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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: Rubella
Confirmed Case - Laboratory confirmation by:
(a)demonstration of rubella specific IgM obtained within 28 days after
onset of rash or
(b)virus isolation from appropriate clinical specimens or
(c)paired sera that demonstrate seroconversion or at least a four-fold
increase in rubella-specific IgG antibody titre or
(d)a positive rubella polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
or
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs and symptoms with an
epidemiologic link to a laboratory confirmed case;
or
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs and symptoms including
fever, rash and one of the following:
(a) lymphadenopathy (cervical, suboccipital or post-auricular);
(b) conjunctivitis;
(c) arthritis/arthralgia; with evidence of rubella activity in the
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