Case definitions manual
Beginning in January 2002, Alberta Health and Wellness established and led a Case Definition Working Group consisting of various public health professionals from across the province. This working group was charged with the drafting of case definitions for those notifiable infectious diseases and syndromes under surveillance by the Public Health Officer (PHO). This includes uniform laboratory and clinical criteria for the health regions for reporting purposes.
Individual case definitions
Case definitions for diseases with definitions already published by Health Canada were either adopted fully or adapted for Alberta’s use following extensive internal and external consultation with communicable disease specialists. The Alberta Case Definitions Manual is the product of this extensive and collaborative process.
Case Definitions Manual 2003
- Read the entire Case Definition Manual
with 2008 updates.
NOTE: diseases marked with an asterisk (*) are Disease Under Surveillance Management Guidelines
Individual case definitions
- Anthrax
- Brucellosis
- Calicivirus Infection
- Chancroid
- Chlamydial Infections
- Dengue Fever
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
- Enterovirus Infections
- Gonococcal Infections
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
- Leptospirosis
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)
- Malaria
- Mucopurulent Cervicitis (MPC)
- Non-Gonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
- Plague
- Powassan Encephalitis
- Psittacosis
- Q Fever
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rotavirus
- St. Louis Encephalitis
- Syphilis
- Tularemia
- Typhus – Louseborne
- Typhus – Murine
- Typhus – Scrub
- Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE)
- Yellow Fever
