List of Diseases to Report in British Columbia (as of January 2018)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Most cases of reportable disease are Syndrome Hemorrhagic Viral Fevers identified by the health care system. Anthrax Hepatitis Viral: A provider who knows or suspects that Botulism Hepatitis A, B, C, E a child or worker is suffering from a Other viral hepatitis Brucellosis reportable disease should contact their Human Immunodeficiency Virus Carbapenemase Producing Licensing Officer, Public Health Nurse Organism (CPO) Leprosy or Environmental Health Officer. Chancroid Lyme Disease Remember that information Cholera Measles about someone’s health is private Congenital infections: Meningitis: All causes information and should be treated Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Bacterial: (Haemophilus, with confidentiality. Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Pneumococcal, Other), Viral simplex, Varicella-zoster, Meningococcal Disease: Hepatitis B Virus, Congenital All Invasive Including Primary Notifying Public Health of Rubella Syndrome, Listeriosis Meningococcal Pneumonia an Outbreak of Diarrheal and any other congenital & Primary Meningococcal infection Conjunctivitis Disease Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Mumps Some diseases that are not “reportable diseases” can still cause serious illness Cryptococcus gatti Neonatal Group B Streptococcus Cryptosporidiosis Infection and need to be followed up by public health to determine the cause and to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) Cyclospora Infection prevent spread. Many of these diseases Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis (DLK) Pertussis (Whooping Cough) cause diarrhea and vomiting. Diphtheria: Plague Providers in child care centres should Cases Poliomyelitis Carriers notify public health, when 3 or more Rabies Encephalitis: children have been sick with similar Post-infectious Reye’s Syndrome symptoms, such as diarrhea or Subacute sclerosing Rubella vomiting, within a short period of time. panencephalitis Vaccine-related Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Viral (SARS) Foodborne illness: Smallpox All causes Streptococcus pneumoniae Gastroenteritis epidemic: Infection, Invasive Bacterial Syphilis Parasitic Tetanus Viral Transfusion Transmitted Infection Genital Chlamydia Infection Tuberculosis Giardiasis Tularemia Gonorrhea – all sites Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever Group A Streptococcal Disease, Invasive Waterborne Illness: All causes H5 and H7 strains of the Influenza virus West Nile Virus Infection Haemophilus influenzae Disease Yellow Fever All Invasive, by Type Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

18 SNEEZES & DISEASES Fall 2019 Section 1 • Prevention If you have any questions, contact your local Community Health Centre