Poliomyelitis, acute
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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: Poliomyelitis, acute
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs and symptoms including
acute flaccid paralysis of one or more limbs, decreased or absent deep
tendon reflexes on the affected limb(s), no sensory or cognitive loss,
neurologic deficit present 60 days after onset of initial symptoms
unless patient has died, no other apparent cause, and
(a)isolation of vaccine or wild poliovirus from a clinical specimen
(e.g., stool*, CSF) or
(b)a four-fold rise in antibody titre to poliovirus.
NOTE: Cultures of stool from at least two specimens collected within the
first 15 days after onset of symptoms represents the diagnostic test for
confirming polio. |
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