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Surveillance and Outbreaks
Giardiasis is a nationally notifiable disease. This means that health care providers and laboratories that diagnose cases of laboratory-confirmed giardiasis are required to report those cases to their local or state health departments, which in turn report the cases to CDC.
For more information, see Nationally Notifiable Diseases.
Outbreaks of giardiasis affecting multiple people that are related to water, food, or person-to-person transmission should be reported to CDC by state health departments. It is important to inform local, state, and federal health authorities about cases of giardiasis so that appropriate public health responses can be taken to help control the spread of this disease.
Giardiasis
Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
- Foodborne Outbreak Tracking and Reporting
- FoodNet Reports
- Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigation and Surveillance Tools
- CDC. Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illness. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53(RR04):1-33.
Waterborne Disease Outbreaks
- Surveillance Reports for Recreational Water-associated Disease & Outbreaks
- Recreational Water Illness Outbreak Response Toolkit
- Surveillance Reports for Drinking Water-associated Disease & Outbreaks
- Drinking Water-associated Outbreak Response Toolkit
- The National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) - Forms & Guidance
Notifiable Diseases
Veterinarians
We have developed a web page to answer your patients' most common questions. Please visit the Giardia and Pets page, and share it with your patients.
- Page last reviewed: July 21, 2015
- Page last updated: July 21, 2015
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