The following conditions must be reported IMMEDIATELY
by telephone:
- Acute paralytic poliomyelitis
- Anthrax
- Botulism (Food Borne)
- Diphtheria
- Invasive Haemophilus influenza Type B
- Invasive Meningococcal Infection
- Measles (Rubeola)
- Pertussis
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- Plague
- Rabies (Human)
- Smallpox
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
- Yellow Fever
- Outbreaks of exotic diseases, unusual groups of illnesses
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Conditions that must be reported WITHIN
ONE WORKING DAY:
- Acute Hepatitis A
- Brucellosis
- Q Fever
- Rubella
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- Tularemia
- Vibrio Infections
- Tuberculosis
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Conditions that must be reported WITHIN
ONE WEEK:
Infectious Disease:
- Amebiasis
- Botulism (Infant)
- Campylobacteriosis
- Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (CJD)
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Hemolytic Uremic
Syndrome(HUS)
- Hepatitis B, D, E and
unspecified
- Hepatitis C
(newly diagnosed)
- Legionellosis
- Listeriosis
- Lyme Disease
- Malaria
- Meningitis (specify type)
- Mumps
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- Cyclosporidiosis
- Dengue
- Ehrlichiosis
- Encephalitis
- E. Coli
- Hansens' Disease
Leprosy)
- Relapsing fever
- Salmonellosis (inc. typhoid)
- Shigellosis
- Spotted fever group
rickettsioses
- Tetanus
- Trichinosis
- Typhus
- Yersiniosis
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| Injuries |
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| Occupational
Diseases & Elevated Blood Lead Levels: |
- Abestosis
- Lead (adult elevated blood)
- Lead (childhood elevated blood)
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- Pesticide poisoning, acute, occupational
- Silicosis
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| Sexually Transmitted
Diseases |
- Chanchroid
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
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- HIV/AIDS new diagnosis
- Syphillis
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Unusual Expressions of Diseases
All unusual expressions of diseases are legally required to be reported
to Collin County Health Care Services as soon as the clinician recognizes
the expression as unusual.
Dog Bites
While not legally required to be reported to Collin County Health Care
Services, the Department of Epidemiology requests that physicians report
all cases of dog bites as soon as possible in order to help control any
outbreaks of rabies or other diseases.
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