Notifiable disease guidelines and related documents
Recommended practices for follow-up of notifiable diseases
The Public Health Notifiable Disease Management Guidelines (see ND guidelines list below) were developed by Alberta Health with input and advice from Medical Officers of Health, public health nurses, public health inspectors and medical infectious disease specialists.
The ND guidelines outline the recommended practices for the follow-up of selected notifiable diseases and are intended for use by public health professionals in Alberta.
ND guidelines list
NOTE: *Disease Under Surveillance Management Guidelines. All documents in PDF
unless noted.
- Acute Flaccid Paralysis 2011
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 2011
- Aeromonas 2013
- Argentine Haemorrhagic Fever* 2011
- Amoebiasis 2011
- Anthrax 2012
- Arboviral Encephaliditides 2005
- Bacillus Cereus 2013
- Botulism 2011
- Brucellosis 2012
- California Serogroup infection* 2011
- Campylobacteriosis 2011
- Carbapenem Resistant Organism* 2013
- Chancroid 2013
- Chlamydia trachomatis infections 2012
- Cholera (O1 & O139) 2011
- Clostridium difficile Associated infection* 2011
- Clostridium Perfringens 2013
- Congenital Cytomegalovirus 2011
- Congenital Rubella Infection / Syndrome 2011
- Congential Syphilis 2012
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis 2011
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) 2013
- Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever* 2011
- Cryptococcosis (gattii) infection* 2012
- Cryptospodiosis 2011
- Cyclosporiasis 2011
- Dengue Fever 2012
- Diphtheria 2011
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis 2013
- Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever* 2011
- Escherichia coli Verotoxigenic infection* 2011
- Enteric Transmission Risk Assessment Table 2005
- Enterovirus Infections 2012
- Giardiasis 2011
- Gonococcal Infections 2012
- Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) 2013
- Haemophilus Influenzae, non-serotype b, Invasive 2011
- Haemophilus Influenzae, serotype b, Invasive 2011
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome 2012
- Hepatitis A 2013
- Hepatitis B Acute Case 2011
- Hepatitis B Chronic Carrier 2011
- Hepatitis C Acute 2013
- Hepatitis C Chronic 2013
- Hepatitis D* 2011
- Hepatitis E* 2011
- Histoplasmosis* 2011
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 2011
- Influenza 2012
- Japanese Encephalitis* 2011
- Kawasaki Disease 2013
- Lassa Fever* 2011
- Legionellosis 2011
- Leprosy 2011
- Leptospirosis 2013
- Listeriosis 2011
- Lyme Disease 2012
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum 2013
- Malaria 2012
- Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever* 2011
- Measles 2011
- Meningitis, Viral 2011
- Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (IMD) 2011
- Muco-Purulent Cervicitis 2013
- Mumps 2011
- Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection 2011
- Non-Gonococcal Urethritis 2013
- Norovirus 2013
- Paratyphoid Fever 2011
- Parvovirus B19 2011
- Pertussis 2011
- Plague 2012
- Pneumococcal Disease, Invasive (IPD) 2011
- Poliomyelitis 2011
- Powassan Encephalitis 2013
- Psittacosis 2012
- Q-Fever 2012
- Rabies 2013
- Relapsing Fever Louseborne 2013
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus 2013
- Reye Syndrome 2013
- Rickettsial Infections 2013
- Rift Valley Haemorrhagic Fever* 2011
- Rotavirus 2013
- Rubella 2011
- Salmonellosis 2011
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 2011
- Severe Respiratory Illness (SRI)* 2011
- Shellfish Poisoning* 2011
- Shigellosis 2011
- Smallpox 2011
- St. Louis Encephalitis 2013
- Staphylococcal Intoxication 2011
- Streptococcal Disease Group A Invasive 2011
- Streptococcal Disease Group B Newborn* 2011
- Subacute Sclerosing Panencepahalitis 2011
- Syphilis 2012
- Tetanus 2011
- Toxic Shock Syndrome, Staphylococcus Aureus 2011
- Trichinosis 2011
- Tuberculosis 2013
- Tularemia 2012
- Typhoid Fever 2011
- Typhus - Louseborne 2012
- Typhus - Murine 2012
- Typhus - Scrub 2012
- Varicella (Chickenpox) 2012
- Varicella Zoster (Shingles) 2011
- Vibrio Cholerae non O1, non O139 2011
- Vibrio Parahemolyticus 2011
- Viral Haemorrhagic Fever* 2011
- West Nile virus 2011
- Western Equine Encephalitis 2013
- Yellow Fever 2012
- Yersiniosis 2011
Related ND documents & forms
- Carbapenem Resistant Organism Form (.doc) 2013
- Carbapenem Resistant Organism Form Definitions 2013
- Hantavirus Enhanced Surveillance Form (.doc) 2010
- Hepatitis A Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire, PHAC 2013
- HIV / AIDS Case Report Manual 2008
- Hospitalized Influenza and SRI Report Form (.doc) 2012
- Hospitalized Influenza and SRI Report Form definitions 2012
- Listeria Questionnaire (PHAC) 2012
- Lyme Disease Laboratory tests 2012
- Lyme Disease Notes for clinicians 2012
- Outbreak Reporting Form (.doc) 2013
- Outbreak Reporting Form Definitions 2013
- Post-Exposure Management and Prophylaxis Guidelines for Non-Occupational, Occupational and MTDA January 2013
- Prenatal HIV: Public Health Guidelines 2008
- Prenatal Screening Program for Selected Communicable Diseases 2007
- Prenatal Syphilis Rescreening form 2011
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines 2012
- Tick Surveillance Form (.doc) 2013
- Tick Surveillance Definitions 2013
- Tick Surveillance Submission instructions 2013
- Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Guidelines for Alberta 2010
- TB Referral form 2012
- Varicella report form for multiple non-hospitalized cases 2013
- West Nile virus Enhanced Surveillance Report form (.doc) 2012
- West Nile virus Notes for Clinicians 2009
- West Nile virus Public Health Notification to Canadian Blood Services (.doc) 2012



