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Notifiable Disease Reporting

The diseases and conditions listed below are declared to be communicable and/or dangerous to the public and are to be reported to the local health department by all hospitals, physicians, laboratories, and other persons knowing of or suspecting a case in accordance with the provision of the statues and regulations governing the control of communicable diseases in Tennessee.

Category 1: Immediate telephonic reporting required followed with a written report using PH-1600 form and accompanied by a copy of the laboratory slip.

Anthrax

Botulism

1. Foodborne

2. Wound

Diphtheria

Disease Outbreaks

1. Foodborne

2. Waterborne

3. All Other

Encephalitis, Arboviral

1. California/LaCross scrogroup

2. Eastern Equine

3. St. Louis

4. Western Equine

5. West Nile-like

Group A Strep Invasive Disease

Group B Strep Invasive Disease

Haemophilus influenzae Invasive Disease

Hantavirus Disease

Hepatitis-Type A acute

Listeriosis

Measles

Meningococcal Disease

Meningitis-Other Bacterial

Mumps

Pertussis

Plague

Poliomyelitis

Rabies-Human

Rubella & Congenital Rubella Syndrome

Typhoid Fever

Category 2: Written report using PH-1600 form accompanied by a copy of the laboratory slip.

Botulism-infant

Brucellosis

Campylobacteriosis

Chanchroid

Chlamydia Trichomatis

Cholera

Cyclospora

Crytosporidiosis

Ehrlichiosis

Escherichia coli 0157:H7

Giardiasis (acute)

Gonorrhea

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Hepatitis, Viral

1. Type B acute

2. HBsAg positive pregnant female   

3. Type C acute

Influenza-weekly casecount

Legionellosis

Leprosy (Hansen Disease)

Lyme Disease

Malaria

Psittacosis

Rabies-Animal

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Salmonellosis-other than S. typhi

Shiga-like Toxin positive stool

Shigellosis

Strep pneumoniae Invasive Disease

1. Penicillin resistant

2. Penicillin sensitive

Syphilis

Tetanus

Toxic Shock Syndrome

1. Staphylococcal

2. Streptococcal

Trichinosis

Tuberculosis-all forms

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci

Varicella deaths

Vibrio infections

Yellow Fever

Yersiniosis

Category 3: Requires special confidential reporting to designated health department personnel:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Category 4: Laboratories required to report all blood lead test results meeting criteria:

Lead Poisoning (blood lead levels > 10ug/dl for children 0-72 months of age)

POSSIBLE BIOTERRORISM INDICATORS

Anthrax

Plague

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis

Smallpox

Botulism

Q Fever

Staph Enterotoxin B pulmonary poisoning

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Brucellosis

Ricin Poisoning

Tularemia

HOW DO I REPORT A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE ?

To report a sexually transmitted disease, please contact:

To report a vaccine preventable disease, please contact:

To report a case/suspected case of tuberculosis, please contact:

For all other notifiable diseases please utilize the following contact information:

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE WEBSITES

The following CDC websites provide access to updated disease information, educational materials (in various languages), and links to other pertinent sites.

Case Definitions for Notifiable Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/casedef

Communicable Diseases, including Sexually Transmitted Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions

Healthy Habits, including Handwashing
http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper

Immunizations
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines

Lyme Disease
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm

Meningococcal Disease
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_meningitis.htm

MRSA
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa.html
Tennessee Department of Health Information about MRSA

Rabies
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_rabies.htm

Scabies
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/scabies/default.htm

Tuberculosis
http://www.cdc.gov/tb

West Nile Virus
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm