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Mail Code: 1960
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Austin, TX 78714
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The Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Guidelines (EAIDG)
**UPDATED 2017 **
EAIDG 2017 PDF, 7.29 MB
The purpose of this handbook is to provide a centralized resource for outbreak and reportable
disease investigations to local and regional health departments in Texas. This handbook is
intended as a tool to help local and regional public health staff with their surveillance activities
and investigations. Our hope is that this handbook will continue to grow over the years and
highlight some of the best investigation practices in the state. Information covers control
measures, case definitions, case statuses, laboratory collection/shipping procedures and more.
List of Individual Chapters:
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (PDF, 72.9 KB)
Amebiasis (PDF, 375 KB)
Amebic Meningitis/Encephalitis (PDF, 341 KB)
Ascariasis (PDF, 340 KB)
Botulism (PDF, 439 KB)
Campylobacteriosis (PDF, 393 KB)
CRE (Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae)(PDF, 355 KB)
CRS (Congenital Rubella Syndrome)(PDF, 347 KB)
Cryptosporidiosis (PDF, 401 KB)
Cyclosporiasis (PDF, 374 KB)
Diphtheria (PDF, 445 KB)
Ebola (PDF, 382 KB)
Fascioliasis (PDF, 360 KB)
GAS (Streptococcus pyogenes, Invasive) (PDF, 333 KB)
Gastroenteritis Outbreaks (PDF, 502 KB)
GBS (Streptococcus agalactiae, Invasive) (PDF, 333 KB)
HAV (PDF, 343 KB)
HBV (Acute and Perinatal) (PDF, 604 KB)
HCV (PDF, 333 KB)
HEV (PDF, 361 KB)
Haemophilus influenzae (PDF, 359 KB)
Hookworm (PDF, 338 KB)
Legionellosis (PDF, 800 KB)
Listeriosis (PDF, 402 KB)
MDR-A (PDF, 352 KB)
Measles (PDF, 900 KB)
Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (PDF, 489 KB)
Mumps (PDF, 386 KB)
Norovirus Outbreaks (PDF, 406 KB)
Novel Coronavirus (PDF, 741 KB)
Novel Flu
(PDF, 113 KB)
Paragonimiasis (PDF, 369 KB)
Pediatric Flu Death (PDF, 319 KB)
Pertussis (PDF, 470 KB)
Polio (PDF, 352 KB)
Rubella (PDF, 386 KB)
Salmonellosis (PDF, 424 KB)
Shigellosis (PDF, 423 KB)
STEC (Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli) (PDF, 419 KB)
Streptococcus pneumoniae (PDF, 395 KB)
Tetanus (PDF, 322 KB)
Trichuriasis (PDF, 338 KB)
Typhoid Fever (PDF, 425 KB)
Varicella (PDF, 394 KB)
Vibriosis including Cholera (PDF, 443 KB)
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Non Ebola) (PDF, 316 KB)
VISA/VRSA (PDF, 373 KB)
Yersiniosis (PDF, 396 KB)
Appendix A: Additional Flowcharts (PDF, 661 KB)
Appendix B: OOS Exposure Notifications (PDF, 408 KB)
Appendix C: Laboratory Resources (PDF, 796 KB)
Appendix D: Summary of Updates (PDF, 582 KB)
Appendix E: Additional Resources (PDF, 444 KB)
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Last updated June 2, 2017
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