Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5)

SCHEDULE 1 Lists of notifiable diseases and notifiable organisms

(introduced by section 12(1))

Part 1 Notifiable 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 2 Notifiable 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