Download Reportable Diseases Toolkit for Clinicians

REPORTABLE DISEASES
Timely reporting of communicable diseases as soon as a suspect case is identified is essential
to monitor the health of the community and to provide the basis for preventive action.
PATIENT FACT SHEET
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Introduction to the new Toolkit
The following diseases are specified as reportable diseases under the authority of the
Health Protection and Promotion Act, Ontario Regulation 559/91 and Regulation 569.
To report a disease or for more information, please contact: The Infectious Disease Program
Tel: 613-345-5685 or 1-800-660-5853 • Fax: 613-345-5777
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)
Amebiasis
Brucellosis
Campylobacter enteritis
Chancroid
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Cholera
Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD)
outbreaks in public hospitals
Cyclosporiasis
Diphtheria
Encephalitis, including,
i. Primary, viral
ii. Post-infectious
iii. Vaccine-related
iv. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
v. Unspecified
Food poisoning, all causes
Gastroenteritis, institutional outbreaks
Giardiasis
Gonorrhoea
Group A Streptococcal disease, invasive
Group B Streptococcal disease, neonatal
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Psittacosis/Ornithosis
i. Ebola virus
ii. Marburg virus
iii. Other viral causes
Hepatitis, viral,
Botulism
Cryptosporidiosis
Pneumococcal disease, invasive
Hemorrhagic fevers, caused by:
Anthrax
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, all types
Haemophilus influenzae b disease,
invasive
i. Hepatitis A
ii. Hepatitis B
iii. Hepatitis C
Influenza
Lassa Fever
Legionellosis
Leprosy
Poliomyelitis, acute
Q Fever
Rabies
Respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions
Rubella
Rubella, congenital syndrome
Salmonellosis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Syphilis
Tetanus
Trichinosis
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Measles
Meningitis, acute,
i. bacterial
ii. viral
iii. other
Meningococcal disease, invasive
Mumps
Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection indicator
conditions, including Haemolytic Uraemic
Syndrome (HUS)
West Nile Virus Illness
Yellow Fever
Yersiniosis
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)
Paratyphoid Fever
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Plague
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