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 Condidition |
When to Report |
How to Report |
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Providers |
Laboratories |
Local Health Departments |
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Within 1 week to 304.558.6460 or 304.558.6461 |
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Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report |
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Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 24 hours to |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
WVEDSS Anthrax Case Report |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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Any unusual condition or emerging infectious disease |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card C |
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Arboviral Infection |
Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, etc) |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
See Specific Agent (i.e., anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, etc) |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card C |
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Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, B. suis, B. canis) |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A, B |
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Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter jejuni, C coli) |
Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244. |
CDC Form VD-91 |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
CDC Form VD-91 |
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Chickenpox (Varicella) |
Within 1 week to |
Influenza-Like Illness & Chickenpox Report Card (used for reporting weekly totals only) |
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Influenza-Like Illness & Chickenpox Report Card (used for reporting weekly totals only) |
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Chlamydia trachomatis |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244. |
CDC Form VD-91 |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
CDC Form VD-91 |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A, B |
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Community-aquired, methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus, invasive4. |
Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1, A |
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Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 24 hours to |
WVEDSS General Case Investigation Report |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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| E | ||||
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Enterovirus (from laboratories) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department. |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Foodborne Outbreak |
Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Immeidately contact local health department by phone |
Immeidately contact local health department by phone |
Immeidately contact IDEP by phone at 1.800.423.1271 or 304.558.5358 |
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Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia) |
Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Gonococcal Conjunctivitis of the newborn (within 24 hours) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department. |
CDC Form VD-91 |
CDC Form VD-91 |
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Gonococcal Disease (all other) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department. |
CDC Form VD-91 |
CDC Form VD-91 |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1, A |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 24 hours to |
Positive IgM2 by copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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| Hepatitis B3, acute or perinatal |
Within 24 hours to |
Positive anti-HBc IgM or HBsAg2 by copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Hepatitis C3 (Other non-A or non-B, acute or chronic) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department. |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 2 |
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HIV (within 30 days) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department to 304.558.6460 or 304.558.6461. | CDC Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report | CDC Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report | |
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Influenza (culture confirmed number, labs only) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department. |
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Influenza-Like Illness (Numerical totals only) |
Within 1 week to |
Influenza-Like Illness & Chickenpox Report Card (used for reporting weekly totals only) |
Influenza-Like Illness & Chickenpox Report Card (used for reporting weekly totals only) |
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| Influenza-related death in an individual less than 18 years of aga |
Within 1 week to |
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Intentional exposure to an infectious agent or biological toxin |
Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card C |
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| Within 1 week to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) |
Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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| Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) |
Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Meningococcal Disease, Invasive (Neisseria meningitidis) |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Monkeypox |
Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card C |
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Orthopox Infection |
Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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Outbreaks or cluster of any illness or condition, suspect or confirmed |
Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card C |
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department. |
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Pertussis (Whooping Cough Bordatella pertussis) |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A, B |
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Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci) |
Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Q-Fever (Coxiells burnetii) |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Rabies, human |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Rabies, animal |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Rubella (German measles) |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Salmonellosis4 |
Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1, A |
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SARS coronavirus infection |
Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A, B |
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli2 Including but not limited to E. Coli 0157:H7 |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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Shigellosis4 |
Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1, A |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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Staphylococcus aureus4 with glycopeptide-intermediate (GISA/VISA) or glycopeptide-resistant (GRSA/VRSA) susceptibilities |
Within 24 hours to |
WVEDSS Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Case Report |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1, A |
WVEDSS Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Case Report |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Streptococcal Disease, Invasive Group A4 and/or Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (S. pyogenes) |
Within 1 week to |
WVEDSS Invasive Bacterial Disease Group A & Toxic Shock Syndrom Case Report |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1 |
WVEDSS Invasive Bacterial Disease Group A & Toxic Shock Syndrom Case Report |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 1 week to |
WVEDSS Invasive Bacterial Disease Group A & Toxic Shock Syndrom Case Report |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1 |
WVEDSS Invasive Bacterial Disease Group A & Toxic Shock Syndrom Case Report |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae4, invasive disease |
Within 1 week to |
WVEDSS Invasive Bacterial Disease All Streptococcus pneumoniae Case Report |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card 1, A |
WVEDSS Invasive Bacterial Disease All Streptococcus pneumoniae Case Report |
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Syphilis -- primary, secondary, early latent, congenital (within 24 hours) |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244. |
CDC Form VD-91 | CDC Form VD-91 | |
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Syphilis |
Within 1 Week to the State Health Department at 1.800.642.8244. |
CDC Form VD-91 | CDC Form VD-91 | |
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Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) |
Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Tuberculosis4, all forms |
Within 24 hours to |
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Tuberculosis Latent Infection5 |
Within 1 week to |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Typhoid Fever (Salmonella typhi) |
Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card |
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Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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| Waterborne Outbreak |
Suspect or confirmed cases immediately to local health department by phone and follow up with written report. |
Immeidately contact local health department by phone |
Immeidately contact local health department by phone |
Immeidately contact IDEP by phone at 1.800.423.1271 or 304.558.5358 |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Within 1 week to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card B |
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Within 24 hours to |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A, B |
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Within 72 hours to local health department |
Copy of lab report or IDEP Yellow Card A |
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1 Including filoviruses such as Ebola and Marburg and arenaviruses such as Lassa fever |
A Submit an isolate to the Office of Laboratory Services for further testing or confirmation |
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