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Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

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SCHEDULE 1Lists of notifiable diseases and notifiable organisms

(introduced by section 12(1))

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Notes

Part 1Notifiable diseases

  • Anthrax

  • Botulism

  • Brucellosis

  • Cholera

  • Clinical syndrome due to E.coli O157 infection

  • Diphtheria

  • Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)

  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

  • Measles

  • Meningococcal disease

  • Mumps

  • Necrotizing fasciitis

  • Paratyphoid

  • Pertussis

  • Plague

  • Poliomyelitis

  • Rabies

  • Rubella

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

  • Smallpox

  • Tetanus

  • Tuberculosis (respiratory or non-respiratory)

  • Tularemia

  • Typhoid

  • Viral haemorrhagic fevers

  • West Nile fever

  • Yellow Fever

Part 2Notifiable organisms

  • Bacillus anthracis

  • Bacillus cereus

  • Bordetella pertussis

  • Borrelia burgdorferi

  • Brucella genus

  • Campylobacter genus

  • Chlamydia psittaci

  • Clostridium botulinum

  • Clostridium difficile

  • Clostridium perfringens

  • Clostridium tetani

  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae (toxigenic strains)

  • Corynebacterium ulcerans

  • Coxiella burnetii

  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus

  • Cryptosporidium

  • Dengue virus

  • Ebola virus

  • Echinococcus genus

  • Verocytotoxin-producing E.coli (VTEC)

  • Francisella tularensis

  • Giardia lamblia

  • Guanarito virus

  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)

  • Hantavirus

  • Hepatitis A virus

  • Hepatitis B virus

  • Hepatitis C virus

  • Hepatitis E virus

  • Influenza virus (all types, including those caused by a new sub-type)

  • Junín virus

  • Kyasanur Forest disease virus

  • Lassa virus

  • Legionella genus

  • Leptospira genus

  • Listeria monocytogenes

  • Machupo virus

  • Marburg virus

  • Measles virus

  • Mumps virus

  • Mycobacterium bovis

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

  • Neisseria meningitidis

  • Norovirus

  • Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus

  • Plasmodium falciparum, vivax, ovale and malariae

  • Polio virus

  • Rabies virus

  • Rickettsia prowazekii

  • Rift Valley fever virus

  • Rubella virus

  • Sabia virus

  • Salmonella (all human types)

  • SARS-associated coronavirus

  • Shigella genus

  • Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus

  • Staphylococcus aureus (all blood isolates)

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

  • Streptococcus pyogenes (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)

  • Toxoplasma gondii

  • Trichinella genus

  • Varicella-zoster virus

  • Variola virus

  • Vibrio cholerae

  • West Nile fever virus

  • Yellow Fever virus

  • Yersinia enterocolitica

  • Yersinia pestis

  • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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