Disease Reporting
The diseases and conditions listed on this page are considered to have
great public health impact, and any confirmed or suspected cases must be
reported promptly.
Requirements for the timing of reporting, once the disease or
condition is recognized or suspected, varies with the particular disease.
The specific reporting requirements are listed in Chapter
HFS
145 (PDF, 59 KB) Control of Communicable Diseases.
Effective March 1, 2008
the reportable disease list was revised
Click this link for details
HFS
145 Changes - Notification Letter (PDF, 25 KB)
Questions
concerning this information may directed to:
Bureau of Communicable
Diseases
608-267-9003
Chapter HFS 145 - Appendix
A (PDF, 8 KB)
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Category I | Category
II | Category III
CATEGORY I:
The following diseases are of urgent public health
importance and shall be reported IMMEDIATELY to the patient’s local
health officer upon identification of a case or suspected case. In
addition to the immediate report, complete and mail an Acute and
Communicable Diseases Case Report (DHS F44151) to the address below within 24 hours.
Public health intervention is expected as indicated.
See s. HFS 145.04 (3) (a)
(PDF, 59 KB)
Send the Case Report Form copy for the
"State Epidemiologist" to:
Wisconsin Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Specify Disease or Program
1 W Wilson Street - Room 318
Madison WI 53703
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Secure
Fax Numbers |
|
AIDS/HIV Program |
608-266-1288 |
|
Epi Group |
608-261-4976 |
| Immunization
Program |
608-267-9493 |
| STD Program |
608-261-9301 |
| TB Program |
608-266-0049 |
|
Disease/Outbreak
|
Notes
|
| Anthrax |
1, 4, 5 |
| Botulism |
1, 4 |
| Botulism, infant |
1, 2, 4 |
| Cholera |
1, 3, 4 |
| Diphtheria |
1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Foodborne or waterborne outbreaks |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
|
Haemophilus influenzae invasive
disease (including epiglottitis) |
1, 2, 3, 5 |
| Hantavirus infection |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Hepatitis A |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
| Measles |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
| Meningococcal disease |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
| Pertussis (whooping cough) |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
| Plague |
1, 4, 5 |
| Poliovirus
infection (paralytic or nonparalytic) |
1, 4, 5 |
|
Rabies (human) |
1, 4, 5 |
| Ricin toxin |
4, 5 |
| Rubella |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Rubella (congenital syndrome) |
1, 2, 5 |
| Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Smallpox |
4, 5 |
| Tuberculosis |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
| Vancomycin-intermediate
Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (VRSA) infection |
1, 4, 5 |
| Yellow fever |
1, 4 |
| Any
illness caused by an agent that is foreign, exotic, or unusual to
Wisconsin and that has public health implications |
4 |
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CATEGORY II:
The following diseases shall be reported to the
local
health officer on an Acute and Communicable Disease Case Report (DPH
4151) or by other means within 72 hours of the identification of a case
or suspected case. See s. HFS 145.04 (3)
(b) (PDF, 59 KB)
The sexually transmitted diseases shall be reported to the
local
health officer within 72 hours on a Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Laboratory & Morbidity Epidemiologic Case Report (F-44243) or by
other means within 72 hours of the identification of a case or suspected
case. See s. HFS
145.15 (PDF, 59 KB)
Send the Case Report Form copy for the
"State Epidemiologist" to:
Wisconsin Bureau of Communicable Diseases
[Please, specify Disease or Program]
1 W Wilson Street - Room 318
Madison WI 53703
|
Disease/Outbreak
|
Notes
|
|
Arboviral infection
(encephalitis/meningitis) |
1, 2, 4 |
| Babesiosis |
4, 5 |
| Blastomycosis |
5 |
| Brucellosis |
1, 4 |
| Campylobacteriosis (campylobacter
infection) |
3, 4 |
| Chancroid |
1, 2 |
| Chlamydia trachomatis infection |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Cryptosporidiosis |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Cyclosporiasis |
