Question

Disease not covered under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) is?

• A. Meningococcal disease
• B. Tuberculosis
• C. Herpes zoster
• D. Cholera

Hint:

IDSP watches outbreak-prone diseases; herpes zoster is sporadic and excluded.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: The IDSP, launched in November 2004, places a defined set of core conditions under regular surveillance, including malaria, acute diarrhoeal disease (cholera), typhoid, tuberculosis, measles, and polio, plus syndromes such as meningoencephalitis.

Step 2: Tuberculosis (option b) is the respiratory disease under surveillance, cholera (option d) is the water-borne disease, and meningococcal meningoencephalitis (option a) is captured among the unusual clinical syndromes. All three are covered.

Step 3: Herpes zoster is a self-limiting reactivation of varicella and is not an epidemic-prone or outbreak condition, so it is not part of IDSP surveillance. Hence the answer is option c.