positive for
anthrax. Testing of additional samples is in-progress. Bacillus anthracist/t was identified in one nasal sample from another worker in the
building, which suggests exposure. The county health department is notifying persons who might have been in the building for at least 1 hour
since August 1, to offer prophylactic antibiotic treatment. Additional information about anthrax is available from local and state health
departments and from CDC at www.bt.cdc.gov.
Weekly Update: West Nile Virus Activity United States, October 3-9, 2001
PRESS CONTACT:
Division of Media Relations
CDC, Office of Communication
(404) 6393286 |
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The report summarizes surveillance data for West Nile Virus (WNV) activities in the United States. The report includes information on human
cases and deaths, infected birds and other animals, and WNV-positive mosquito pools.
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