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reportable diseases; notifiable diseases

Classification: 1) infectious & communicable diseases 2) non-communicable diseases Communicable diseases: - amebiasis (free-living amebae infections) - anaplasmosis - anthrax* - arbovirus infections - California encephalitis virus - La Crosse virus - Chikungunya Virus - Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus - Powassan Virus - St Louis Encephalitis Virus - West Nile Virus - Western Equine Encephalitis Virus - Arenavirus (New World) - babesiosis# - botulism (infant, foodborne, wound, other)* - brucellosis - campylobacteriosis# - chancroid - Chikungunya Virus Disease - Chlamydia trachomatis (genital & other infections) - cholera* due to Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 - ciguatera fish poisoning* - coccidioidomycosis - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever - cryptosporidiosis# - cyclosporiasis - dengue* - diphtheria* - Ebola hemorrhagic fever - ehrlichiosis - Escherichia coli, shiga toxin producing - foodborne disease [1,2*] - giardiasis - gonococcal infections - Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease# - Hantavirus infection* - hemolytic uremic syndrome* - hemorrhagic fever (Lassa fever) - hepatitis, viral - hepatitis A# - hepatitis B, acute, chronic or perinatal - hepatitis C, past or present - hepatitis D (delta agent) - hepatitis, viral, acute - HIV infection, HIV1 infection - influenza A, novel infections - influenza-related mortality, pediatric - Kawasaki syndrome (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) - Lassa fever - legionellosis - leprosy (Hansen disease) - leptospirosis - listeriosis# - Lujo virus - Lyme disease - lymphocytic choriomeningitis# - malaria# - Marburg virus - measles (rubeola)# - meningiococcal infections* - Neisseria meningitidis - mumps - non-gonococcal urethritis (report Chlamydia trachomatis) - pertussis (whooping cough)# - plague, human or animal* - poliomyelitis, paralytic# - psittacosis# - Q fever# - rabies, human or animal* - rubella (German measles) - rubella syndrome, congenital - salmonellosis (other than typhoid fever)# - SARS-associated coronavirus - shigellosis# - smallpox - Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant - swimmer's itch (schistosomal dermatitis)# - syphilis# - tetanus - toxic shock syndrome - Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome - other toxic shock syndrome - trichinosis# - tuberculosis* - tularemia - typhoid fever, cases & carriers# - Varicella zoster - Vibrio infections# - viral hemorrhagic fever (Crimean-congo, Ebola, Lassa, Marburg)* - waterborne disease outbreak# - yellow fever* Notification required of laboratories: - Chlamydial infections - cryptosporidiosis# - diphtheria* - encephalitis, arboviral# - Escherichia coli O157:H7 or O157:NM shigella toxin *, @ - gonorrhea - hepatitis A, IgM+ or + viral antigen# - hepatitis B, IgM anti HBc, or hepBsAg+ (male or female) - listeriosis#, @ - malaria#, @ - measles (rubeola) IgM+ or + viral antigen test# - plague, animal or human* - rabies, animal or human* - syphilis# - tuberculosis#, @ - typhoid & other Salmonella isolates#, @ - Vibrio species infections#, @ * report immediately by telephone # report by mailing, telephoning or electronically transmitting a report within 1 working day of identification @ submit slides to the DHS Public Health Laboratory for confirmation. Communicable disease listed in refs [1,2 or 3], or listed but not as current on CDC site [4] - anisakiasis - chickenpox - Colorado Tick fever - conjunctivitis, acute infectious disease of the newborn - Creutsfeldt-Jakob disease - cysticercosis - diarrhea of the newborn, outbreaks - domoic acid poisoning (amnestic shellfish poisoning) - echinococcosis (Hydatid disease) - Herpes virus simae - influenza-associated hospitalizations - Kawasaki Syndrome - melioidosis - meningitis (viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic) - Mycobacterium, any - Mycoplasma pneumonia - Naegleria fowleri causing Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis - paralytic shellfish poisoning - pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) - relapsing fever - Reye syndrome - Rickettsial fever, tickborne - scabies (atypical or crusted) - scarlet fever - scombroid fish poisoning - Streptococcus - outbreaks or cases in food handlers & dairy workers - do NOT report pharyngitis or scarlet fever - tapeworm infections - toxoplasmosis - typhus fever - Yersiniosis - OCCURRENCE OF ANY UNUSUAL DISEASE - OUTBREAKS OF ANY DISEASE Communicable disease reporting ended [4]: (year reporting ended in parentheses) - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (2008) - amebiasis (1994) - encephalitis (viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic) (1994) - Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic (2005)* - Escherichia coli, O157:H7 infection* (2000)* - Lymphogranuloma Venereum (1994) - Neurosyphilis (2013) - Rheumatic fever (1994) - Rocky Mountain spotted fever (2009) - Streptococcus - invasive group A (2009) - invasive, drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumonia (2009) * Escherichia coli, shiga toxin-producing reporting still required Non-communicable diseases or conditions - Alzheimer's disease - disorders characterized by lapses in consciousness* - toxin-related illness - pesticide-related illnesses - carbon monoxide poisoning - lead poisoning - silicosis - cancer * A law effective Oct. 2000 requires physicians to file a report with the health department within 7 days on all patients > 14 years of age with the following conditions (California): 1) loss of consciousness or markedly reduced responsiveness to external stimuli a) Alzheimer's disease b) seizure disorder c) brain tumor d) narcolepsy e) sleep apnea f) abnormal metabolic states 1] hyperglycemia 2] hypoglycemia 2) inability to perform one or more activities of daily living (including instrumental activities of daily living) 3) impairment of sensory motor functions used to operate a motor vehicle Reporting may NOT be required if the patients states the he/she does NOT drive a car & never intends to drive & you believe that this is true. Non-communicable disease listed, but not current on CDC site [4] - spinal cord injury

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References

  1. Kaiser Permanente
  2. Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
  3. Veterans Administration, Mather CA
  4. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/search/ - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables MMWR Weekly / November 18, 2016 /65(45) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6545md.htm