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
Notifiable Condition	When to Report	Providers Links in this column are to PDF forms.	Laboratories Links in this columan are to PDF forms.	Local Health Departments Links in this column take users to WVEDSS.
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AIDS	Within 1 week to 304.558.6460 or 304.558.6461			Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report
Animal Bites	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form		WVEDSS
Anthrax	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet
Any unusual condition or emerging infectious disease	Within 24 hours to local health department	General Case Report	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^C	WVEDSS
Arboviral Infection	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
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Bioterrorist Event	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, etc)	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, etc)
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	Report Form (Wound) Report Form (Infant)	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^C	WVEDSS BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet
Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. melitensis,B. suis, B. canis)	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{A, B}	WVEDSS
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Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter jejuni, C coli)	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS
Cancer (Campylobacter jejuni, C coli)	Within one week to Division of Cancer Epidemiology	Registry Details	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS
Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244.	CDC Form VD-91	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	CDC Form VD-91
Chickenpox (Varicella) (Numerical totals only)	Within 1 week to local health department	Influenza-Like Illness & Chickenpox Report Card (used for reporting weekly totals only)		Influenza-Like Illness & Chickenpox Report Card (used for reporting weekly totals only) Phone: (304) 558-5358 or (800) 423-1271 Fax: (304) 558-8736
Chlamydia trachomatis	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244.	CDC Form VD-91	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	CDC Form VD-91
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{A, B}	WVEDSS
Community-aquired, methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus, invasive⁴.	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{1, A}	WVEDSS
Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium parvum)	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Cyclospora infection	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
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Dengue Fever	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Ehrlichiosis	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
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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
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Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia)	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Gonococcal Conjunctivitis of the newborn (within 24 hours)	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department.	CDC Form VD-91		CDC Form VD-91
Gonococcal Disease (all other)	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department.	CDC Form VD-91		CDC Form VD-91
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Haemophilus Influenzae, Invasive Disease⁴	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{1, A}	WVEDSS
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, postdiarrheal	Within 24 hours to local health department	WVEDSS Foodborne Disease Report	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Hepatitis A³, acute	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Positive IgM² by copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Hepatitis B³, acute or perinatal	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form (acute) Report Form (perinatal) m	Positive anti-HBc IgM or HBsAg² by copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Hepatitis C, acute	Within 1 week to DIDE (304)558-5358 or (800)423-1271; fax: (304)-558-8736	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Hepatitis C, chronic	1 week to DIDE (304)558-5358 or (800)423-1271; fax: (304)-558-8736	Not applicable	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card
Hepatitis Delta³	Within 24 hours to local health department	Hepatitis Case Report	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card²	WVEDSS
HIV (within 30 days)	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department to 304.558.6460 or 304.558.6461.	CDC Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report		CDC Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report
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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	Within 1 week to DIDE (304)558-5358 or (800)423-1271 fax: (304)558-8736	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)		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)	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with additional information as requested	WVEDSS
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 local health department by phone and follow up with additional information as requested	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 DIDE by phone (304)558-5358 or (800)423-1271 and follow up with additional information as requested
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LaCrosse Encephalitis (California Group)	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Legionellosis	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Leptospirosis	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS
Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
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Malaria	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (Neisseria meningitidis)	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{A, B}	WVEDSS
Monkeypox	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS
Mumps	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^C	WVEDSS
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Orthopox Infection Smallpox Monkeypox	See specific agent	See specific agent	See specific agent	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 local health department by phone and follow up with additional information as requested	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 DIDE by phone (304)558-5358 or (800)423-1271 and follow up with additional information as requested
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department.
Pertussis (Whooping Cough Bordatella pertussis)	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{A, B}	WVEDSS
Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
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Q-Fever(Coxiells burnetii)	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
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Rabies, human	Within 24 hours to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Rabies, animal	Within 24 hours to local health department	WV Office of Laboratory Services Rabies Test Submission	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WV Office of Laboratory Services Rabies Test Submission
Rubella (German measles)	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Rubella Congenital Syndrome	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Rubeola (Measles)	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
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Salmonellosis⁴ (except Typhoid Fever)	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{1, A}	WVEDSS
SARS coronavirus infection	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{A, B}	WVEDSS
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)² Including but not limited to E. Coli 0157:H7	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS
Shigellosis⁴ (Shigella dysenteriae, S. boydii, S. flexneri, S. sonnei)	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS Forms Overview for Smallpox Response Plan Guide A Form 2a: Case Travel/Activity Worksheet - Infectious Period Form 2b: Smallpox Primary Contact/Site Worksheet Form 2c: Case Transportation Worksheet - Infectious Period Form 2d: Smallpox Contact Tracing Form Form 2e: Case Household & Primary Contact Surveillance Form Form 2f: Case Primary Contact's Household Members Surveillance Form 3a: Smallpox Case Exposure Investigation Form Form 3b: Case Travel/Activity Worksheet - Exposure Period Form 3c: Case Transportation Worksheet - Exposure Period
Spotted Fever Rickettiosis	Within 1 week to local health department	WVEDSS Tick-borne Disease Case Report	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{1, A}	WVEDSS
St. Louis Encephalitis	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Streptococcal Disease, Invasive Group A⁴ and/or Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (S. pyogenes)	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card¹	WVEDSS
Streptococcal Disease, Invasive Group B	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card¹	WVEDSS
Streptococcus pneumoniae⁴, invasive disease (pneumococcal)	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{1, A}	WVEDSS
Syphilis -- primary, secondary, early latent, congenital (within 24 hours)	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244.	CDC Form VD-91		CDC Form VD-91
Syphilis (late latent, late symptomatic, or neurosyphilis)	Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244.	CDC Form VD-91		CDC Form VD-91
Syndromic Surveillance	Daily, by real-time electronic reporting.	See Protocol	Not Applicable.	Not Applicable.
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Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Toxic Shock Syndrome	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Trichinosis	Within 72 hours to local health department	WVEDSS Foodborne Disease Case Report	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
Tuberculosis⁴, all forms	Within 24 hours to local health department	Individual Tuberculosis Report	Copy of Lab Report	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)		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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers¹	Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report.	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	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 lab report or DIDE Yellow Card	WVEDSS
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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 contact local health department by phone	Immediately contact DIDE by phone at 1.800.423.1271 or 304.558.5358
West Nile Virus	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
Western Equine Encephalitis	Within 1 week to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^B	WVEDSS
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Yellow Fever	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{A, B}	WVEDSS
Yersinia Enterocolitica (Yersinia pestis)	Within 72 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^A	WVEDSS
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Zika Virus Disease	Within 24 hours to local health department	Report Form	Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card^{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 positve Mantoux tuberculin skin test in a child less than 5 years of age)		^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 DIDE regarding laboratory confirmation: 1.800.423.1271 or 304.558.5358

REPORTABLE DISEASE MANUAL

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

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