MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 29, 2013   [open pdf - 276KB]

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Increase in Reported Coccidioidomycosis -- United States, 1998-2011"; "Two Measles Outbreaks After Importation -- Utah, March-June 2011"; "Three Cases of Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Postelimination Era -- Maryland, Alabama, and Illinois, 2012"; "Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Severe Respiratory Illness in an Assisted-Living Facility -- Colorado, 2012"; "Announcement: Autism Awareness Month and World Autism Day -- April 2013"; "Notice to Readers: NNDSS Tables Have Updated 'N' Indicators for 2011-2013"; and "QuickStats: Number of Deaths From Poisoning, Drug Poisoning, and Drug Poisoning Involving Opioid Analgesics -- United States, 1999-2010". Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2013.html]