​​​​​​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:

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories:  Not appli​cable

Local Health Departments: 

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

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

Providers: 

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

Laboratories: Laboratory reporting form Static | Fillable ​or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

Local Health Departments: 

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

Alpha-gal Syndrome

Within 1 week to State Health Department 

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card.

Anaplasmosis

Report within 1 week to the local health department.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Animal Bites

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Not applicable​

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Anthrax

Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department by phone and follow up with written report

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of lab report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS (A)

Local Health Departments: 

• WVEDSS
• BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation
• BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet
• BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet

Arboviral Infection

Report within 1 week to the local health department. 

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Any unusual condition or emerging infectious disease

Report within 1 week to the local health department. 

Providers: See specific agent report form. If not lis​ted or unknown, use the General Case Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Babesiosis

Report within 1 week to the local health department. 

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Bioterrorist Event

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

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

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS (A)

Local Health Departments: 

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

Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)

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

Providers: Report Form (Wound), Report Form (Infant)

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS (C)

Local Health Departments:

• 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)

Report within 1 week to the local health department. 

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of lab report or DIDE Yellow Card (A), (B)

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter jejuni, C coli)

Report within within 72 hours to the local health department. 

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Cancer

Report within six months to Division of Cancer Epidemiology

Registry Details

Candidozyma auris (formally Candida auris)​​​​​

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: OEPS Yellow Card

​Carbapenem Resistant and/or Carbapenemase Producing Organisms (Enterobacterales, Acinetobacter bauma​nnii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Report within one week to local health department​​. 

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Chickenpox (Varicella) (Numerical totals only)

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Chickenpox Report Form​ (for reporting weekly totals)

Laboratories: Not applicable

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Chlamydia trachomatis

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

Providers: CDC Form VD-91

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

Local Health Departments: CDC Form VD-91

Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

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

Report within 1 week to the local health department​​.

Providers: OEPS Yellow Card

Laboratories: Evidence of acute infection (PCR) by electronic reporting to WVEDSS only.

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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

Providers: OEPS Yellow Card

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

Local Health Departments: OEPS Yellow Card

Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium parvum)

Report within 72 hours to the local health department​​.

Providers: Enteric Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Cyclospora infection

Report within 72 hours to local health department​​.

Providers: Enteric Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Dengue Fever

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: 

• WVEDSS
• Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1 ​for antitoxin

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Ehrlichiosis

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Enterovirus (from laboratories)

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Not applicable

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Encephalitis, Arboviral

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Foodborne Outbreak

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

Immediately notify the epidemiologist on call at 304-558-5358 ext. 1

Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia)

Report within 72 hours to local health department.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Gonococcal Conjunctivitis of the newborn (within 24 hours)

Report within 24 hours to State Health Department 

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

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

Local Health Departments: CDC Form VD-91

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

Report within 1 week to State Health Department

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

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

Local Health Departments: CDC Form VD-91

Haemophilus Influenzae, Invasive Disease4

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS4​, A

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, postdiarrheal

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hepatitis A, acute

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Positive IgM by copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hepatitis B - Acute or Perinatal

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

Providers: 

• Acute Report Form 
• Chronic Report Form
• Perinatal Report Form 

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hepatitis C - Acute 

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hepatitis C - Chronic 

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

Providers: Not Applicable

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

Local Health Departments: 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​

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: Copy of the laboratory report

Hepatitis Delta 

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

HIV - (within 30 days)

Report 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

Providers: 

• Adult case report Static​ | Fillable​ 
• Pediatric case report Static​ | Fillable​ 

Laboratories: 

Local Health Departments: 

• Adult case report Static​ | Fillable​ 
• Pediatric case report Static​ | Fillable​ 

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

Report within 1 Week to DIDE (304)-558-5358 or (800)423-1271 fax: (304)558-8736

Providers: Not Applicable

Laboratories: Evidence of actue infection by electronic reporting to WVEDSS only

Local Health Departments: Not Applicable

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

Report within 1 week to local health department​​. 

Providers: Report Form (Pediatric Death)

Laboratories: Not Applicable

Local Health Departments: 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.

Providers: Report Form (Novel)

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A

Local Health Departments: 

• WVEDSS
• Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304-558-5358 ext. 1

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. 

