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Alberta public health disease management guidelines : congenital syphilis

Description

Intended for public health professionals, this resource presents the recommended practices for the management and reporting of congential syphilis as a notifiable disease. Topics covered include: a case definition of the disease; information on reporting requirements; disease etiology; clinical presentation; diagnosis; epidemiology; key investigation; case management and treatment; and preventive measures. The guidelines were developed by Alberta Health with input and advice from Medical Officers of Health, public health nurses, public health inspectors and medical infectious disease specialists.

Updated

October 1, 2021

Tags
communicable diseases congenital syphilis notifiable diseases public health surveillance
Resources

Title and publication information

Alternative Title

Congential Syphilis

Frequency

Irregular

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator
Health
Publisher

Health

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Resource Dates

Date Created

2012-07-01

Date Added

2015-10-13T17:56:48.395788

Date Modified

2021-10-01

Date Issued

2012-07-01

Audience information

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Health. Surveillance and Assessment Branch.

Contact Email

Health.CD@gov.ab.ca