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  • CDC – Amebiasis (Amebiasis - CDC)
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  • Ministry of Health – Amebiasis – Case Definition and Disease-Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca) )

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  • CDC – Anthrax (Anthrax | CDC)
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  • Ministry of Health – Anthrax – Case Definition and Disease-Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca) )

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  • CDC – Information on Bird Flu (Information on Bird Flu | Avian Influenza (Flu) (cdc.gov))
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  • Ministry of Health – Management of Avian Influenza or Novel Influenza in Birds or Animals Guideline Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Government of Canada – Avian Influenza (bird flu) Avian influenza (bird flu) - Canadian Food Inspection Agency (canada.ca)

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  • Health Canada – Botulism (Botulism - Canada.ca)
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  • Ministry of Health – Botulism – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca))

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  • CDC – Brucellosis (CDC - Home - Brucellosis)
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  • Ministry of Health – Brucellosis – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca))

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  • CDC – Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter (Campylobacteriosis) | Campylobacter | CDC)
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  • Ministry of Health – Campylobacteriosis – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information(Campylobacteriosis - Diseases and Conditions - Publications - Public Information - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca))

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  • Ministry of Health – Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca))

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  • Canadian Pediatric Society - Chickenpox (Chickenpox | Caring for kids (cps.ca)
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  • Ministry of Health – Chickenpox – Case Definition and Disease Specific Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Public Health Ontario – Varicella Test Information Index Varicella Zoster Virus Detection | Public Health Ontario

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  • Sex and U – Chlamydia Chlamydia – Sex & U (sexandu.ca)
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  • Ministry of Health – Chlamydia – Case Definition and Disease Specific Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Public Health Agency of Canada – Canadian STI Guidelines - Chlamydia Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections - Canada.ca

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  • Government of Canada – Clostridium difficile (Fact Sheet - Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) - Canada.ca )
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  • Ministry of Health – Case Definition and Disease Specific (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Ministry of Health – Roles and Responsibilities of Hospital and Public Health Units for Clostridium Difficile Infection Reporting and Outbreak Management Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca)

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  • CDC –  Conjuctivitis (Pink Eye) (Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis) | CDC)

For additional information on COVID-19, visit our COVID-19 webpage

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  • COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool Coronavirus (COVID-19) self-assessment (ontario.ca)
  • Government of Ontario - COVID-19 Public Health Measures and Advice Public health measures and advice | ontario.ca
  • Government of Ontario – COVID-19 Testing and Treatment COVID‑19 testing and treatment | ontario.ca
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  • Ministry of Health – Diseases Caused by Novel Coronavirus, including COVID-19 – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Ministry of Health – COVID-19 Guidance for the Health Sector COVID-19 - Guidance for the Health Sector - Ministry Programs - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

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  • CDC –  Creutzfeldt – Jakob Disease (CJD - CDC)
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  • Ministry of Health – Creutzfeldt – Jakob Disease – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Canadian Pediatric Society – Croup (Croup (laryngo-tracheo-bronchitis) | Caring for kids (cps.ca)

• Public
  • CDC – Cryptosporidium (Cryptosporidiosis - CDC)
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  • Ministry of Health – Cryptosporidium – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Cryptosporidiosis - Diseases and Conditions - Publications - Public Information - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca)

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  • Government of Canada – Cyclosporiasis (Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora) - Canada.ca)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Cyclospora – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC – Eastern Equine Encephalitis (Eastern Equine Encephalitis | Eastern Equine Encephalitis | CDC)

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  • CDC  –  Ebola (Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) | CDC)
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  • Ministry of Health – Hemorrhagic Fevers – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC –  Enterovirus (EV-D68 - CDC)
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  • Public Health Ontario – Enterovirus Test Information Index Enterovirus | Public Health Ontario

