Notifiable diseases Flashcards
1
Q
What does it mean when a disease is notifiable? [3]
A
A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities.
The ‘Proper Officer’ at the Local Health Protection Team needs to be notified. They in turn will notify the Health Protection Agency on a weekly basis.
2
Q
Notifiable diseases A-B [7]
A
Acute encephalitis Acute infectious hepatitis Acute meningitis Acute poliomyelitis Anthrax Botulism Brucellosis
3
Q
Notifiable diseases C-L [9]
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Cholera Diphtheria Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid fever) Food poisoning Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) Infectious bloody diarrhoea Invasive group A streptococcal disease Legionnaires Disease Leprosy
4
Q
Notifiable diseases M-R [7]
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Malaria Measles Meningococcal septicaemia Mumps Plague Rabies Rubella
5
Q
Notifiable diseases S-Y [9]
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SARS Scarlet fever Smallpox Tetanus Tuberculosis Typhus Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) Whooping cough Yellow fever
