Additional Information
CDC Diseases and Conditions
Click the link above to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Diseases and Conditions” page. Use this website to find out about diseases and conditions in two ways: using the diseases and conditions A-Z index or by picking from the top-requested diseases and conditions.

CDC Pink Book
Click the link above to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‘s Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – The Pink Book. The Pink Book provides physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and others with the most comprehensive information on vaccine-preventable diseases.

FDA Bad Bug Book
Click the link above to visit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook known as the “Bad Bug Book.” The Bad Bug Book provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

Agencies in Texas
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Infectious Disease Control Unit
Click the link above to visit the DSHS Infectious Disease Control Unit (IDCU). Use the website to find out about infectious diseases/conditions by using the A-Z index. Use this site also to view information on disease reporting requirements in Texas.

Texas Poison Center Network
Click the link above to visit the Texas Poison Center Network for information regarding controlled substance overdose reporting.

DSHS Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology
Click the link above to visit the DSHS Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Branch. This web site has information regarding asbestosis, silicosis, lead and pesticide poisoning. This web site also has links to the EMS/Trauma Registry and submersion reporting requirements.

Specific Disease Information
Contaminated Sharps Injury and Bloodborne Pathogen Management 
Click the link above to visit the DSHS IDCU web page to view information regarding contaminated sharps injuries and bloodborne pathogen management.

DSHS Foodborne Illness
Click the link above to visit the DHSH IDCU web page on foodborne illnesses. This web site has links to specific foodborne illness information plus links to charts and pamphlets and investigation and surveillance materials.

HIV/STD Reporting
Click the link above to visit the DSHS HIV/STD web page for information on communicable diseases, HIV and STD reporting, and HIPAA requirements.