NAC441A.040. “Communicable disease” defined.  


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  • “Communicable disease,” as defined in NRS 441A.040, includes:

         1. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

         2. Amebiasis.

         3. Animal bite from a rabies-susceptible animal.

         4. Anthrax.

         5. Botulism, foodborne.

         6. Botulism, infant.

         7. Botulism, wound.

         8. Botulism, other than foodborne botulism, infant botulism or wound botulism.

         9. Brucellosis.

         10. Campylobacteriosis.

         11. Chancroid.

         12. Chlamydia trachomatis infection of the genital tract.

         13. Cholera.

         14. Coccidioidomycosis.

         15. Cryptosporidiosis.

         16. Diphtheria.

         17. Ehrlichiosis/anaplasmosis.

         18. Encephalitis.

         19. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, including E. coli O157:H7).

         20. Extraordinary occurrence of illness.

         21. Foodborne disease outbreak.

         22. Giardiasis.

         23. Gonococcal infection.

         24. Granuloma inguinale.

         25. Haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease.

         26. Hansen’s disease (leprosy).

         27. Hantavirus.

         28. Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS).

         29. Hepatitis A.

         30. Hepatitis B.

         31. Hepatitis C.

         32. Hepatitis Delta.

         33. Hepatitis E.

         34. Hepatitis, unspecified.

         35. Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV).

         36. Influenza.

         37. Legionellosis.

         38. Leptospirosis.

         39. Listeriosis.

         40. Lyme disease.

         41. Lymphogranuloma venereum.

         42. Malaria.

         43. Measles (rubeola).

         44. Meningitis.

         45. Meningococcal disease.

         46. Mumps.

         47. Pertussis.

         48. Plague.

         49. Poliovirus infection.

         50. Psittacosis.

         51. Q fever.

         52. Rabies, human or animal.

         53. Relapsing fever.

         54. Respiratory syncytial virus infection.

         55. Rotavirus infection.

         56. Rubella (including congenital rubella syndrome).

         57. Salmonellosis.

         58. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

         59. Severe reaction to immunization.

         60. Shigellosis.

         61. Smallpox (variola).

         62. Spotted fever riskettsioses.

         63. Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-intermediate.

         64. Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant.

         65. Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

         66. Streptococcus pneumoniae (invasive).

         67. Syphilis (including congenital syphilis).

         68. Tetanus.

         69. Toxic shock syndrome, other than streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

         70. Trichinosis.

         71. Tuberculosis.

         72. Tularemia.

         73. Typhoid fever.

         74. Vibriosis.

         75. Viral hemorrhagic fever.

         76. West Nile virus.

         77. Yellow fever.

         78. Yersiniosis.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A 3-28-96; R087-08, 1-13-2011)