List of notifiable diseases explained

The following is a list of notifiable diseases arranged by country.

Bacteria

Australia^[1] ! Hong Kong^[2]	India^[3] ! Malaysia^[4]	United Kingdom^[5] ! United States^[6]
					Anaplasmosis
					Anthrax
					Botulism
					Brucellosis
					Campylobacteriosis
					Chancroid
Chlamydial infection (excluding eye infections)					Chlamydia trachomatis
					Cholera
					Diphtheria
					Ehrlichiosis
Shiga toxin- and verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC)	Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection | Cholera-like diarrhea | | | Escherichia coli O157:H7 or Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli|- | | | Encephalitis | Encephalitis | Encephalitis ||- | Gonococcal infection | | | Gonococcal infection/Gonorrhea | | Gonorrhea|- | Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) | | | | Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) | Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal|- | Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (invasive only) | Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive) | | | | Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease|- | Legionellosis | Legionnaire's Disease | | | Legionnaire's Disease | Legionellosis|- | Leprosy | Leprosy | Leprosy | Leprosy | Leprosy | Hansen's disease (Leprosy)|- | Leptospirosis | Leptospirosis | | | ||- | Listeriosis | Listeriosis | | | | Listeriosis|- | | | | | | Lyme disease|- | Meningococcal disease | Meningococcal infection (invasive) | Meningitis : pyogenic and non-pyogenic | | Meningococcal septicaemia/ Acute Meningitis | Meningococcal disease|- | | MRSA: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection | | | ||- |Paratyphoid fever | Paratyphoid fever | | Paratyphoid fever | Paratyphoid fever ||- | Pertussis (Whooping cough) | Pertussis (Whooping cough) | Pertussis (Whooping cough) | Pertussis (Whooping cough) | Pertussis (Whooping cough)|- | Plague | Plague (bubonic, septicemic, pneumonic and pharyngeal) | Plague | Plague | Plague | Plague (bubonic, septicemic, pneumonic and pharyngeal)|- | Ornithosis (Psittacosis) | Psittacosis | | | | Psittacosis|- | Q fever | Q fever | | | | Q fever, acute and chronic|- | | Relapsing fever | | Relapsing fever | ||- | | | | Rickettsiosis | | Rickettsiosis, spotted fever|- | | Scarlet fever | Scarlet fever | | Scarlet fever ||- | Salmonellosis | | | | | Salmonellosis|- | Shigellosis | Bacillary dysentery | Bacillary dysentery | | | Shigellosis|- |Group A Streptococcal disease - invasive (iGAS) | | | | Group A Streptococcal disease | Group A Streptococcal disease|- | Pneumococcal disease | Pneumococcal disease, invasive | | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease|- | | Streptococcus suis infection | | | ||- | Syphilis, including congenital and non-congenital | | | Syphilis | | Syphilis|- | Tetanus | Tetanus | Tetanus | Tetanus | Tetanus | Tetanus|- | | | | | | Toxic shock syndrome (Streptococcal and other than Streptococcal)|- | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis|- | Tularaemia | | | | | Tularemia|- | Typhoid fever | Typhoid fever | Typhoid fever | Typhoid fever | Typhoid fever | Typhoid fever|- | | Typhus and other rickettsial diseases | | Typhus | Typhus ||- | | | | | | Vancomycin-intermediate Staph. aureus (VISA), Vancomycin-resistant Staph. aureus (VRSA)|} Virus United Kingdom ! United States Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Regional arbovirus infections: Barmah Forest, Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection, Ross River virus infection Regional arbovirus infections: California serogroup virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Powassan virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus Varicella voster infection- chickenpox, shingles, and unspecified Chickenpox (regional) Chickenpox (i.e., varicella) - morbidity and deaths only Human coronavirus with pandemic potential (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2) Dengue fever Enterovirus 71 infection Hantavirus infection Hantavirus Hepatitis (all) Hepatitis (all) Hepatitis (all) Hepatitis (all) Hepatitis (all) Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis D Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Herpes Zoster infection Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection HIV infection Influenza- avian influenza in humans; Influenza -laboratory confirmed Influenza-associated pediatric mortality and novel influenza A infection Japanese encephalitis virus infection Lyssavirus infection including Australian bat lyssavirus infection and Lyssa virus not elsewhere classified) Measles Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Middle East respiratory syndrome Monkeypox virus infection Mumps Acute flaccid paralysis (poliomyelitis) Poliomyelitis, paralytic and non-paralytic Rabies Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection infection Rotavirus infection Rubella Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Smallpox (Last cases in 1977) Smallpox (eradicated by the WHO) Smallpox (and certified by 1980) Smallpox West Nile Virus (including Kunjin virus) West Nile Virus West Nile Virus Yellow fever Viral hemorrhagic fever, including Arenavirus (new world), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Dengue hemorraghic fever, Ebola virus, Lassa virus, Marburg virus Flavivirus infection (unspecified), including Zika virus Zika virus infection Other categories United States Fever syndromes more than 6 days Foodborne diseases outbreak Lead, elevated blood levels Pesticide-related illness, acute Waterborne diseases outbreak References

Notes and References

1. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2022C01206 Australia
2. Hong Kong: List of statutory notifiable disease and case definitions; Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health
3. India: Nationally Notifiable Diseases
4. Malaysia: Primary Care Doctors Organization Malaysia
5. UK: List of notifiable diseases
6. US: 2016 Nationally Notifiable Conditions from CDC (public domain resource)