The following are the more common reportable diseases which occur with moderate frequency in Arkansas:

Gonorrhea

Measles (Rubeola)

Mumps

Salmonellosis (including Typhoid fever)

Syphilis

Whooping Cough (pertussis)

Hepatitis (A, B, C, or E) viruses

Meningitis (all types)

Rubella

Shigellosis

Tuberculosis

The following are less common reportable diseases that occur with low frequency in Arkansas

*AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency

Syndrome)

Amebiasis

ANTHRAX

*Aseptic Meningitis

Blastomycosis

BOTULISM

*Brucellosis

Campylobacter Enteritis

Chancroid

CHOLERA

Coccidioidomycosis

*Congenital Rubella Syndrome

DIPHTHERIA

Encephalitis (all types)

FOOD POISONINGS (all types)

Giardiasis

Gonococcal Ophthalmia

Granuloma Inguinale

*Guillain - Barre Syndrome

Histoplasmosis

HIV [Human Immunol Deficiency

Virus by (name and address)]

Influenza

*Kawasaki Disease

*Legionellosis

1. Leprosy

2. Leptospirosis

3. Lyme Disease

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

1. Malaria

2. Meningitis, Hemophilus

Influenza Type B

1. Meningococcal infection

Mumps

Pesticide Poisoning

PLAGUE

1. POLIOMYELITIS

2. Psittacosis (Ornithosis)

Q Fever

RABIES

1. Relapsing Fever

2. Reyes Syndrome

Rheumatic Fever

1. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

SMALL POX

1. Tetanus

2. Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxoplasmosis

1. Trichinosis

2. Tularemia

TYPHUS FEVER

YELLOW FEVER

*The reporting physician will be contacted for additional information.

Individual cases to be reported only when laboratory testing has determined the viral type.

The diseases in capital letters are to be brought to the immediate attention of the State Epidemiologist when suspected.

Reporting data shall include:

a) Name and location of reporting person; b) Disease or suspected disease and date of onset; c) Name, age, sex, address, and phone number of patient (please spell patient's name); and d) Name of patient's physician.

The following diseases are also of public health importance and should be reported whenever there is an unusual incidence or outbreak (including seasonal). It is necessary to report 1) the physician's name and location, 2) the suspected disease and 3) the number of cases and interval during which the cases were seen:

Acute respiratory disease	Hospital acquired infections
Chicken pox	Infectious Mononucleosis
Conjunctivitis	Influenza (estimate number)
Dermatophytosis (ringworm)	Pediculosis
Enteropathogenic E. Coli Diarrhea	Pleurodynia
Epidemic Diarrhea of unknown cause	Pneumonia (bacterial, Mycoplasma,
viral) Gastroenteritis	Staphylococcal-Infections
Herpangina	Streptococcal-Infections

The following occupational diseases also shall be reported:

Asbestosis	Mesothelioma
Silicosis	Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis
Byssinosis

FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE CONTACT THE LOCAL COUNTY HEALTH UNIT.