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Reportable Diseases
from ACMS Bulletin August 2022
by TEAM
Allegheny County Health Department Selected Reportable Diseases/Conditions
Selected Reportable Disease/Condition*
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AMEBIASIS ANAPLASMOSIS BABESIOSIS BOTULISM INFANT CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS CANDIDA AURIS CARBAPENEMASE-PRODUCING CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERALES COVID-19 CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS DENGUE FEVER GIARDIASIS GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE HEPATITIS A HEPATITIS B ACUTE HEPATITIS B CHRONIC HEPATITIS C ACUTE HEPATITIS C CHRONIC LEGIONELLOSIS LISTERIOSIS MALARIA MEASLES MONKEYPOX MUMPS NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS PERTUSSIS SALMONELLOSIS SHIGELLOSIS SHIGATOXIN-PRODUCING E COLI STREPTOCOCCAL DISEASE INVASIVE, GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE INVASIVE TOXOPLASMOSIS TUBERCULOSIS TYPHOID FEVER VARICELLA WEST NILE VIRUS ZIKA VIRUS
January to June** 2020 2021 2022
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* Case classifications reflect definitions utilized by CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. ** These counts do not reflect official case counts, as current year numbers are not yet finalized. Inaccuracies in working case counts may be due to reporting/investigation lag.
NOTE: Disease reports may be filed electronically via PA-NEDSS. To register for PA-NEDSS, go to https://www.nedss.state.pa.us/NEDSS. To report outbreaks or diseases reportable within 24 hours, please call the Health Department’s 24-hour telephone line at 412-687-2243. For more complete surveillance information, see the following webpages: • Influenza Influenza (Flu) Information | Health Department | Allegheny County • Monkeypox Monkeypox | Health Department | Allegheny Home (alleghenycounty.us) • COVID-19 COVID-19 Dashboards (alleghenycounty.us)
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