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  • Government of Canada – E. Coli Infection E. coli (Escherichia coli) infection - Canada.ca
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  • Ministry of Health – Vertotoxin-producing E. Coli – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (E. coli Bacteria - Diseases and Conditions - Publications - Public Information - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Parvovirus B19 - CDC
  • Canadian Pediatric Society – Fifth disease (Fifth disease (Erythema Infectiosum) | Caring for kids (cps.ca)
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  • Public Health Ontario – Parvovirus Test Information Index Parvovirus – Serology | Public Health Ontario

• Public
  • CDC – Giardia (Giardia - CDC)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Giardia – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  (Giardiasis - Diseases and Conditions - Publications - Public Information - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Sex and U - Gonorrhea Gonorrhea – Sex & U (sexandu.ca)
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  • Ministry of Health – Gonorrhea – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  (Giardiasis - Diseases and Conditions - Publications - Public Information - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca)
  • Public Health Agency of Canada - Canadian STI Guidelines - Gonorrhea Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections - Canada.ca

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  • CDC – Group A Streptococcal (Gas) Disease (Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease | CDC)
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  •  Ministry of Health –  Group A Streptococcal (Gas) Disease – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Public Health Ontario – Recommendations on Public Health Management of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease igas-management-recommendations.pdf (publichealthontario.ca)
  • Public Health Agency of Canada – Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease Supplement Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease (phac-aspc.gc.ca)

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  • CDC – Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease | CDC)
  • Canadian Pediatric Society – Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (Hand, foot and mouth disease | Caring for kids (cps.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Hantavirus (Hantaviruses - Canada.ca)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Hantaviruses – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Haemophilus Influenzae Disease (Haemophilus influenzae disease - Canada.ca)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Haemophilus influenza Disease – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Canadian Liver Foundation – Hepatitis A (Hepatitis A - Canadian Liver Foundation - Risks, Symptoms, Treatment & Support)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Hepatitis A – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Canadian Liver Foundation – Hepatitis B (Hepatitis B - Canadian Liver Foundation - Risks, Symptoms, Treatment & Support)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Hepatitis B – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca))

• Public
  • CATIE – Hepatitis C Basics Hepatitis C Basics | CATIE - Canada's source for HIV and hepatitis C information
  • Canadian Liver Foundation – Hepatitis C (Hepatitis C - Canadian Liver Foundation - Risks, Symptoms, Treatment & Support)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Hepatitis C – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Sex and U – HIV HIV – Sex & U (sexandu.ca)
  • CATIE – HIV Basics HIV Basics | CATIE - Canada's source for HIV and hepatitis C information
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  •  Ministry of Health – HIV – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca))
  • Canadian Guideline on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaixs and Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis Canadian guideline on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (cmaj.ca)

For more information about the flu, please see our Influenza page

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  • Government of Canada – (Flu (influenza): Symptoms and treatment - Canada.ca)
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  •  Ministry of Health – Influenza – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Legionella (Legionella - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Legionella – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Listeriosis (Listeriosis (Listeria) - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Listeria – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

For more information on Lyme Disease visit our Lyme Disease

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  • Public Health Ontario – Ontario Lyme Disease Map – Estimated Risk Area Lyme disease | Public Health Ontario
  • Health Quality Ontario – Clinical Guidance Document: Management of Tick Bites and Investigations of Early Localized Lyme Disease Guidance Documents - Health Quality Ontario (HQO) (hqontario.ca)

• Public
  • CDC – Malaria (Malaria - CDC)
  • Government of Canada – Malaria (Malaria - Canada.ca)

For additional information on Measles, visit our Measles webpage.

