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The document outlines the procedures and requirements for reporting communicable diseases in Travis County, Texas, as mandated by Austin Public Health. It includes contact information for various health services, details on notifiable conditions, and specific reporting forms for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, STDs, and chickenpox. The document emphasizes the importance of timely reporting by healthcare professionals to ensure public health safety.

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What STDs have to be reported in Texas?

Disease Reporting Texas Law and Administrative Code requires health care providers to report the following diseases: and AIDS | Syphilis | Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Chancroid | Hepatitis C. Texas Law and Administrative Code requires laboratories to report test results for the following diseases:

What are communicable diseases that need to be reported?

Diseases reportable to the CDC include: Anthrax. Arboviral diseases (diseases caused by viruses spread by mosquitoes, sandflies, ticks, etc.) such as West Nile virus, eastern and western equine encephalitis. Babesiosis. Botulism. Brucellosis. Campylobacteriosis. Cancer. Candida auris, clinical.

How to contact communicable disease?

A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include: contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus; or by being bitten by an insect.

How would you know if a disease was reportable?

A reportable disease must be diagnosed by a doctor. Diagnosis includes: identifying any new symptoms, or. any docHub worsening of existing symptoms.

What is an example of a disease that must be reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System of the CDC?

What type of infectious diseases are required to be reported to the health department? Tuberculosis (TB), Measles, Mumps, Rubella. Chickenpox (varicella) Hepatitis A, B, and C. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (), Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.

What are the 7 communicable diseases?

, hepatitis A, B, and C, measles, influenza, coronaviruses, and blood-borne infections are a few examples of communicable diseases. Hepatitis, in particular, is a type of communicable disease that spreads via the oral-faecal route.

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