A guide for Physicians, Health Care Providers and Laboratories
The following conditions are required to be reported to the local health department by physicians. For help in reporting one of these conditions, or for questions regarding reportable disease requirements, call 269-621-3143 (Van Buren County) or 269-445-5280 (Cass County) and ask for a public health nurse. Reporting is expressly allowed under HIPAA Communicable Disease Rules: R325.171, 172, 173
- Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (1,3)
- Anaplasmas phagocytophilum (Anaplasmosis)
- Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) (1)
- Blastomyces dermatitidis (Blastomycosis)
- Bordetella pertussis (Pertussis) (1)
- Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
- Brucella Species
- Burkholderia mallei (Glanders)
- Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis)
- Campylobacter species
- Chlamydia trachomatis (Genital infections), (LGV)
- Chlamydia trachomatis (Trachoma)
- Chlamydophila psittaci (Psittacosis)
- Clostridium botulinum (Botulism) (1)
- Clostridium tetani (Tetanus)
- Coccidioides immitis (Coccidioidomycosis)
- Congo Crimean hemorrhagic fever (1)
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Diphtheria) (1)
- Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Cryptosporidium species
- Cyclospora species
- Dengue virus
- Ehrlichia species
- Encephalitis, viral
- (California serogroup, Easter Equine, Powassan St Louis, Western Equine, West Nile, Unspecified)
- Entamoeba histolytica (Amebiasis)
- Escherichia coli, O157:H7 and all other shiga toxin positive serotypes
- Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)
- Giardia lamblia
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Haemophilus ducreyi (Chancroid) (1,3)
- Haemophilus influenzae, sterile sites or <15 years of age
- Hantavirus
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemorrhagie fever viruses
- Hepatitis, viral
- Hepatitis A virus (Anti-HAV IgM)
- Hepatitis B virus, (HBsAg) (within 24 hours for pregnant women) (1)
- Hepatitis C virus, (Anti-HCV)
- Hepatitis D virus
- Hepatitis E virus
- Hepatitis, non-A non-B
- Hepatitis, viral, unspecified
- Histoplasma capsulatum
- +HIV, (Confirmed positive HIV diagnositc serology and detection tests; CD4 counts/percents and all viral loads on people already known to be infected (2,3)
- Influenza virus (Weekly aggregate counts) (4)
- Pediatric mortality, report individual cases
- Novel Influenza viruses, report individual cases
- Kawasaki Disease (1)
- Klebsiella (Calymmatobacterium) granulomatis
- Legionella species
- Leptospira species
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Lymphogranuloma venereum (1,3)
- Measles virus (Measles/Rubeola) (1)
- Meningitis, bacterial
- Meningitis, viral
- Mumps virus
- Mycobacterium leprae (Leprosy)
- ++ Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Tuberculosis) (1,3)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea) (1,3)
- Neisseria meningitidis, sterile sties (Meningococcal disease or meningococcemia) (1)
- Orthopox viruses (including: Smallpox, Monkeypox)
- Plasmodium species (Malaria)
- Poliovirus (1)
- Rabies virus (human) (1)
- Reye’s syndrome
- Rheumatic fever
- Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain Sportted Fever)
- Rickettsia species (Typhus Group)
- Rubella virus, congenital syndrome
- Salmonella species
- Salmonella typhi (Typhoid fever)
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Shigella species
- Spongiform Encephalopathies (Includes CJD)
- Staphylococcus aureus, (MRSA), outbreaks only
- Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin intermediate/resistant (VISA/VRSA)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae, sterile sites, susceptible/resistant
- Streptococcus pyogenes, Group A, sterile sites
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Treponema pallidum (Syphilis) (1,3)
- Trichinella spiralis (Trichinosis)
- Varicella (Chickenpox)
- Vibrio species (Cholera) (1)
- Yellow fever virus(1)
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Yersinia pestis (Plague) (1)
- The unusual occurrence, outbreak, or epidemic of any disease, condition, or nosocomial infection (1)
LEGEND
Blue Bold Text - An isolate or serum sample, where appropriate, must be submitted to MDCH or other laboratory designated by MDCH.
+ Confirmed positive HIV diagnositc specimens, if available, are to be submitted for incidence testing.
++ All prelimianry tuberculosis test results are to be reported to appropriate local health department and isolates submitted to MDCH laboratory.
| (1) |
Immediate report requested, reporting within 24 hours of discovery of diagnosis is required. |
| (2) |
Report as soon as possible, reporting within 7 days of discovery or diagnosis is required. |
| (3) |
Required to be reported on a special form supplied by local health departments. |
| (4) |
Only total number is required to be reported. |
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