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Communicable Diseases Program
What types of services are offered through the Scott County Health Department Communicable Disease Program?
The Communicable Disease Program provides:
- Investigation of the source of communicable diseases
- Surveillance of communicable diseases
- Notification to the public of their risk for communicable diseases
- Control measures to prevent the spread of the diseases
What kind of information about Communicable Diseases is available?
- Statistics related to the diseases and disease trends
- Fact sheets and brochures for specific diseases
What are the common reportable communicable diseases?
Common reportable communicable disease fact sheets from the Iowa Department of Public Health EPI Manual found at: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/idph_universalhelp/main.aspx?system=IdphEpiManual
- Campylobacteriosis (31.3 KB)
- Cryptosporidiosis (119.5 KB)
- Encephalitis (29.8 KB)
- Escherichia coli 0157H7 (41.1 KB)
- Giardiasis (25.5 KB)
- Group A Streptococcus invasive disease (44.8 KB)
- Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease (26.6 KB)
- HepatitisA (28.9 KB)
- HepatitisB (71.5 KB)
- HepatitisC (38.8 KB)
- HepatitisD (29.3 KB)
- HepatitisE (25.4 KB)
- Legionellosis (28.9 KB)
- Lyme Disease (31.6 KB)
- Measles (33.5 KB)
- Meningococcal invasive disease (26.7 KB)
- Methicillin resistant Stafphylococcus aureus invasis disease (MRSA) (57.0 KB)
- Pertussis (99.2 KB)
- Rabies (50.2 KB)
- Salmonellosis (35.1 KB)
- Shigellosis (30.5 KB)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease (54.0 KB)
- Tuberculosis (27.6 KB)