Ontario Public Health Standards

Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2013

The Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2013 replaces the 2009 version.

Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2013
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The Protocol also includes two Appendices:

Appendix A - Disease-Specific Chapters

Appendix A provides disease-specific direction for the public health management of all reportable diseases.

Appendix B - Provincial Case Definitions

Appendix B provides the provincial surveillance case definitions for all reportable diseases.

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To access an individual disease-specific chapter and/or an individual provincial case definition, click on the hyperlinks in the alphabetical list below. Note: individual disease-specific chapters in Appendix A also include hyperlinks to the case definition and diagnosis in Appendix B.

Ontario Public Health Standards

Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2013

Appendix A - Disease-Specific Chapters

Appendix B - Provincial Case Definitions

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)*

Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs)

Amebiasis*

Anthrax*

Botulism*

Brucellosis*

Campylobacter enteritis*

Chancroid*

Chickenpox (Varicella*)

Chlamydia trachomatis infections*

Cholera*

Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) outbreaks in public hospitals*

Cryptosporidiosis*

Cyclosporiasis*

Cytomegalovirus infection, congenital*

Diphtheria*

Encephalitis, including: i) Primary, viral; ii) Post-infectious;iii) Vaccine-related; iv) Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, and v) Unspecified*

Food poisoning, all causes*

Gastroenteritis, institutional outbreaks*

Giardiasis, except asymptomatic cases*

Gonorrhoea*

Group A Streptococcal Disease, invasive (iGAS)

Group B Streptococcal disease, neonatal*

Haemophilus influenzae b disease, invasive*

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome*

Hemorrhagic fevers, including: i) Ebola virus disease; ii) Marburg virus disease, and iii) Other viral causes*

Hepatitis A*

Hepatitis B*

Hepatitis C*

Hepatitis D (Delta hepatitis)*

Herpes, neonatal*

Influenza*

Lassa Fever*

Legionellosis

Leprosy*

Listeriosis*

Lyme Disease*

Malaria*

Measles

Meningitis, acute: i) bacterial; ii) viral, and iii) other*

Meningococcal disease, invasive*

Mumps*

Ophthalmia neonatorum*

Paratyphoid Fever*

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)*

Plague*

Pneumococcal disease, invasive*

Poliomyelitis, acute*

Psittacosis/Ornithosis*

Q Fever*

Rabies*

Respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions*

Rubella

Rubella, congenital syndrome

Salmonellosis*

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)*

Shigellosis*

Smallpox*

Syphilis*

Tetanus*

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, including:i) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, all types; ii) Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Syndrome; iii) Fatal Familial Insomnia, and iv) Kuru*

Trichinosis*

Tuberculosis*

Tularemia*

Typhoid Fever*

Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection indicator conditions,including Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)*

West Nile Virus Illness*

Yellow Fever*

Yersiniosis*

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Encephalitis, including: i) Primary, viral; ii) Post-infectious;
iii) Vaccine-related; iv) Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis,
and v) Unspecified*

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, including:
i) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, all types; ii) Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Syndrome; iii) Fatal Familial Insomnia, and iv) Kuru*

Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection indicator conditions,
including Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)*