DISEASE SURVEILLANCE & GENETICS CLINIC Disease Surveillance PPHD works to prevent and control the spread of disease by partnering with local hospitals, schools, nursing homes, laboratories, and Nebraska DHHS. Through ongoing disease surveillance, staff monitor reportable conditions, identify outbreaks early, and support timely public health response, including sexually transmitted infections.
Panhandle Public Health District AIDS Animal Exposure (bite or nonbite) Aseptic meningitis Campylobacteriosis Chlamydia trachomatis infection Coccidioidomycosis Cryptosporidiosis 2025 Disease Report 2024 0 55 2 55 222 2 1
Munroe Meyer Genetics Outreach Clinic PPHD hosts and coordinates a Genetics Clinic, available both in person at the Scottsbluff office and via telehealth. The clinic is staffed by the genetics team from the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, including: Dr. Craig Baker, Metabolic and Clinical Geneticist Dr. Brett Kuhn, Ph.D., Behavioral Psychologist Sydney Stogdill, MGC, GCC, Certified Genetic Counselor The clinic’s goal is to provide accessible medical genetics services to communities across the Panhandle. It plays a vital role for families who are unable to travel to Eastern Nebraska or face insurance barriers that limit access to care outside the state. To refer a child to the clinic or for more information, call 308-633-2866
2025 1 62 1 59 234 0 4 13 77 5 11
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Escherichia coli (STEC) gastroenteritis
25 57 9 21 2 23 9 8 1 1 0 1 2 30 16 2
Giardiasis Gonorrhea
3 9 3 2 0 2
Group A Streptococcus, invasive Group B Streptococcus, invasive HIV Haemophilus influenzae, invasive Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal Hepatitis A, acute Hepatitis B virus infection, chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection, chronic or resolved Lead poisoning Legionellosis Malaria Measles (Rubeola) Mumps Noroviruses, outbreak Pertussis Prion Disease Q Fever, acute Rabies, animal Rabies, human Salmonellosis (excluding S. typhi/paratyphi) Shigellosis Strep, other, invasive, beta-hem (non-A nonB) Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease (IPD) Syphilis, Unknown Duration or Late Syphilis, congenital Syphilis, early non-primary, non-secondary Syphilis, primary Toxoplasmosis Tularemia Varicella (Chickenpox) Vibriosis (non-cholera Vibrio species infections) West Nile virus disease, neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease, nonneuroinvasive Yersiniosis (non-pestis) Total confirmed, probable, & suspect cases
1 1 0 21 28 0 1 1 1 2 19 1
0 0 1 14 7 0 2
0 0 0 21 4 0 12 11 2
1 1 30 2 14 7 18
2 2 2 2 2 0
0 0 2 0 10 0 7 6 15 652
2 3 6 9 671
Allyson De Los Santos, RN, BSN Disease Prevention Coordinator adelossantos@pphd.ne.gov
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