notifiable diseases

diseases that must be reported to the health authorities to enable rapid control and monitoring to be undertaken. The list varies between countries, but in the UK includes acute POLIOMYELITIS , AIDS , CHOLERA , DYSENTERY , FOOD POISONING , MEASLES , MENINGITIS , RABIES , GERMAN MEASLES (rubella), SCARLET FEVER , SMALLPOX , TETANUS , TYPHOID , viral HEPATITIS and WHOOPING COUGH .