The Communicable Disease Division protects your health and the Community’s health from the threats of uncontrolled infectious disease and disease outbreaks. Such outbreaks may be due to food or water supply contamination and/or bacterial or viral occurrence of disease. The Communicable Disease Division, in conjunction with Health Care Providers, uses a surveillance system to quickly identify unusual diseases or an unusual number of cases of a particular disease. Proper control measures are then implemented.

The Communicable Disease Division also ensures that individuals with a Tuberculosis infection or Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) are properly diagnosed. Free medications for treatment of STDs or Tuberculosis are provided.

USEFUL LINKS:

Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases ( A Guide for School Administrators, Nurses, Teachers,
Child Care Providers, and Parents or Guardians)

A list of diseases follows. Please note that not all diseases are listed. If you have any questions about a disease, please contact the Platte County Health Department for more information.

Diseases & Conditions A-Z Index

Animal Bites

Anthrax

Avian Influenza

Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases

Botulism

Brucellosis

Cholera

Cryptosporidiosis

Dengue Fever

E. coli Infection

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

Flu

Giardiasis/Giardia Infection

Glanders

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)

Japanese Encephalitis

Lassa Fever

Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever

Measles

Mumps

Pertussis

Q Fever

Ricin

Rift Valley Fever

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)

Salmonellosis

SARS

Scabies

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Shigellosis

Smallpox

Tuberculosis

Tularemia

Typhoid Fever

Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis)

Varicella

West Nile Virus

Yellow Fever

Yersiniosis