Organization: | Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences Department of Public Health |
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Date published: | October 26, 2018 |
About this guide
Infectious diseases are a continuing threat to the public’s health. They cause illness, suffering, and death, and they place an enormous financial burden on society. Although some infectious diseases have been controlled by modern advances, diseases are constantly emerging or re-emerging. State public health officials rely on local boards of health (LBOH), health care providers, laboratories, and other public health personnel to report the occurrence of reportable diseases. Without such data, trends cannot be accurately monitored, unusual occurrences of diseases (such as outbreaks) cannot be detected and appropriately addressed, and the effectiveness of control and prevention activities cannot be easily evaluated.
The Guide to Surveillance and Reporting was developed to assist local boards of health with specific surveillance, response, and reporting responsibilities for infectious diseases reportable to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Each chapter is disease specific and contains general information about the disease, as well as control recommendations and reporting requirements. We appreciate the critical importance of the efforts of local boards of health to investigate and control diseases in their communities and strive to provide the most up to date materials to assist in that process.
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Open RTF file, 228.38 KB, Amebiasis (2016) (English, RTF 228.38 KB)
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Open RTF file, 226.3 KB, Botulism (2018) (English, RTF 226.3 KB)
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Open RTF file, 205.21 KB, Campylobacter Enteritis (2016) (English, RTF 205.21 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 93.84 KB, Chickenpox (2023) (English, DOCX 93.84 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 50.99 KB, Cryptosporidiosis (2016) (English, DOCX 50.99 KB)
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Open RTF file, 195.83 KB, Cyclosporiasis (2016) (English, RTF 195.83 KB)
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Open RTF file, 206.19 KB, Giardiasis (2016) (English, RTF 206.19 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 54.42 KB, Group A Streptococcus (Invasive) (2018) (English, DOCX 54.42 KB)
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Open RTF file, 197.46 KB, Hansen's Disease (2016) (English, RTF 197.46 KB)
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Open RTF file, 224.66 KB, Hepatitis A (2016) (English, RTF 224.66 KB)
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Open RTF file, 208.68 KB, Invasive Meningococcal Disease (2018) (English, RTF 208.68 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 47.51 KB, Legionellosis (2016) (English, DOCX 47.51 KB)
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Open RTF file, 191.09 KB, Listeriosis (2018) (English, RTF 191.09 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 238.13 KB, Measles (2022) (English, DOCX 238.13 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 111.52 KB, Mumps (2022) (English, DOCX 111.52 KB)
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Open RTF file, 10.72 MB, Pertussis (2022) (English, RTF 10.72 MB)
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Open DOCX file, 109.98 KB, Rubella and CRS (2022) (English, DOCX 109.98 KB)
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Open RTF file, 193.49 KB, Salmonellosis (Non-Typhoid) (English, RTF 193.49 KB)
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Open RTF file, 216.28 KB, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (2018) (English, RTF 216.28 KB)
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Open RTF file, 180.35 KB, Shigellosis (2018) (English, RTF 180.35 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 41.59 KB, Sexually Transmitted Infections (2018) (English, DOCX 41.59 KB)
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Open DOC file, 108 KB, Streptococcus pneumoniae - Invasive Disease (2016) (English, DOC 108 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 59.19 KB, Tetanus (2022) (English, DOCX 59.19 KB)
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Open DOCX file, 52.9 KB, Toxic Shock Syndrome (2018) (English, DOCX 52.9 KB)
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Open RTF file, 143.48 KB, Vibriosis (2018) (English, RTF 143.48 KB)
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Open RTF file, 178.05 KB, Yersiniosis (2016) (English, RTF 178.05 KB)