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Legionnaires' disease organism, legionella

Meningococcemia

Mumps **

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pertussis *

Plague *

Poliomyelitis *

Q-fever

Rabies (Human and Animal) *

Relapsing Fever (tick-borne and louse borne)

Rheumatic Fever

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rubella

Rubella, Congenital Syndrome

Rubeola *

Salmonellosis

Shigellosis

Staphylococcal Diseases **

Syphilis

Tetanus *

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Trichinosis

Tuberculosis

Tularemia

Typhoid *, cases and carriers

Typhus *

Yellow Fever *

* Telephone reporting required

** Report total cases only

*** Cancer should be reported to (state) Cancer Registry

The State Health Department will attempt to find the source of many of these illnesses, such as food poisoning or amebiasis. In the case of sexually-transmitted diseases the state will attempt to locate sexual contacts to assure they are disease-free or are appropriately treated if they are already infected.

The information obtained by reporting allows the state to make informed decisions and laws concerning activities and the environment such as food handling, water purification, insect control, animal control, STD (sexually-transmitted disease) tracking, and immunization programs.

Please remember that the health care provider is bound by law to report these events. People with any of the diseases listed in the state's reporting schedule should make every effort to cooperate with the state health workers. Cooperation may help locate the source of an infection or prevent the spread of an epidemic.

Review Date: 06/09/2005
Reviewed By: Camille Kotton, M.D., Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.