1, 4, 5 |
| Ehrlichiosis /
Anaplasmosis |
1, 5 |
|
E. coli 0157:H7
other
enterohemorrhagic E. coli
enteropathogenic E. coli
enteroinvasive E. coli
enterotoxigenic
E. coli |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Giardiasis |
3, 4 |
| Gonorrhea |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome |
1, 2, 4 |
| Hepatitis B |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
| Hepatitis C |
1, 2 |
| Hepatitis D |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Hepatitis E |
3, 4 |
| Histoplasmosis |
5 |
| Influenza-associated
pediatric death |
1, 2 |
| Influenza A virus
infection, novel subtypes |
1, 2 |
| Kawasaki disease |
2 |
| Legionellosis |
1, 2, 4 |
| Leprosy (Hansen Disease) |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
| Leptospirosis |
4 |
| Listeriosis |
2, 4 |
| Lyme disease |
1, 2 |
| Lymphocytic
Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) infection |
4 |
| Malaria |
1, 2, 4 |
|
Meningitis, bacterial
(other than
Haemophilus influenzae or meningococcal) |
2 |
| Mumps |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Mycobacterial disease (nontuberculous) |
|
| Pelvic inflammatory disease |
2 |
| Psittacosis |
1, 2, 4 |
| Q Fever |
4, 5 |
|
Rheumatic fever (newly diagnosed
and meeting the Jones criteria) |
5 |
| Rocky Mountain spotted
fever |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Salmonellosis |
1, 3, 4 |
| Shigellosis |
1, 3, 4 |
|
Streptococcal disease
(all invasive
disease caused by Groups A and B Streptococci) |
|
| Streptococcus pneumoniae
invasive disease (invasive pneumococcal) |
|
| Syphilis |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Tetanus |
1, 2, 5 |
| Toxic shock syndrome |
1, 2 |
| Toxic substance related
diseases: |
|
| |
Infant methemoglobinemia |
|
| Lead intoxication (specify Pb levels) |
|
| Other metal and pesticide poisonings |
|
| Toxoplasmosis |
|
| Transmissible spongiform
encephalopathy (TSE, human) |
|
| Trichinosis |
1, 2, 4 |
| Tularemia |
4 |
| Typhoid fever |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Varicella (chickenpox) |
1, 3, 5 |
| Vibriosis |
1, 3, 4 |
| Varicella (chicken pox)
– report by number of cases only |
|
| Vibriosis |
1, 3, 4 |
| Yersiniosis |
3, 4 |
|
Suspected outbreaks of other acute
or occupationally–related diseases |
|
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CATEGORY III:
The following diseases shall be reported to the state
epidemiologist on an AIDS Case Report (F-44264) or a Wisconsin Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Confidential Case Report (F-44338) or by other means within 72 hours after identification of a case
or suspected case.
See:
Wis Stats. Communicable Diseases 252.15 (7)
(b) (PDF, 125 KB) and HFS 145.04 (3)
(b) (PDF, 59 KB)
Send the Case Report Form copy for the
"State Epidemiologist" to:
Wisconsin Bureau of Communicable Diseases
[Please, specify Disease or Program]
1 W Wilson Street - Room 318
Madison WI 53703
|
|
Notes
|
| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) |
1, 2, 4 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection |
2, 4 |
CD4 + T–lymphocyte count < 200/mL,
or
CD4 + T–lymphocyte percentage of total lymphocytes of < 14 |
2
|
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Notes Key:
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1
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Infectious diseases designated as
notifiable at the national level |
|
2
|
Wisconsin or CDC follow–up form is
required.
Local health departments have templates of these forms
in the EpiNet manual. |
|
3
|
High–risk assessment by local
health department is needed to determine if patient or member of
patient’s household is employed in food handling, day care, or
health care. |
|
4
|
Source investigation by
local health
department is needed. |
|
5
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Immediate treatment is recommended,
i.e., antibiotic or biologic for the patient or contact or both. |
To obtain case reporting forms
use this link to
access the order form http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/PrintFormsOnline.htm
Follow the instructions and
email the order form to:
FM-DPH-PPH@dhfs.state.wi.us
Cris Caputo 608-267-9054
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