School Health

Information on infectious diseases that may occur in the school setting is available from the list below.  Questions and consults may be addressed to disease.reporting@maine.gov or 1-800-821-5821.

Check out the Communicable Diseases Quick Guide (PDF), a resource for schools and childcare centers.

Disease Information Page Fact Sheet School
Health Manual
15% Absenteeism n/a Word PDF
Acute Flaccid Myelitis PDF Word PDF
Anaplasmosis PDF Word PDF
Anthrax PDF Word PDF
Arboviral Illness n/a Word PDF
Ascariasis PDF n/a n/a
Babesiosis PDF Word PDF
Botulism PDF Word PDF
Browntail Moth Caterpillars PDF n/a n/a
Brucellosis PDF Word PDF
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) PDF Word PDF
Campylobacteriosis PDF Word PDF
Clostridium Difficile PDF Word PDF
Congenital Rubella Syndrome PDF Word PDF
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease PDF Word PDF
Cryptosporidiosis PDF Word PDF
Cyclosporiasis PDF Word PDF
Dengue PDF Word PDF
Diphtheria PDF Word PDF
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) PDF Word PDF
Ebola PDF Word PDF
Ehrlichiosis PDF Word PDF
Fifth Disease PDF Word PDF
Giardia PDF Word PDF
Group A Streptococcus PDF Word PDF
Group B Streptococcus PDF Word PDF
Haemophilus Influenzae PDF Word PDF
Hand, Foot, and Mouth PDF Word PDF
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) PDF Word PDF
Hantavirus PDF Word PDF
Hard Tick Relapsing Fever (Borrelia miyamotoi) PDF Word PDF
Hepatitis A PDF Word PDF
Hepatitis B PDF Word PDF
Hepatitis C PDF Word PDF
Hepatitis D PDF Word PDF
Hepatitis E PDF Word PDF
Influenza PDF Word PDF
Jamestown Canyon Virus PDF Word PDF
Legionellosis PDF Word PDF
Leishmaniasis PDF Word PDF
Leptospirosis PDF Word PDF
Listeria PDF Word PDF
Lyme Disease PDF Word PDF
Malaria PDF Word PDF
Measles PDF Word PDF
Meningococcal disease PDF Word PDF
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) PDF Word PDF
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) PDF Word PDF
Mpox PDF Word PDF
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) PDF Word PDF
Mumps PDF Word PDF
Norovirus PDF Word PDF
Pertussis PDF Word PDF
Plague PDF Word PDF
Pneumococcal Disease PDF Word PDF
Polio PDF Word PDF
Powassan Encephalitis PDF Word PDF
Psittacosis PDF Word PDF
Q Fever PDF Word PDF
Rabies, Animal PDF Word PDF
Rabies, Human n/a Word PDF
Ricin Poisoning PDF Word PDF
RSV PDF Word PDF
Rubella PDF Word PDF
Salmonella PDF Word PDF
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) n/a Word PDF
Shellfish Poisoning PDF Word PDF
Shiga toxin producing E. coli. (STEC) PDF Word PDF
Shigellosis PDF Word PDF
Shingles PDF Word PDF
Smallpox PDF Word PDF
Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis PDF Word PDF
Tetanus PDF Word PDF
Trichinosis PDF Word PDF
Tuberculosis PDF Word PDF
Tularemia PDF Word PDF
Varicella PDF Word PDF
Vibriosis PDF Word PDF
VISA/VRSA PDF Word PDF
Waterborne Illnesses PDF Word PDF
West Nile Virus (WNV) PDF Word PDF
Yellow Fever PDF Word PDF
Yersiniosis PDF Word PDF
Zika PDF Word PDF