Providers: 

• Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested.
• See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax botulism, plague, smallpox, etc)

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

Local Health Departments: 

• WVEDSS
• 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.

La Crosse Encephalitis (California Group)

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Legionellosis

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Leptospirosis

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)

Report within 72 hours to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form 

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Malaria

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (Neisseria meningitidis)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

MERS coronavirus infection

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A,B

Local Health Departments: 

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

Monkeypox 

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

Providers: Report Form 

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A

Local Health Departments: 

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

Mumps 

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​C

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Orthopox Infection

• Smallpox
• Monkeypox

Report: See specific agent

Providers: See specific agent

Laboratories: See specific agent

Local Health Departments: See specific agent

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

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

Providers: Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested

Laboratories: Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested

Local Health Departments: 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

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

Providers: OEPS Yellow Card

Laboratories: ​​OEPS Yellow Card 

Local Health Departments: OEPS Yellow Card

Pertussis (Whooping Cough Bordetella pertussis)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Plague (Yersinia pestis)

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

Providers: Report Form 

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A,B

Local Health Departments: 

• WVEDSS
• BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation
• BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet
• BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet

Poliomyelitis

Report within 24 hours to local health department​​. 

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A,B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Q-Fever (Coxiella burnetii)

Report within 24 hours to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form 

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Rabies (Human)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: 

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

Rabies (Animal)

Report within 24 hours to local health department​​.

Providers: WV OLS Rabies Test Submission 

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

Local Health Departments: WV OLS Rabies Test Submission

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

Report within 1 week to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Evidence of acute infection by electronic reporting to WVEDSS only​.

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Rubella (German measles) 

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: 

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

Rubella Congenital Syndrome 

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: 

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

Rubeola (Measles)

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: 

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

Salmonellosis4 (except Typhoid Fever)

Report within 72 hours to local health department​​.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​4,A

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

SARS coronavirus infection

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: 

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

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

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​1, A

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

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

Report within 72 hours to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Smallpox

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

Providers: Report Form 

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A

Local Health Departments: 

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

Report within 1 week to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

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

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​1, A

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

St. Louis Encephalitis

Report within 1 week hours to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)

Report within 1 week to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​1

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Streptococcus pneumoniae4, invasive disease (pneumococcal)

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

Providers: Report Form 

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

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

Report within 1 Week to the State Health Department by secure fax to 304.558.6478

Providers: CDC Form VD-91

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

Local Health Departments: CDC Form VD-91

Syphilis -- late latent, late symptomatic, or neurosyphilis

Report within 1 Week to the State Health Department by secure fax to 304.558.6478

Providers: CDC Form VD-91

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

Local Health Departments: CDC Form VD-91

Syphilis -- congenital

Report within 1 Week to the State Health Department by secure fax to 304.558.6478

Providers: CDC Form VD-91

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

Local Health Departments: CDC Form VD-91

Syndromic Surveillance

Report daily, by real-time electronic reporting.

Providers: See Protocol 

Laboratories: Not Applicable

Local Health Departments: Not Applicable

Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)

Report within 1 week to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Report within 1 week to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Trichinosis

Report within 72 hours to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Tuberculosis4, all forms

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

Providers: Individual Tuberculosis Report 

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

Local Health Departments: Individual Tuberculosis Report 

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

Report within 1 week to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Tuberculosis Record (LTBI-Reporting Form)

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

Local Health Departments: Tuberculosis Record (LTBI-Reporting Form)

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments:

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

Typhoid Fever (Salmonella typhi)

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

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers1

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments:

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

Vibriosis (non-cholera)

Report within 72 hours to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

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

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Waterborne Outbreak

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

Providers: Immediately contact local health department​​ by phone.

Laboratories: Immediately contact local health department​​ by phone.

Local Health Departments: Immediately Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1

West Nile Virus

Report within 1 week to local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSSB​

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Western Equine Encephalitis

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Yellow Fever​

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A, B

Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Zika Virus Disease

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

Providers: Report Form

Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​A, B

Local Health Departments: 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)

6 Report 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

C Consult OEPS regarding laboratory confirmation: 1.800.423.1271 or 304.558.5358