Notifiable Diseases

Question 1

What are notifiable diseases?

Answer 1

Diseases that are required by law to be reported to government authorities

Question 2

True or false: you should wait before laboratory confirmation of a notifiable disease before reporting it

Answer 2

false (you should fill notification forms immediately on diagnosis of a suspected notifiable disease - don’t wait for laboratory confirmation)

Question 3

What is haemolytic uremic syndrome?

Answer 3

thrombosis in small blood vessels throughout the body
triggered by bacteria e. coli 0157 shiga toxin, presenting with a classic triad of:
1) Haemolytic anaemia
2) Acute kidney injury
3) Low platelet count (thrombocytopenia)

Question 4

What is diphtheria?

Answer 4

An acute, highly contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat that hinders breathing and swallowing

Question 5

What bacteria causes cholera?

Answer 5

Vibrio cholerae

Question 6

What bacteria causes cholera?

Answer 6

Vibrio cholerae

Question 7

What bacteria causes typhoid?

Answer 7

Salmonella typhi

Question 8

What bacteria causes leprosy?

Answer 8

Mycobacterium leprae

Question 9

What bacteria causes whooping cough?

Answer 9

Bordetella pertussis

Question 10

What organism causes rabies?

Answer 10

Rhabdovirus

Question 11

What organism causes smallpox?

Answer 11

variola virus

Question 12

How does typhoid present?

Answer 12

1) abdominal pain
2) severe fever
3) vomiting
4) rash
5) constipation
(diarrhoea is rare)

Question 13

List as many notifiable diseases are you can!

Answer 13

1) meningitis
2) hepatitis
3) encephalitis
4) cholera
5) diptheria
6) typhoid
7) haemolytic uraemic syndrome
8) leprosy
9) whooping cough
10) malaria
11) measles
12) meningococcal septicaemia
13) mumps
14) rabies
15) smallpox
16) TB
17) viral haemorrhagic fever
18) SARS
19) environmental issues e.g. radiation or chemical exposure