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The El Dorado County Public Health Department works closely with the
El Dorado County Environmental Management Department
, California Department of Health Services and
Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on communicable disease control and emergency response activities.

Communicable Diseases and Reporting Timelines

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

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Reportable
Communicable
Diseases


(Case Definitions)

Timeline for
Confirmed/Suspected
Cases

(Local Contact Information)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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

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.

Anisakiasis

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

Anthrax (Lab Reportable)

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.

Chlamydial Infections (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.

Cryptosporidiosis (Lab Reportable)

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

Cysticercosis

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

Echinococcosis (Hydatid Disease)

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

Encephalitis (Specify Etiology: Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic) (Lab Reportable if arboviral)

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

Escherichia coli O157:H7Infection (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 by fax, telephone, or mail within one (1) working day of identification.

Hansen Disease (Leprosy)

Report by fax, telephone, or mail within seven (7) calendar days 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 Acute case or Chronic)

(Lab Reportable)

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

Hepatitis C (Specify Acute case 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
Please see
www.dhs.ca.gov/aids

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.

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.

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis

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

Non-Gonococcal Urethritis(Excluding Laboratory-Confirmed Chlamydial Infections)

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 (Lab Reportable)

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.

Reye Syndrome

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

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.

Smallpox (Variola)(Lab Reportable)

Report immediately by telephone.

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

Swimmer's Itch (Schistosomal Dermatitis)

Report 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.

Varicella (deaths only)

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

Yellow Fever

Report immediately by telephone.

Yersiniosis

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

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

Timeline for Confirmed/Suspected Cases
(Local Contact Information)

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Conditions

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

Cancer (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.

Disorders Characterized by Lapses of Consciousness

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


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