1. Emergency Report of Communicable Diseases
The following diseases, confirm or suspected,
require immediate reporting by telephone to the
Office of Epidemiology at (801) 538-6191. If no
answer, call (801) 399-7252 After hours cell phone
801-399-7245.
A. Vaccine Preventable Diseases
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Chickenpox-varicella (numbers only)
Diphtheria
Haemophilus influenzae, Invasive infection
Measles
Mumps
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Pertussis
Poliomyetitis, paralytic
Rubella (incl. Congenital)
Serious/Life Threatening Vaccine Reaction
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B. Other
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Anthrax
Botulism (any type)
Brucellosis
Cholera
E-coli 0157:H7
Food-Borne Illness
Group A Streptococal invasive
Hantavirus
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Infection
Menigococcal infections, invasive
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Plague
Psittacosis
Pulmonary Syndrome
Q Fever
Rabies, Human or Animal
Trichinosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Waterborne Disease Outbreaks
Yellow Fever
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| Health Importance - Any outbreak regardless of reportable status |
C. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria infections
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| Report to the Local Health
Department (801) 399-7252 or Utah Department of
Health (801) 538-6191. |
2. Routine Reporting
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A. Infectious Diseases - Report to
the Local Health Department (801) 399-7252
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Amebiasis
Campylobacter Infections
Coccidioidmycosis
Colorado Tick Fever
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclospora Infection
Echinococcosis
Ehrlichiosis and or invasive infection
Encephalitis
Enterococcal, vancomycin-resitant
Giardiasis
Hepatitis (Unexplained)
Hepatitis C (Acute & Chronic Active)
Hepatitis (A: B; Non-A, Non B)
Influenza, (Lab. Confirmed)
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Kawasaki Syndrome
Legionnaires' Disease
Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Meningitis
Relapsing Fever
Reyes Syndrome
Rheumatic Fever
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Streptococcus pneumonia, drug-resistant
Toxic Shock Syndrome
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B. Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Contact the Local Health Department for reporting forms
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| Chancroid
PID
Chlamydia trachomatis infections |
Gonorrhea
Syphilis |
C. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)
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| HIV: (1) A health care
provider who administers or causes to have administered
any of the following tests shall report all positive
results to the Utah Department of Health (801)
538-6191 or the local health department (801)
399-7252 where the patient resides: (a) presence
of antibodies to HIV, repeatedly reactive on two
or more tests; presence of antibodies to HIV that
are verified by a positive confirmatory test;
repeatedly reactive tests with indeterminate confirmatory
tests. (b) presence of HIV antigen; (c) isolation
of HIV; (d) demonstration of HIV proviral DNA;
(e) demonstration of HIV specific nucleic acids;
and any other test or condition indicative of
HIV infection; (f) CD4+T-Lymphocyte tests; and
(g) HIV viral load determination. |
