Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 515 - Communicable Disease and Injury Reporting › Subchapter 1 - Disease and Injury Reporting › Section 310:515-1-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
When used in this Chapter, the following words or terms
				  shall have the following meaning unless the context of the sentence requires
				  another meaning:
"AFB"
means Acid Fast Bacillus.
"AIDS"
means Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
"ALT"
means alanine aminotransferase.
"Anti-HAV-IgM+"
means a positive test result for
				  the hepatitis A virus immunoglobulin M antibody.
"Anti-HBc-IgM+"
means a positive test result for
				  the hepatitis B core immunoglobulin M antibody.
"CD4"
means cluster of differentiation 4
				  glycoprotein that serves as a receptor for HIV on T helper cells.
"CIDT"
means culture independent diagnostic test
				  system/panel used to detect multiple pathogens.
"Department"
or
"OSDH"
means the
				  Oklahoma State Department of Health.
"
E. coli
"
means
Escherichia coli
.
"EDTA"
means Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
"EIA"
means enzyme immunoassay.
"HbeAg+"
means a positive test result for the
				  hepatitis B "e" antigen.
"HbsAg+"
means a positive test result for the
				  hepatitis B surface antigen.
"HBV DNA+"
means a positive test result for
				  deoxyribonucleic acid of the hepatitis B virus.
"HIV"
means Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
"LGV"
means lymphogranuloma venereum.
"PHIDDO"
or
"PHIDDO system"
means
				  Public Health Investigation and Disease Detection of Oklahoma system.
"NAT for HCV RNA+"
means a positive nucleic acid
				  amplification test result for hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid.
"Novel Influenza A"
means an influenza A virus
				  not endemic, not routinely circulating, or for which there is little to no
				  pre-existing immunity, e.g., influenza A H3N2 variant, H5N1, H5N2, H7N3,or
				  H7N9.
"Outbreak of disease"
means two or more cases
				  residing in different households that have a similar clinical syndrome of a
				  potentially infectious disease, toxin, or agent of known or unknown etiology.
"RIBA"
means recombinant immunoblot assay.
"S/co"
means the signal-to-cut-off-ratio.
"Spp."
is an abbreviation referring to the term
				  "species," and is used to broaden the anteceding term in order to include all
				  organisms that may be found or described within a given genus.
"Unusual disease or syndrome"
means a case of an
				  uncommon, possibly infectious disease of known or unknown etiology, even if
				  laboratory testing may be pending or inconclusive, or if testing for common
				  etiologies is negative. Such cases of disease may not normally be endemic to
				  Oklahoma, may represent emerging or re-emerging disease, and/or disease for
				  which a public health intervention may be needed. Examples of such unusual
				  diseases or syndromes include but are not limited to, unexplained adult
				  respiratory distress syndrome, rash illness with atypical presentation, or an
				  illness occurring along with an unusual pattern of illness or death among
				  animals.
Added at 24 Ok Reg 1978,
				  eff 6-25-07; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2033, eff 6-25-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2522,
				  eff 7-25-10