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Fact Sheets for Communicable Diseases

Must be Reported to Public Health

  • Amebiasis
  • Anthrax
  • Botulism
  • C difficile (français)
  • C. difficile
  • Campylobactoriosis
  • Chancroid
  • Chlamydia
  • Cholera
  • CJD (Classic)
  • CJD (Variant)
  • Cryptosporidium
  • Cyclosporiasis
  • Diptheria
  • E.Coli (verotoxigenic)
  • E.Coli (verotoxigenic) French
  • Giardia
  • Gonorrhea
  • Gonorrhea (PPNG strain)
  • Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib)
  • Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) Information for Physicians
  • Hantavirus
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis A (French)
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV
  • Legionellosis
  • LGV
  • Listeriosis
  • Lyme Disease
  • Lyme Disease Fact Sheet (French)
  • Malaria
  • Measles
  • Measles Information for Physicians
  • Meningitis (Viral)
  • Meningococcal Disease
  • MRSA (Community Associated)
  • Mumps Fact Sheet
  • Mumps Fact Sheet (French)
  • Necrotizing Fasciitis
  • Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  • Plague
  • Pneumococcal
  • Polio
  • Q Fever
  • Rabies
  • Rabies (French)
  • Rabies Post Exposure
  • Rabies Post Exposure (French)
  • Rubella
  • Salmonellosis
  • Shell Fish Poisoning
  • Shigellosis
  • Syphilis
  • Syphilis (French)
  • Tetanus
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Trichinellosis
  • Typhoid - Paratyphoid
  • West Nile Virus
  • Yersiniosis

Not Reportable to Public Health

For information about diseases that are not reportable to Public Health, check out the Canadian Pediatric Association website - Caring for Kids section for some of the following Information:

  • Chickenpox
  • Dehydration and diarrhea in children - prevention  and treatment
  • Fifth disease
  • Hand, foot and mouth disease
  • Impetigo
  • Pink eye
  • Pinworms
  • Ringworm
  • Roseola
  • Scabies
  • Strep throat
  • Thrush
  • Head lice
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