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
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
