Notifiable disease guidelines and related documents

Recommended practices for follow-up of notifiable diseases

The prevention, management, and control of communicable diseases require active participation and cooperation of health care professionals and the public.

The Public Health Notifiable Disease Management Guidelines (see ND guidelines list below) were developed by Alberta Health and Wellness 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 PDFPDF icon unless noted.
  1. Acute Flaccid Paralysis – 2011
  2. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) – 2011 
  3. Argentine Haemorrhagic Fever* – 2011
  4. Amoebiasis – 2011
  5. Anthrax – 2005
  6. Arboviral Encephaliditides – 2005
  7. Botulism – 2011
  8. Brucellosis – 2005
  9. California Serogroup infection* – 2011
  10. Campylobacteriosis – 2011
  11. Chancroid – 2008
  12. Chlamydia trachomatis infections – 2008
  13. Cholera (O1 & O139) – 2011
  14. Clostridium difficile – Associated infection* – 2011
  15. Congenital Cytomegalovirus – 2011
  16. Congenital Rubella Infection / Syndrome – 2011
  17. Congenital Toxoplasmosis – 2011
  18. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) – 2011
  19. Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever* – 2011
  20. Cryptococcosis (gattii) infection* – 2011
  21. Cryptospodiosis – 2011
  22. Cyclosporiasis – 2011
  23. Dengue Fever – 2005
  24. Diphtheria – 2011
  25. Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever* – 2011
  26. Escherichia coli – Verotoxigenic infection* – 2011
  27. Enteric Transmission Risk Assessment Table – 2005
  28. Giardiasis – 2011
  29. Gonococcal Infections – 2008
  30. Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) – 2011
  31. Haemophilus Influenzae, non-serotype b, Invasive – 2011
  32. Haemophilus Influenzae, serotype b, Invasive – 2011
  33. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome – 2005
  34. Hepatitis A – 2011
  35. Hepatitis B – Acute Case – 2011
  36. Hepatitis B – Chronic Carrier – 2011
  37. Hepatitis C – 2011
  38. Hepatitis D* – 2011
  39. Hepatitis E* – 2011
  40. Histoplasmosis* – 2011
  41. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – 2011
  42. Influenza – Seasonal – 2011
  43. Japanese Encephalitis* – 2011
  44. Lassa Fever* – 2011
  45. Legionellosis – 2011
  46. Leprosy – 2011
  47. Leptospirosis – 2005
  48. Listeriosis – 2011
  49. Lyme Disease – 2012
  50. Lymphogranuloma Venereum – 2008
  51. Malaria – 2005
  52. Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever* – 2011
  53. Measles – 2011
  54. Meningitis, Viral – 2011 
  55. Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (IMD) – 2011
  56. Muco-Purulent Cervicitis – 2008
  57. Mumps – 2011
  58. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection – 2011
  59. Non-Gonococcal Urethritis – 2008
  60. Paratyphoid Fever – 2011
  61. Parvovirus B19 – 2011
  62. Pertussis – 2011
  63. Pneumococcal Disease, Invasive (IPD) – 2011
  64. Poliomyelitis – 2011
  65. Psittacosis – 2005
  66. Q-Fever – 2005
  67. Rabies – 2011
  68. Rift Valley Haemorrhagic Fever* – 2011
  69. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – 2005
  70. Rubella – 2011
  71. Salmonellosis – 2011
  72. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – 2011 
  73. Severe Respiratory Illness (SRI)* – 2011
  74. Shellfish Poisoning* – 2011
  75. Shigellosis – 2011
  76. Smallpox – 2011
  77. Staphylococcal Intoxication – 2011
  78. Streptococcal Disease Group A Invasive – 2011
  79. Streptococcal Disease Group B Newborn* – 2011
  80. Subacute Sclerosing Panencepahalitis – 2011
  81. Syphilis – 2008
  82. Tetanus – 2011
  83. Toxic Shock Syndrome, Staphylococcus Aureus – 2011
  84. Trichinosis – 2011
  85. Tuberculosis – 2011
  86. Typhoid Fever – 2011
  87. Typhus - Louseborne – 2005
  88. Typhus - Murine – 2005
  89. Typhus - Scrub – 2005
  90. Varicella (Chickenpox) – 2012
  91. Varicella Zoster (Shingles) – 2011
  92. Vibrio Cholerae non O1, non O139 – 2011
  93. Vibrio Parahemolyticus – 2011
  94. Viral Haemorrhagic Fever* – 2011
  95. West Nile virus – 2011
  96. Yellow Fever – 2005
  97. Yersiniosis – 2011

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