Table 1. Notifiable skin diseases in the Saudi public health surveillance system.

Class I Disease ( Diseases that must be notified within 24 Hours, Just with Suspicion)

Class II Diseases ( Diseases that should be notified weekly)

Plague Cholera Yellow fever Typhus Anthrax Diphtheria. Acute flaccid paralysis AFP as Polio, other suspected polio cases like Gillian Barrie syndrome & transverse myelitis Neonatal tetanus Measles Rubella Tuberculosis Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Meningococcal meningitis Viral hemorrhagic fevers (Crimean- Congo fever, rift valley fever, dengue fever, Ebola, Lasa fever & west Nile fever). Food poisoning Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-COV) Schistosomiasis.

Hepatitis A. Hepatitis B. Hepatitis C Chickenpox Mumps. Typhoid &paratyphoid. Salmonellosis. Whooping cough. Congenital rubella. unspecified hepatitis Rabies. shigellosis hydatid disease, hemolytic uremic syndrome gonorrhea Scabies. Tetanus other types. Brucellosis Amoebic dysentery. Puerperal fever. Syphilis. Malaria Leprosy