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West Virginia
Infectious Disease
Epidemiology Program

Disease Reporting:
Notifiable Conditions from the
West Virginia Reportable Disease Manual

(WV Code 16-3-1; 64 CSR 7)

 

 

Reporting of the following communicable diseases is required by state law as follows:  

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NOTIFIABLE CONDITION (protocol) WHEN TO REPORT HOW TO REPORT
AIDS Within 30 days to 
(304) 558-6460 or 558-6461		 Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report
Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica) ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease 
Case Report Follow-up Form
Animal Bites Within 24 hours to
local health department 		Animal Bite Report Form
Anthrax Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		Phone (800) 423-1271
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) */** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		Phone (800) 423-1271
Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, 
B. suis, B. canis)		 Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		Phone (800) 423-1271
Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter jejuni, 
C coli) ** 		Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease 
Case Report Follow-up Form
Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi) * Within 24 hours to 
(800) 642-8244		 CDC Form VD-91
Chickenpox (Varicella) - Numerical totals only Within 1 week to 
local health department 		Weekly Communicable Disease
Reporting Card is used for reporting weekly totals only.
Chlamydia trachomatis *  Within 1week to 
(800) 642-8244		 CDC Form VD-91
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) ** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease 
Case Report Follow-up Form
CDC Cholera Form
Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium parvum) ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Follow-up Form
Cyclospora infection ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Follow-up Form
Dengue Fever Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Diphtheria Worksheet
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Arbovirus Investigation Form
Arbovirus Investigation Form Instructions
Ehrlichiosis * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Tick-Borne Rickettsail Disease
Case Report
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) including but not limited to E. coli 0157:H7 ** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Follow-up Form
Encephalitis, Arboviral ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Arbovirus Investigation Form
Arbovirus Investigation Form Instructions
Encephalitis, Other primary and unspecified Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Arbovirus Investigation Form
Arbovirus Investigation Form Instructions
Foodborne Disease Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease Case Report Follow-up Form
Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia) ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Follow-up Form
Gonococcal Disease -- Drug-resistant disease, Neonatal conjunctivitis, or Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (within 24 hrs) * Within 24 hours to 
(800) 642-8244		 CDC Form VD-91
Gonococcal Disease -- All other * Within 1 week to 
(800) 642-8244 		CDC Form VD-91
Haemophilus influenzae, Invasive Disease * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
National Bacterial Meningitis and Bacteremia Case Report
Hantavirus Disease * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Case Report Form
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, postdiarrheal Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Follow-up Form
Hepatitis A, acute * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Follow-up Form
CDC Viral Hepatitis Case Report
Hepatitis B, acute or perinatal * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Viral Hepatitis Case Report
Hepatitis C/Other non-A or non-B, acute* or chronic** Within 1 week to 
IDEP  (800) 423-1271 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Viral Hepatitis Case Report
Hepatitis Delta * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Viral Hepatitis Case Report
Herpes, Genital * Within 1 week to 
(800) 642-8244 		CDC Form VD-91
HIV (within 30 days) * Within 1 week to 
(304) 558-6460 or 558-6461 		CDC Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential
Case Report
Influenza-Like Illness -- Numerical totals only Within 1 week to 
local health department 		Investigation Form
LaCrosse Encephalitis (California Group) Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Arbovirus Investigation Form
Arbovirus Investigation Form Instructions
Legionellosis * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
 CDC Legionellosis Case Report
Leptospirosis Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) */** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Follow-up Form
Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Lyme Disease Case Report Form
Malaria * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Malaria Case Surveillance Report
Meningitis, Other Bacterial -- organisms not otherwise listed * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
National Bacterial Meningitis & Bacteremia Case Report
Meningitis, Viral or Aseptic Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Laboratory Reports
Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (Neisseria meningitidis) * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
National Bacterial Meningitis & Bacteremia Case Report
Mumps * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Mumps Surveillance Worksheet