• Public
  • CDC - Measles (Measles (Rubeola) | CDC)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Measles – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information  (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Public Health Ontario – Test Information Index – Measles Measles – Diagnostic – PCR | Public Health Ontario

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Invasive Meningococcal Disease (Invasive Meningococcal Disease - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Meningococcal Disease – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

For more information about Mpox (formerly Monkeypox), please see our MPox page

• Public
  • CDC – Monkeypox (Mpox - CDC)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Smallpox and other Orthopoxviruses – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)
  • Ministry of Health – MPOX Virus Health Sector Resources MPOX Virus (gov.on.ca)
  • Public Health Ontario – MPOX Information MPOX - Public Health Ontario

• Public
  • Government of Canada – (MUMPS (gov.on.ca)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Mumps – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC - MRSA – (MRSA | CDC)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – (Norovirus - Canada.ca)
  • CDC – Norovirus – (Norovirus | CDC)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Pertussis (Pertussis (whooping cough) - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Pertussis ( Whooping Cough) – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • World Health Organization – (Plague (who.int))
  • CDC – Plague (Plague | CDC)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Plague – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (Invasive Pneumococcal Disease - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Pneumococcal Disease – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC – Q Fever (Q Fever | Q Fever | CDC)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Q Fever – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Q Fever - Diseases and Conditions - Publications - Public Information - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca)

For more information visit our Rabies Control or Rabies Vaccine - Pre-Exposure pages 

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  • Caring for Kids Canadian Paediatric Society – (Roseola | Caring for kids (cps.ca)

For more information on RSV visit our RSV page

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  • Caring for Kids Canadian Paediatric Society – RSV (RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus) | Caring for kids (cps.ca)
  • CDC – Respiratory Syncytial Virus – (RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) | CDC)

• Public
  • Caring for Kids Canadian Paediatric Society – (Rotavirus | Caring for kids (cps.ca)
  • CDC – Rotavirus (Rotavirus | CDC)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Rubella (Rubella - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Rubella – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Salmonellosis (Salmonellosis (Salmonella) - Canada.ca)
  • CDC – Salmonella (Salmonella Homepage | CDC)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Salmonella – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Salmonella Bacteria - Diseases and Conditions - Publications - Public Information - MOHLTC (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  •  Ministry of Health – Diseases Caused by Novel Coronavirus – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC - Scabies (Scabies - CDC)
  • World Health Organization – Scabies (Scabies (who.int)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Shigellosis (Shigellosis (Shigella) - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Shigella – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca))

• Public
  • CDC - Shingles (Shingles (Herpes Zoster) | CDC)
  • Government of Canada – Shingles (Fact Sheet – Shingles (Herpes Zoster) - Canada.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Tetanus (Tetanus - Canada.ca)
  • World Health Organization – Tetanus (Tetanus (who.int)
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  • Ministry of Health – Tetanus – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC - Trichinellosis (Trichinellosis - CDC)
  • Government of Canada – Trichinellosis (Trichinellosis - Fact Sheet - Canadian Food Inspection Agency (canada.ca)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Trichinosis – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

For more information visit our page for Tuberculosis Skin Test: Mantoux Technique

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  • Government of Canada – Tuberculosis (Tuberculosis: Symptoms and treatment - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Tuberculosis – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca))
  • Canadian Tuberculosis Standards – 8th Edition Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine: Vol 6, No sup1 (tandfonline.com)
  • Tuberculosis Skin Test – Testing and Reading TB Results ** TB Mantoux Testing Algorithm.pdf (publichealthgreybruce.on.ca)
  • Positive TB Skin Test Report Form** Positive-TB-Skin-Test-Reporting-Form-fillable.pdf (publichealthgreybruce.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC – Viral Meningitis (Viral Meningitis - CDC)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Meningitis – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC – West Nile Virus (West Nile Virus | West Nile Virus | CDC)
  • Government of Canada – West Nile Virus (West Nile virus - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – West Nile Virus – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • Government of Canada – Pertussis (Pertussis (whooping cough) - Canada.ca)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Pertussis – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC - Yersinia (Yersinia - CDC)
• Partner
  • Ministry of Health – Yersiniosis – Case Definition and Disease Specific Information (Infectious Diseases Protocol - Ontario Public Health Standards - Programs and Services - Health Care Professionals - MOH (gov.on.ca)

• Public
  • CDC - Zika (Zika Virus | CDC)
  • Government of Canada – Travel Health Notices (Travel health notices)