Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
June 2006
- Purpose of "Guide to Surveillance, Reporting and Control"
- Organization of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
- The Massachusetts Reportable Disease Surveillance System
- Content of Each Disease Chapter
- Other Reference Materials - How To Obtain Them
- Contact Information - Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
- Local Board of Health Reporting Timeline
- Health Care Provider Reporting Timeline
- Laboratory Reporting Timeline
- Authorization for Access to Medical Records Memorandum
Disease Chapters
Note: Please note that MDPH does not publish case report forms and other worksheets in the online version of the Guide (Text in chapters may indicate the contrary). Local Boards of Health should call 617-983-6801 for assistance in obtaining copies.
Note: Some chapters contain information on more than one disease or syndrome (e.g.,Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers).
Chapters A-C
- Amebiasis
- Anthrax
- Babesiosis
- Botulism
- Brucellosis
- Campylobacter Enteritis
- Chickenpox and Shingles
- Cholera
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cyclosporiasis
Chapters D-G
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Escherichia Coli O157:H7
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis
- Ehrlichiosis
- Encephalitis (Non-Arboviral)
- Foodborne Poisonings and Toxicity (PDF)
- Giardiasis (PDF)
- Group A Streptococcus (Invasive) (PDF)
- Group B Streptococcus (PDF)
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome (PDF)
Chapters H-K
- <em>Haemophilus influenzae</em>(Invasive) (PDF)
- Hansen's Disease (PDF)
- Hantavirus (PDF)
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (PDF)
- Hepatitis A (PDF)
- Hepatitis B (PDF)
- Hepatitis C (PDF)
- Hepatitis, infectious, other (PDF)
- HIV/AIDS (PDF)
- Influenza (PDF)
Chapters L-O
- Legionellosis (PDF)
- Leptospirosis (PDF)
- Listeriosis (PDF)
- Lyme Disease (PDF)
- Malaria (PDF)
- Measles (PDF)
- Meningitis, General (PDF)
- Meningitis, Viral (
- Meningococcal Infection (Invasive) (PDF)
- Monkeypox (PDF)
- Mumps (PDF)
- Norovirus and Other Caliciviruses (PDF)
Chapters P-R
- Pertussis (PDF)
- Plague (PDF)
- Poliomyelitis (PDF)
- Prion Disease (PDF)
- Psittacosis (PDF)
- Q Fever (PDF)
- Rabies (Human/Animal) (PDF)
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- Reye Syndrome (PDF)
- Rheumatic Fever (PDF)
- Rickettsialpox (PDF)
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (PDF)
- Rubella (PDF)
Chapters S-Z
- Salmonellosis (Non-Typhoid) (PDF)
- SARS (PDF)
- Shiga Toxin-Producing Organisms (PDF)
- Shigellosis (PDF)
- Smallpox (PDF)
- STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) (PDF)
- <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae</em> (Invasive Disease) (PDF)
- Tetanus (PDF)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (PDF)
- Toxoplasmosis (PDF)
- Trichinosis (PDF)
- Tuberculosis (PDF)
- Tularemia (PDF)
- Typhoid Fever (PDF)
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (PDF)
- West Nile Virus (PDF)
- Yellow Fever (PDF)
- Yersiniosis (PDF)
This information is provided by the Department of Public Health.