Table: Disease and syndrome under surveillance in the

Jamaica
Disease

Class

Fever and Rash

Fever < 5 years
Fever 5 years
Gastroenteritis < 5 years
Gastroenteritis 5 years
Accidents < 5 years
Accidents 5 years
Violence < 5 years
Violence 5 years

Category

Syndromic

Fever and Respiratory Symptoms < 5 years

Fever and Respiratory Symptoms 5-59years
Fever and Respiratory Symptoms 60years
Fever and Hemorrhagic Symptoms
Fever and Neurological Symptoms (Hospital
sentinel only)
Fever with Jaundice (Hospital sentinel only)
Acute Flaccid Paralysis/ Poliomyelitis

Anthrax
Cholera
Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Congenital syphilis

1
1
1
1

Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever/Shock Syndrome

Diphtheria
Hepatitis B
HIV/ AIDS
Legionnaires Disease
Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis/ Encephalitis
Meningococcal Infection (due to Neisseria
meningitidis)
Neonatal Tetanus
Plague

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Vaccine-Preventable Disease
Vaccine-Preventable Disease
Sexually Transmitted Infection

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

1
1
1

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Disease
Rabies (in humans)
Rheumatic Fever
Rubella
SARS CoV
Tetanus
Tuberculosis (Extra-pulmonary)
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
Viral Hepatitis B
West Nile Virus
Whooping Cough
Yellow Fever (Urban or Sylvatic)

Class
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Dengue Fever
Influenza
Viral Hepatitis A

2
2
2

Bacterial Vaginosis
Campylobacter
Chancroid
Chicken Pox
Chlamydia
E. coli (EHEC)
Genital discharge syndrome
Genital Ulcer syndrome
Gonorrhoea
HSV
LGV
Mumps
Non-Specific Urethritis (NSU)
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Syphilis
Trichomonas
Unspecified STI

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

Leptospirosis

Category

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Sexually Transmitted Infection

Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Vaccine-Preventable Disease
Sexually Transmitted Infection

Sexually Transmitted Infection

Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually Transmitted Infection

Not
Classified

Source: National Surveillance Manual for Jamaica, 2009, pg 29-30