Outbreaks or cluster of any illness or condition, suspect or confirmed Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		   
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Bordatella pertussis) * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Pertussis Surveillance Worksheet
CDC Instructions for Completing the Pertussis Worksheet
Plague (Yersinia pestis) ** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		Phone (800) 423-1271
Poliomyelitis * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Suspected Polio Case Worksheet
Investigation of Suspected Cases of Poliomyelitis
Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci) Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Rabies, human* or animal **
     Protocol Appendix 1
     Protocol Appendix 2
     Protocol Appendix 3
     Protocol Appendix 4
     Protocol Appendix 5
     Protocol Appendix 6a
     Protocol Appendix 6b		 Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WVBPH Rabies Test Submission Report
Bite Report Form
CDC Possible Human Rabies Patient Information Form
Rheumatic Fever Within 1 week to 
local health department 		No investigation forms required
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Tick-Borne Rickettsail Disease
Case Report
Rubella Congenital Syndrome * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Rubella Surveillance Worksheet
Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Case Report
Rubella (German measles) * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Rubella Surveillance Worksheet
Rubeola (Measles) * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Measles Surveillance Worksheet
CDC Instructions for Completing
Measles Surveillance Worksheet
Salmonellosis (except Typhoid Fever -- listed separately) ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Form
Shigellosis (Shigella dysenteriae, S. boydii, S. flexneri, S. sonnei) ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease
Case Report Form
Smallpox */** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		Phone (800) 423-1271
Staphylococcus aureus with glycopeptide-intermediate (GISA/VISA) or glycopeptide-resistant (GRSA/VRSA) susceptibilities Within 24 hours to 
local health departmen 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Bureau for Public Health Case Investigation Form
St. Louis Encephalitis Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Arbovirus Investigation Form
Arbovirus Investigation Form Instructions
Streptococcal Disease, Group A Invasive and/or Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome 
(S. pyogenes) **		 Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Invasive Group A Streptococcus (IGAS) and Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS) Case Investigation
and Reporting Form
Streptococcal Disease, Invasive Group B * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC National Bacterial Meningitis and Bacteremia Case Report
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease -- include antibiotic susceptibility patterns ** Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Streptococcus pneumoniae Case
Report Form
Syphilis -- primary, secondary, early latent, congenital (within 24 hours) * Within 1 week to 
(800) 642-8244		 CDC Form VD-91
Syphilis -- late latent, late symptomatic, or neurosyphilis * Within 1 week to 
(800) 642-8244		 CDC Form VD-91
Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Tetanus Surveillance Worksheet
Toxic Shock Syndrome Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Invasive Group A Streptococcus (IGAS) and Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Case Investigation and Reporting Form
Trichinosis * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Trichinosis Surveillance
Case Report
Tuberculosis -- include antibiotic susceptibility patterns * Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Individual Tuberculosis Report  
Tuberculosis Latent Infection - in the last 2 years or any positive in a child <5 years old * Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Individual Tuberculosis Report
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) ** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		Phone (800) 423-1271
Typhoid Fever (Salmonella typhi) */** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
CDC Typhoid Fever Surveillance Report
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease Case Report Follow-up Form
Unexplained or ill-defined illness, condition, or health occurrence of potential  public health significance. Within 1 week to 
local health department 		  
Waterborne Disease ** Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
WV Supplemental Enteric Disease Case  Report Follow-up Form
West Nile Virus Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
Arbovirus Investigation Form
Arbovirus Investigation Form Instructions
Western Equine Encephalitis Within 1 week to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card
 Arbovirus Investigation Form
Arbovirus Investigation Form Instructions
Yellow Fever Within 24 hours to 
local health department 		WV Reportable Disease Card

 

A supplemental CDC* or WVBPH** report form is required in addition to the general case report.  Any questions on reporting of these diseases and all report forms can be obtained from your local health department.

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Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion (OEHP)
Division of Surveillance and Disease Control (DSDC)
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program (IDEP)

A-Z Listing of West Virginia's Reportable Diseases

 


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