Algoma Public Health
Diseases of Public Health Significance
The following suspect and confirmed Diseases of Public Health Significance (O. Reg. 135/18 under the Health Protection and Promotion Act) are reportable to the local Medical Officer of Health. All diseases must be communicated using the two-step system below:
Step 1: Complete Fillable Reporting Form (PDF)
Step 2: Download, Print & Fax to (705) 541-7309
Reportable to Infectious Disease
Contact Information:
705-942-4646 x 3274 (after hours: 759-705-5416) or TF: 1-866-892-0172
BOLDED diseases must be reported IMMEDIATELY. All other diseases may be reported on the next working day.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) & HIV
- Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)
- Chancroid Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Chlamydia trachomatis infections
- Diphtheria
- Diseases caused by a novel coronavirus, including Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
- Encephalitis, including:
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- Primary, viral
- Post-infectious
- Vaccine related
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- Unspecified
- Gonorrhea
- Haemophilus influenzae disease all types, invasive Hemorrhagic fevers, including:
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- Ebola virus disease
- Marburg virus disease
- Other viral causes
- Hepatitis, viral
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- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Measles
- Meningitis, acute
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- Bacterial
- Viral
- Other
- Meningococcal disease, invasive
- Mumps
- Ophthalmia neonatorum
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
- Poliomyelitis, acute Rubella
- Rubella, congenital syndrome
- Smallpox and other Orthopoxviruses including Mpox
- Streptococcal infections Grp A invasive
- Streptococcal infections, Grp B neonatal
- Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive
- Syphilis
- Tetanus
- Tuberculosis
- West Nile Virus illnesses
Reportable to Environmental Health
Last Updated: January 6, 2025