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Appendix A: Disease-Specific Chapters
Appendix A: Disease-Specific Chapters Chapter: Tuberculosis Infectious Diseases Protocol Revised April 2015 Tuberculosis Communicable Virulent Health Protection and Promotion Act, Section 1 Health Protection and Promotion Act: Ontario Regulation 558/91 Specification of Communicable Diseases Health Protection and Promotion Act: Ontario Regulation 559/91 Specification of Reportable Diseases Aetiologic Agent The infectious agent of tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease in humans is the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, which consists of M. tuberculosis, and includes M. canetti, M. africanum, M. caprae, M. microti, M. pinnipedii, and M. M. bovis includes the vaccine strain M. bovis BCG however, M. bovis BCG is not in the Canadian case definition of TB. Mycobacteria are aerobic, non-spore forming and non-motile Other nontuberculous mycobacteria causing disease in humans are not communicable and not reportable in Ontario, with the exception of Case Definition Surveillance Case Definition See Appendix B Outbreak Case Definition The outbreak case definition varies with the outbreak under investigation.
infection. Those with HIV co-infection have an increased risk of 10% per year of developing active TB disease. Among those infected with TB, early lung lesions commonly heal, leaving no residual
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