Diseases of Public Health Significance

Algoma Public Health

Diseases of Public Health Significance

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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:
    1. Primary, viral
    2. Post-infectious
    3. Vaccine related
    4. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
    5. Unspecified
  • Gonorrhea
  • Haemophilus influenzae disease all types, invasive Hemorrhagic fevers, including:
    1. Ebola virus disease
    2. Marburg virus disease
    3. Other viral causes
  • Hepatitis, viral
    1. Hepatitis A
    2. Hepatitis B
    3. Hepatitis C
  • Measles
  • Meningitis, acute
    1. Bacterial
    2. Viral
    3. 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