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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: Smallpox
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs and symptoms of disease
with laboratory confirmation:
(a)isolation of variola virus from an appropriate clinical specimen or
(b)critical illness in a person who is epidemiologically linked to a
confirmed case.
Note:
Prior to collecting specimens on any suspect case of smallpox for
laboratory diagnosis, it is strongly recommended that you notify your
local medical officer of health and the National Microbiology Laboratory
in Winnipeg for updated advice. |
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