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The following specified Reportable Disease, (Ontario Regulation 559/91 and
amendments under the
Health Protection and Promotion Act, 1990) is to be reported to
the Local Medical Office of Health.
Note: Diseases marked
and all respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions should be
reported
immediately to the Medical Officer of Health by telephone. Other diseases are to
be reported
the next working day.
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Case Definition
Surveillance Case Definition: Anthrax
Confirmed Case-Clinically compatible signs and symptoms with:
a. culture of Bacillus anthracis or
b. four-ffold or greater rise in antibody titre in paired sera or
c. identification of B. anthracis using the fluorescent antibody
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