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communicable disease

Communicable Diseases and Reporting Timelines

By law, over 80 communicable diseases must be reported to El Dorado County Public Health. A listing of these Reportable Diseases, and required timelines for notification, is included below.

 

Reportable
Communicable
Diseases

( CDC Info on Diseases

Timeline for
Confirmed/Suspected
Cases

 (Local Contact Information) 

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Report to Communicable Disease Section via telephone or traceable mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification and by completion of HIV/AIDS Case Report form (CDPH 8641A), available from the local health department (DO NOT SEND BY FAX ).

Amebiasis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Anaplasmosis/Ehrlichiosis  Report by fax, telephone or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Anthrax (Lab Reportable)

Report immediately by telephone.

Avian Influenza (human)

Report immediately by telephone.

Babesiosis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Botulism 
(Infant, Foodborne, Wound)
(Lab Reportable)

Report immediately by telephone.

Brucellosis (Lab Reportable)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Campylobacteriosis 

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Report immediately by telephone if two (2) or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.

Chancroid

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Chickenpox (Varicella)
(only hospitalizations & deaths)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Chlamydial trachomatis infections, including Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) (Lab Reportable)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Cholera

Report immediately by telephone.

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

Report immediately by telephone.

Coccidioidomycosis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Colorado Tick Fever

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) 

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Cryptosporidiosis (Lab Reportable)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Dengue Fever  

Report immediately by telephone.

Diphtheria (Lab Reportable)  

Report immediately by telephone.

Domoic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)  

Report immediately by telephone.

Encephalitis (specify etiology: Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Escherichia coli:  shiga toxin producing (STEC) including E.coli 0157
(Lab Reportable)

Report immediately by telephone.

Foodborne Disease  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Report immediately by telephone if two (2) or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.

Giardiasis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

If water-associated disease, Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Gonococcal Infections (Lab Reportable)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Haemophilus influenzae  invasive disease (report an incident less than 15 years of age)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Hantavirus Infections

Report immediately by telephone.

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Report immediately by telephone.

Hepatitis, Viral

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Hepatitis A (Lab Reportable)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Report immediately by telephone if two (2) or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.

Hepatitis B
(Specify Viral, Acute or Chronic)
(Lab Reportable)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Hepatitis C
(Specify Acute or Chronic)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Hepatitis D (Delta)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Hepatitis, other, Acute

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 
Reporting is NON-NAME

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Influenza deaths
(report incident less than
18 years of age)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Kawasaki Syndrome (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Legionellosis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Leprosy (Hansen Disease) 

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Leptospirosis  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Listeriosis (Lab Reportable)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Report immediately by telephone if two (2) or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.

Lyme Disease

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Malaria (Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Measles (Rubeola) (Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Meningitis (Specify Etiology: Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Meningococcal Infections  

Report immediately by telephone.

Mumps  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

Report immediately by telephone.

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Plague , Human or Animal

Report immediately by telephone.

Poliovirus Infection  Report by fax, telephone or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Psittacosis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Q Fever  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Rabies, Human or Animal
(Lab Reportable)  

Report immediately by telephone.

Relapsing Fever  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Rheumatic Fever, Acute  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Rubella (German Measles)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Rubella Syndrome, Congenital

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Salmonellosis
(Other than Typhoid Fever)  

(Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Report immediately by telephone if two (2) or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.

Scombroid Fish Poisoning  

Report immediately by telephone.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Report immediately by telephone.

Shiga toxin (detected in feces)

Report immediately by telephone.

Shigellosis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Report immediately by telephone if two (2) or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.

Staphylococcus aureus Infection (only a case resulting in death or admission to an intensive care unit of a person who has not been hospitalized or had surgery, dialysis, or residency in a long-term care facility in the past year, and did not have an indwelling catheter or percutaneous medical device at the time of culture)

Report within one working day of identification.

Streptococcal Infections
(Outbreaks of Any Type and Individual Cases in Food Handlers and Dairy Workers Only)

Outbreaks of any type and individual cases in food handlers and dairy Workers only should be reported by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Syphilis (Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Tetanus

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Trichinosis

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Tuberculosis (TB) (Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Tularemia (Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Typhoid Fever, Cases and Carriers (Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Typhus Fever  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Vibrio Infections (Lab Reportable)  

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (e.g., Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa and Marburg viruses) (Lab Reportable)  

Report immediately by telephone.

Water-associated Disease

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection 

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Yellow Fever

Report immediately by telephone.

Outbreaks of any disease, including diseases not listed in Section 2500. (Specify if institutional and/or open community.)

Report immediately by telephone.

Reportable Non-Communicable Diseases & Conditions
(CDC Info on Diseases)

Timeline for Confirmed/Suspected Cases
 (Local Contact Information) 

Disorders Characterized by Lapses of Consciousness

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Pesticide-Related illness or injury (known or suspected cases)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Cancer, including benign and borderline brain tumors (except  (1)  basal and squamous skin cancer unless occurring on genitalia, and  (2)  carcinoma in-situ and CIN III of the cervix)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days of identification.

Locally Reportable Diseases & Conditions

Timeline for Confirmed/Suspected Cases
 (Local Contact Information) 

The Health Officer of El Dorado County is not currently mandating the reporting of any diseases not listed in Section 2500.

Not applicable