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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: Yellow Fever
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs and symptoms with:
(a) isolation or detection of yellow fever virus or
(b)detection of yellow fever viral antigen in serum or tissue or
(c) a four-fold or greater rise in antibody titre in the absence of
yellow fever vaccination within the previous two months or
(d) a single yellow fever specific IgM titre in the absence of yellow
fever vaccination within the previous two months. |
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