Communicable diseases manual

The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance to New Mexico Department of Health NMDOH personnel working on the prevention and control of selected infectious diseases of public health significance. In addition to chapters providing condition-specific information, Appendices provide additional reference material.

Disclaimers: Specific circumstances surrounding a public health incident or notifiable condition may require modification of recommendations provided in this manual. Alternative diagnoses may need to be considered when determining case status. There may be additional or updated information available from other sources since this manual was last updated. Therapy sections are only meant to provide general background information, are subject to change, and should not be used for any decision-making purposes which are left exclusively to health care providers.

Public health practitioners are confident that control measures recommended by this book are evidence-based and accepted. We now offer digital subscribers access to new and revised chapters as they become available online. You can subscribe as an individual or as an institution. A new Zika chapter updates the venerable reference book, which now contains key information about the occurrence, transmission and control of more than infectious diseases globally.

The Zika virus chapter is only available in the electronic edition. Benefits of digital subscription. What is Public Health? Control of Communicable Diseases Manual.