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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: Tetanus
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs and symptoms with or
without evidence of injury.
(a) without laboratory evidence and in the absence of other apparent
medical cause or
(b) with demonstration of Clostridium tetani or its toxin from clinical
specimens (a negative test does not exclude a diagnosis of tetanus). |
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