REPORTABLE DISEASE MANUAL

WV Reportable Disease Manual (WV Code 16-3-1; 64 CSR 7)

Reporting of the following communicable diseases is required by state law as follows:

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N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Notifiable Condition

When to Report

How to Report

Providers
Links in this column are to PDF forms.

Laboratories
Links in this column are to PDF forms.

Local Health Departments
Links in this column take users to WVEDSS.

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Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)

Within 24 hours to the local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form

Not applicable

AIDS

Within 1 week to 304.558.6460 or state health department to secure fax 304.957.7753 or mail to OEPS, 350 Capitol Street, Room 125, Charleston, WV, 25301, Attention: DSHHT Surveillance

Adult case report Static | Fillable
Pediatric case report Static | Fillable

Laboratory reporting form Static | Fillable or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report Static | Fillable
Pediatric case report
Static | Fillable

Alpha-gal Syndrome

Within 1 week to state health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report of OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card OEPS Yellow Card

Anaplasmosis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report of OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Animal Bites

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form

Not applicable

WVEDSS

Anthrax

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Any unusual condition or emerging infectious disease

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

See specific agent report form. If not listed or unknown, use the OEPS Yellow Card

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Arboviral Infection

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Babesiosis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Bioterrorist Event

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Immediately to the epidemiologist on call 304.558.5358. ext. 1 or 800.423.1271 and follow up with additional information as requested
See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, etc).

OEPS Website

Immediately to the epidemiologist on call 304.558.5358. ext. 1 or 800.423.1271 and follow up with additional information as requested
Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSSA

Immediately to the epidemiologist on call 304.558.5358. ext. 1 or 800.423.1271 and follow up with additional information as requested
WVEDSS

See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax botulism, plague, smallpox, etc)

OEPS Website

Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form (Foodborne and Wound)

Report Form (Infant)

Copy of the laboratory report OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^C

Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. melitensis,B. suis, B. canis)

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card^{A, B}

WVEDSS

Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter jejuni, C coli)

Within 72 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^A

WVEDSS

Cancer

Within six months to Division of Cancer Epidemiology

Registry Details

not applicable

Candidozyma auris (formally Candida auris)

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at Fax: (304) 558-6478

OEPS Yellow Card

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

OEPS Yellow Card

Carbapenem Resistant and/or Carbapenemase Producing Organisms (Enterobacterales, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow CardA or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Chickenpox (Varicella)
(Numerical totals only)

Within 1 week to local health department

Chickenpox Report Form (for reporting weekly totals)

Not applicable

WVEDSS

Chlamydia trachomatis

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at Fax: 1-(304)-558-6478

CDC Form VD-91

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

CDC Form VD-91

Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{A, B}

WVEDSS

COVID-19 (SARS CoV-2) -related death in an individual < 18 years of age

Within 1 week to local health department

OEPS Yellow Card

Copy Evidence of acute infection (PCR) by electronic reporting to WVEDSS only

WVEDSS

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Within 1 week to State Health Department

OEPS Yellow Card

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

OEPS Yellow Card

Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium parvum)

Within 72 hours to local health department

Enteric Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Cyclospora infection

Within 72 hours to local health department

Enteric Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Dengue Fever

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^A

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Ehrlichiosis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Enterovirus (from laboratories)

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department.

Encephalitis, Arboviral

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Foodborne Outbreak

Suspect or confirmed cases

immediately

to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Immediately

contact local health department by phone

Immediately

contact local health department by phone

Immediately

contact DIDE by phone at 1.800.423.1271 or 304.558.5358

Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia)

Within 72 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Gonococcal Conjunctivitis of the newborn (within 24 hours)

Within 24 hours to the State Health Department.

CDC Form VD-91
Fax: 1-(304)-558-6478

CDC Form VD-91

Gonococcal Disease (all other) including Disseminated Gonorrhea Infection (DGI)

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department.

CDC Form VD-91
Fax: 1-(304)-558-6478

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

CDC Form VD-91

Haemophilus Influenzae, Invasive Disease⁴

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{1, A}

WVEDSS

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, postdiarrheal

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Hepatitis A³, acute

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form if symptomatic

Positive IgM² by copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Hepatitis B³, acute or perinatal

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form (acute)

Report Form (chronic)

Report Form (perinatal)

Positive anti-HBc IgM or HBsAg² by copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Hepatitis C, acute

Within 1 week to the State Health Department at Fax: (304) 558-6487

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or DIDE Yellow Card

WVEDSS

Hepatitis C, chronic

1 week to the

State Health Department at Fax: (304) 558-6487

Not applicable

Copy of the laboratory report or DIDE Yellow Card

Hepatitis C, Perinatal

Within 1 week to the State Health Department at Fax: (304) 558-6487

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report

Hepatitis Delta³

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Hepatitis Case Report

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS3

WVEDSS

HIV (within 30 days)

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department to secure fax 304.957.7753 or mail to OEPS, 350 Capitol Street, Room 125, Charleston, WV 25301, Attention: DSHHT Surveillance

Adult case report Static | Fillable

Pediatric case report Static | Fillable

Adult case report Static | Fillable

Pediatric case report Static | Fillable

Influenza (positive laboratory results by immunofluorescence, culture or PCR, only )

