The Health Unit prevents and manages the spread of disease in many ways. We investigate outbreaks, monitor vector-borne diseases (like Lyme disease and West Nile virus), educate the public on infectious diseases, and conduct infectious disease surveillance and reporting. We also work closely with healthcare providers, hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes, childcare centres, schools, and many other service providers in our community.
Understanding the Spread of Infection is an important component of preventing the spread of diseases. You can also learn how to protect yourself and others from respiratory viruses.
For more information on diseases and infections, including how to protect yourself and prevent them from spreading, select a letter:
See also Communicable Disease Control and Sexual Health Clinic.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
B
C
- Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter)
- Candida Auris
- Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Chlamydia
- Cholera
- C. difficile (Clostridioides difficile, Clostridium difficile or C. diff)
- Cold Sores (Herpes Simplex Virus)
- Common Cold (Upper Respiratory Infection)
- Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
- Croup
- Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium)
- Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora)
D
E
- Ear Infection (Otitis Media)
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
- Echinococcus Multilocularis Infection
- Encephalitis
- Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) - Producing Bacteria
F
- Fifth Disease (Slapped Cheek Disease, Erythema Infectiosum, Human Parvovirus B19)
- Flu/Influenza
- Food Poisoning
G
- Gastroenteritis
- Giardiasis
- Gonorrhea
- Group A Streptococcal, Invasive (iGAS)
- Group B Streptococcus Disease, Neonatal (Group B Strep)
H
- Haemophilus Influenzae
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
- Hemorrhagic Fevers (including Ebola virus disease, Marburg virus disease, and other viral causes)
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
I
J
K
L
M
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal Disease, Invasive
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Mononucleosis (Mono)
- Mpox (monkeypox)
- Mumps
- Mycoplasma Pneumonia
N
O
P
- Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)
- Paratyphoid Fever (Salmonella enterica Paratyphi)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
- Pinworms
- Plague
- Pneumococcal Disease, Invasive (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
- Poliomyelitis, Acute
- Powassan Virus
- Psittacosis/Ornithosis
Q
R
- Rabies
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Ringworms
- Roseola (Sixth Disease, Roseola Infantum, Human Herpesvirus 6)
- Rotavirus
- Rubella (German Measles) and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CR)
S
- Salmonellosis (Salmonella)
- Scabies (Sarcoptic Itch, Sarcoptic Acariasis)
- Scarlet Fever
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Shigellosis (Shigella)
- Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
- Smallpox
- Strep Throat
- Swimmer's Itch
- Syphilis
T
- Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)
- Thrush (Candidiasis)
- Trichinellosis
- Tuberculosis
- Tularemia
- Typhoid Fever
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Contact our Communicable Disease Control (CDC program at 705-474-1400 or toll free at 1-800-563-2808, ext. 5229, or by email to cdc@healthunit.ca or our Sexual Health Clinic at ext. 5289, or by email at clinic@healthunit.ca for more information.
Last updated: August 2024