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Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2009

The Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2009 replaces the 2008 version.

The new 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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Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2009
10 pages | 57 Kb | PDF
Appendix A - Full document
484 pages | 3 Mb | PDF
Appendix B - Full document
312 pages | 3 Mb | PDF
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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.

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)
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs)
N/A                 Appendix B - Case Definition

Amebiasis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Anthrax
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Botulism
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Brucellosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Campylobacter enteritis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Chancroid
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Chickenpox (Varicella)
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Cholera
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) outbreaks in public hospitals
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Cryptosporidiosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Cyclosporiasis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Cytomegalovirus infection, congenital
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Diphtheria
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Encephalitis, including: i) Primary, viral; ii) Post-infectious;
iii) Vaccine-related; iv) Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis,
and v) Unspecified
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Food poisoning, all causes
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Gastroenteritis, institutional outbreaks
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Giardiasis, except asymptomatic cases
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Gonorrhoea
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Group A Streptococcal Disease, invasive (iGAS)
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Group B Streptococcal disease, neonatal
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Haemophilus influenzae b disease, invasive
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Hemorrhagic fevers, including: i) Ebola virus disease; ii) Marburg virus disease, and iii) Other viral causes
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Hepatitis A
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Hepatitis B
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Hepatitis C
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Hepatitis D (Delta hepatitis)
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Herpes, neonatal
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Influenza
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Lassa Fever
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Legionellosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Leprosy
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Listeriosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Lyme Disease
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Malaria
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Measles
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Meningitis, acute: i) bacterial; ii) viral, and iii) other
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Meningococcal disease, invasive
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Mumps
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Paratyphoid Fever
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Plague
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Pneumococcal disease, invasive
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Poliomyelitis, acute
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Psittacosis/Ornithosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Q Fever
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Rabies
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Rubella
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Rubella, congenital syndrome
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Salmonellosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Shigellosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Smallpox
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Syphilis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Tetanus
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, including:
i) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, all types; ii) Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Syndrome; iii) Fatal Familial Insomnia, and iv) Kuru
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Trichinosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Tuberculosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Tularemia
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Typhoid Fever
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection indicator conditions,
including Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
West Nile Virus Illness
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition
Yellow Fever
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

Yersiniosis
Appendix A - Disease-Specific ChapterAppendix B - Case Definition

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