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APPENDIX B: LIST OF REPORTABLE DISEASES

 

The following are the more common reportable disease which occur with moderate frequency in Arkansas:

Gonorrhea
Hepatitis (A,B, Non-A, Non-B Shigellosis unspecified and results of serologies)
MENINGITIS
MUMPS
Rash illnesses (including *MEASLES, & RUBELLA)
Salmonellosis (including typhoid)
Syphilis
Tuberculosis
WHOOPING COUGH (pertussis)

The following are less common reportable diseases that occur with low frequency in Arkansas:

*AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) *Leprosy
Amebiasis *Leptospirosis
ANTHRAX *Lyme Disease
*Aseptic Meriingitis Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Blastomycosis *Malaria
BOTULISM *Meningitis, Hemophilus Influenza Type B
*Brucellosis *Meningococcal infection
Campylobacter Interitis Mumps
Chancroid Pesticide Poisoning
CHOLERA PLAGUE
Coccidioidomycosis *POLIOMYELITIS
*Congenital Rubella Syndrome *Psittacosia (Ornithosis)
DIPHTHERIA Q Fever
Encephalitia (all types) RABIES *Relapsing Fever
FOOD POISONINGS (all types) *Reyes Syndrome
Giardiasis Rheumatic Fever
Gonococcal Ophthalmia *Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Granuloma Inguinale SMALL POX
*Guillain-Barre Syndrome *Tetanus
Histoplasmosis *Toxic Shock Syndrome
HIV (Human Immuno Deficiency Virus by name & address) Toxoplasmosis
**Influenza *Trichinosis
*Kawasaki Disease *Tularemia
*Legionellosis TYPHUS FEVER
 
YELLOW FEVER

* The reporting physician will be contacted for additional information.

** Individual cases to be reported only when laboratory testing has determined the viral type.

The diseases in capitol letters are to be brought to the immediate attention of the State Epidemiologist when suspected.

Reporting data shall include:

a) Names and locations of reporting person.

b) Disease or suspected disease and date of onset.

c) Name, age, sex, address and phone number of patient (please spell patient's name).

d) Name of patient's physician.

The following diseases are also of public health importance and should be reported whenever there is an unusual incidence or outbreak (including seasonal). It is necessary to report: (1) physician's name and location (2) the suspected disease (3) the number of cases and interval during which the cases were seen:

Acute respiratory disease Hospital acquired infections
Chicken pox Infectious Mononucleosis
Conjunctivitis Influenza (estimate number)
Dematophytosis (ring worm) Pediclosis
Enterophathogenic E. Coli Diarrhea Pleurodynia
Epidemic Diarrhea of unknown cause Pneumonia (bacterial, Mycoplasma, viral)
Gastroenteritis Staphylococcal-Infections
Herpangina Streptococcal Infections

The following occupational disease also shall be reported:

Asbestosis
Byssinosis
Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis
Mesothelioma
Silicosis

FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE CONTACT THE LOCAL COUNTY HEALTH UNIT.


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