SEATTLE (AP) — Public health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about a variety of outbreaks of serious infectious diseases among people who are homeless in Seattle and throughout King County.



The Seattle Times reports Seattle-King County Public Health is investigating outbreaks of Group A Streptococcus, shigella, and a rare group of infections transmitted by body lice among people who are homeless.



Health officials also are monitoring a potential outbreak of hepatitis A, a potentially fatal disease that spread in San Diego.



The county board of health passed a resolution Thursday urging more sanitation and hygiene services for unsheltered homeless people.



At the meeting, Seattle officials described efforts to increase toilets, hot water and hand-washing stations at the city's six sanctioned encampments, and to bring hand-washing kits to the city's many unsanctioned camps.