Leprosy
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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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Surveillance Case Definition: Leprosy
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs and symptoms with the
demonstration of:
(a) acid-free bacilli in skin or dermal nerve biopsy or biopsy of dermal
nerve granuloma
or
(b) granulomatous inflammation involving dermal peripheral nerves in the
absence of acid-fast bacilli. |
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