Within 1 Week

to DIDE

(304)-558-5358 or (800)423-1271

fax: (304)558-8736

Not applicable

Evidence of actue infection by electronic reporting to WVEDSS only

Not applicable

Influenza-related death in an individual less than 18 years of age

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form (pedatric death)

Not applicable

WVEDSS

Novel influenza infection, animal or human

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with additional information as requested

Report Form (novel)

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSSA

Intentional exposure to an infectious agent or biological toxin

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with additional information as requested

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the epidemiologist on call at 304-558-5358 ext. 1 or 800.423.1271 and follow up with additional information as requested
WVEDSS

La Crosse Encephalitis (California Group)

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Legionellosis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Leptospirosis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)

Within 72 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^A

WVEDSS

Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Malaria

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (Neisseria meningitidis)

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS

MERS coronavirus infection

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{A, B}

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS

Monkeypox

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^A

WVEDSS

Mumps

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and followed by a written report

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^C

WVEDSS

Orthopox Infection

Smallpox

Monkeypox

See specific agent

Outbreaks or cluster of any illness or condition, suspect or confirmed

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with additional information as requested

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358 ect. 1 or 800.423.1271 and follow up with additional information as requested

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department.
Fax: (304) 558-6478

OEPS Yellow Card

Pertussis (Whooping Cough Bordetella pertussis)

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and followed by a written report

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Plague (Yersinia pestis)

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS
BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation
BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet
BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet

Poliomyelitis

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{A, B}

WVEDSS

Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Q-Fever(Coxiella burnetii)

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Rabies, human

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS

Rabies, animal

Within 24 hours to local health department

WV OLS Rabies Test Submission

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WV OLS Rabies Test Submission

RSV-related death in an individual 5 years of age or younger

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Evidence of acute infection by electronic reporting to WVEDSS only

WVEDSS

Rubella (German measles)

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS

Rubella Congenital Syndrome

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS

Rubeola (Measles)

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Salmonellosis⁴
(except Typhoid Fever)

Within 72 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{4, A}

WVEDSS

SARS coronavirus infection

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)² Including but not limited to E. Coli 0157:H7

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^A

WVEDSS

Shigellosis⁴
(Shigella dysenteriae, S. boydii, S. flexneri, S. sonnei)

Within 72 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{1, A}

WVEDSS

Smallpox

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^A

Spotted Fever Rickettiosis

Within 1 week to local health department

WVEDSS Tick-borne Disease Case Report

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Staphylococcus aureus⁴ with glycopeptide-intermediate (GISA/VISA) or glycopeptide-resistant (GRSA/VRSA) susceptibilities

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{1, A}

WVEDSS

St. Louis Encephalitis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS¹

WVEDSS

Streptococcus pneumoniae⁴, invasive disease (pneumococcal)

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{1, A}

WVEDSS

Syphilis -- primary, secondary, early latent, congenital (within 24 hours)

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department by secure fax to 304.558.6478

CDC Form VD-91

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

CDC Form VD-91

Syphilis
(late latent, late symptomatic, or neurosyphilis)

Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at by secure fax to 304.558.6478

CDC Form VD-91

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

CDC Form VD-91

Syphilis, congenital

Within 24 hours to the State Health Department at by secure fax to 304.558.6478

CDC Form VD-91

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

CDC Form VD-91

Syndromic Surveillance

Daily, by real-time electronic reporting.

See Protocol

Not Applicable.

Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Trichinosis

Within 72 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Tuberculosis⁴, all forms

Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.

Individual Tuberculosis Report

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Individual Tuberculosis Report

Tuberculosis Latent Infection⁵
(In the last 2 years or any positive in a child < 5 years old)

Within 1 week to local health department

Tuberculosis Record (LTBI-Reporting Form)

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Tuberculosis Record (LTBI-Reporting Form)

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS
BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation
BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet
BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet

Typhoid Fever (Salmonella typhi)

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers¹

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
WVEDSS
BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation
BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet
BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet

Vibriosis (non-cholera)

Within 72 hours to the local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

WVEDSS

Waterborne Outbreak

Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.

Immediately contact local health department by phone

Immediately Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1

West Nile Virus

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Western Equine Encephalitis

Within 1 week to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^B

WVEDSS

Yellow Fever

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{A, B}

WVEDSS

Zika Virus Disease

Within 24 hours to local health department

Report Form

Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS^{A, B}

WVEDSS

¹ Including filoviruses such as Ebola and Marburg and arenaviruses such as Lassa fever
² Including but not limited to E coli O157:H7
³ Including results of hepatitis A and B serologies, transaminase levels and bilirubin
⁴ Including results of susceptibility testing
⁵ (limited to persons with a positive Mantoux tuberculin skin test conversion in the last two years or any positive Mantoux tuberculin skin test in a child less than 5 years of age)
6Report positive and negative NAAT test results. For non-NAAT tests, report positive results only

^A Submit an isolate to the Office of Laboratory Services for further testing or confirmation
^B Submit a serologic specimen to the Office of Laboratory Services for further testing or confirmation
^CConsult OEPS regarding laboratory confirmation: 1.800.423.1271 or 304.558.5358

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