​​​​​​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 the 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 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: Laboratory reporting form Static | Fillable ​or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS
• Local Health Departments: 
  • Adult case report Static | Fillable​
  • Pediatric case report Static​ | Fillable​

Alpha-gal Syndrome

• Within 1 week to the 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 the 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: 
  • 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

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​, B
• 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, C
• Local Health Departments:
  • Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1
  •  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​, B
• 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:
  • 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

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

• Report within 24 hours to the local health department by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card, A, B 
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Campylobacteriosis 

• 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 the Division of Cancer Epidemiology

Registry Details

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

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 to Fax: (304) 558-6478
• Providers: Report Form
• L/media/675aboratories: 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 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

Chickenpox (Varicella) (Numerical totals only)

• Report within 1 week to the 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 Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​
• Local Health Departments: CDC Form VD-91

Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

• Report within 24 hours to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​, A, B
• 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 to 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 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

Dengue Fever

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 the 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
• 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 the 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 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

Enterovirus (from laboratories) Numerical totals only, culture confirmed with serotypes if available

• Report within 1 week to the 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 the local health department​​.
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS, ​B
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Foodborne Outbreak

• Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Immediately notify the epidemiologist on call at 304-558-5358 ext. 1
• Laboratories: Immediately Contact the local health department by phone
• Immediately notify the epidemiologist on call at 304.558.5358. ext. 1

Giardiasis  (Giardia lamblia)

• Report 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

Gonococcal Conjunctivitis of the newborn (within 24 hours)

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 the 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 Disease

• Report within 24 hours to the 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, 4​, A
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

• 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​, B
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, postdiarrheal

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 the 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​, 3
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Hepatitis B - Acute, Chronic or Perinatal

• Report within 24 hours to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: 
  • Acute Report Form 
  • Chronic Report Form
  • Perinatal Report Form 
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​, 3
• 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​, 3
• 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  OEPS 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 or OEPS Yellow Card 

Hepatitis Delta 

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 

• 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: 

  • Reporting form Static​  or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS

• Local Health Departments: 
  • Adult case report Static​ | Fillable​ 
  • Pediatric case report Static​ | Fillable​ 

Influenza (laboratory evidence of acute infection, by type and subtype as available)

• Report within 1 Week to the State Health Department fax: (304)558-8736
• Providers: Not Applicable
• Laboratories: Evidence of acute 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 the 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 the local health department​​ followed by a written case report form
• Providers: Report Form (Novel)
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS, ​A
• Local Health Departments: 
  • Notify the epidemiologist on call at 304-558-5358 ext. 1
  • WVEDSS

Intentional exposure to an infectious agent or biological toxin

• Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested. 
• Providers: 
  • Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested.
  • See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax botulism, plague, smallpox, etc), OEPS Website 
• Laboratories: 
  • Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested.
  • Copy of the laboratory report or OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS, A
• 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 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

Legionellosis

• 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

Leptospirosis

• 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

Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)

• Report within 72 hours to the local health department​​.
• Providers: Report Form 
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​, A
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)

• 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

Malaria

• 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

Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (Neisseria meningitidis)

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 the 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 the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with written report.
• Providers: Report Form 
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor 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 the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor 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

Outbreaksor cluster of any illness or condition, suspect or confirmed

• Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested
• Providers: Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with additional information as requested
• Laboratories: Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the 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 the 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 suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with written report.
• Providers: Immediately to the local health department followed up with case Report Form 
• Laboratories: 
  • Immediately to the local health department followed up with 
  • Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Card or via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​, A, B
• Local Health Departments: 
  • WVEDSS,A
  • BT Agent Case Exposure Investigation
  • BT Agent Case Travel/Activity Worksheet
  • BT Agent Case Transportation Worksheet

Poliomyelitis

• Report within 24 hours to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​, A, B
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)

• 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

Q-Fever (Coxiella burnetii)

• Report within 24 hours to the  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

Rabies (Human)

• Report within 24 hours to the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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

Salmonellosis (except Typhoid Fever)

• Report 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​4, A
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

SARS coronavirus infection

• Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the 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 the 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​4, A
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

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

• Report within 72 hours to the 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 the 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 the 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​4, A
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

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

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 the 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 the 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 pneumoniae, invasive disease (pneumococcal)

• Report within 24 hours to the 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​4
• 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 the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Toxic Shock Syndrome

• Report within 1 week to the  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 the 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

Tuberculosis, all forms

• Report within 24 hours to the 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​4
• 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 Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS​
• Local Health Departments: Tuberculosis Record (LTBI-Reporting Form)

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

• Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the 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 the 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 the 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 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

Waterborne Outbreak

• Report suspect or confirmed cases immediately to the  local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Immediately contact the local health department​​ by phone.
• Laboratories: Immediately contact the 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 the local health department​​ by phone and follow up with a written report.
• Providers: Report Form
• Laboratories: Copy of the laboratory report or ​​OEPS Yellow Cardor via electronic reporting to WVEDSS, B​
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Western Equine Encephalitis

• Report within 24 hours to the 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 the 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, C
• Local Health Departments: WVEDSS

Zika Virus Disease

• Report within 24 hours to the 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