Communicable Disease Prevention
LCPH keeps track of communicable diseases in the community. We identify trends and outbreaks to prevent the spread of illness. Download our fact sheets below or learn more through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Bacterial meningitis
- Clostridioides (C. diff)
- Common cold
- Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
- COVID-19
- Ebola
- Enterovirus (EV-D68)
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- Group A Streptococcus
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Impetigo
- MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus)
- Measles
- Mumps
- Mpox (formerly monkeypox)
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Ringworm
- Scabies
- Shigella
- Seasonal Flu
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Viral Meningitis
Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 3701-3 provides a list of reportable infectious diseases in Ohio. These are diseases of public health concern that need to be reported in a timely manner to the health department by a healthcare provider or laboratory. Download that list by clicking here.
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