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General Administration AP 161 - Appendix C: List of Communicable Diseases

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Arboviral Infections (including Dengue)
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter
Cerebrospinal Fluid Isolates
Chickenpox
Cholera
Congenital Infections (includes Cytomegalovirus)
Covid-19, and variants
Dengue
Diphtheria
Encephalitis (specified or unspecified)
*Enteric Pathogens
*Foodborne Illness
*Gastroenteritis, epidemic
Giardiasis
Haemophilus Influenza Infections (invasive)
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Hepatitis A, B, Non-A, Non-B
Hepatitis B, Herpes Simplex, Rubella, Toxoplasmosis, Varicella-Zoster)
Kawasaki Disease
Lassa Fever
Legionella Infections
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis (all causes)
Meningococcal Infections
Mumps
Neonatal Herpes
Nosocomial Infections
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (all causes)
Paratyphoid
Pertussis
Plague
Poliomyelitis
Psittacosis
Q-Fever
Rabies
Rye Syndrome
Rickettsial Infections
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella (including Congenital Rubella)
Rubeola
Salmonella Infections
Shigella Infections
*Stool Pathogens, all types
Tetanus
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid
Typhus
Varicella
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (including Marburg, Ebola,
Lassa, Argentinean, African Hemorrhagic Fevers)
*Waterborne Illness (all causes)
Yellow Fever

* Enteric Pathogens, Foodborne Illness, Gastroenteritis, epidemic and Waterborne Illness include the following and any other identified or unidentified cause: Aeromonas; Bacillus cereus; Campylobacter; Clostridium botulinum and; perfringens; Salmonella; Shigella; Staphylococcus; Viruses such as Norwalk and Rotavirus; Yersinia

The above list is not exclusive, if there is an additional disease that should be considered please contact your supervisor who will review with the Head of Inclusive Learning.