The Personal Health Services Division conducts surveillance of communicable diseases reported in Geauga County in compliance with the Ohio Department of Health Infectious Disease reporting requirements and CDC recommendations. Contact investigation and follow-up is performed by a public health nurse following strict confidentiality guidelines.
Communicable and Infectious diseases are classified by there severity of disease and potential for epidemic spread. These diseases are governed by the health department under Ohio Administrative Code Sections 3701.3.02 and 3701.3.13.
Complete listing of reportable disease in Ohio
Know your ABCs - A Quick Guide to Reportable Infectious Diseases in Ohio
Communicable Disease Statistics in Geauga County
2011 YTD Report
2010 YTD Report
2009 YTD Report
2008 YTD Report
2007 YTD Report
2006 YTD Report
2005 YTD Report
2004 YTD Report
Infectious Disease Statistics in Ohio
2008 Annual Summary

CDC Fact Sheets
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Arenaviruses
Babesiosis
Bed Bugs (CDC)
Bed Bugs (ODH)
Botulism
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow)
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis
Cat Scratch Disease
Chickenpox/Shingles
Cholera
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Wasting Disease
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Croup
Cryptosporidiosis
Diphtheria
E. Coli
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Ehrlichiosis, Human Granulocytic
Encephalitis, Eastern Equine
Encephalitis, West Nile
Epstein-Barr Virus (Mononucleosis)
Fifth Disease
German Measles (Rubella)
Giardiasis
Glanders
Group A Streptococcal
Group B Streptococcal
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (HiB)
Hand, Foot, and Mouth
Hantavirus
Hendra/Nipah Disease
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Herpes B Virus
Herpes Gladiatorum
Histoplasmosis
Hookworm
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Influenza, Avian
Influenza, Seasonal
Kawasaki Syndrome
Lassa Fever
Legionellosis
Leishmaniasis
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis and Pets
Lice, Body
Lice, Head
Lice, Pubic
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
Malaria
Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever
Measles (Rubeola)
Melioidiosis
Meningitis, Aseptic (Non-Bacterial)
Meningitis, Bacterial
Meningococcal Disease
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Monkeypox
Mumps
Norovirus
Orf
Pertussis
Pinworm
Plague
Pneumococcal Disease
Pneumonia
Polio
Prion Diseases
Psitticosis
Q Fever
Rabies, Bat
Rabies, Terrestrial
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Ricin
Rift Valley Fever
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Salmonellosis
Scabies
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Shigellosis
Shingles
Smallpox
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Sylvatic Typhus
Tetanus
Toxocariasis (Roundworm)
Toxoplasmosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Vancomycin Resistant Staph Aureus (VRSA)
Vibrio Parahaemolyticus
Vibrio Vulnificus
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Yellow Fever
Yersinia pestis (plague)

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