SD Health Dept - Reportable Diseases

Reportable Diseases in South Dakota

(Effective August 2011)

The South Dakota Department of Health is authorized by SDCL 34-22-12 and ARSD 44:20 to collect and process mandatory reports of communicable diseases by physicians, hospitals, laboratories, and institutions. Instructions for reporting. (Download poster version of South Dakota reportable diseases list)

Category 1:
Report immediately on suspicion
of disease
*Send isolate to South Dakota Public Health Laboratory

Category II:
Report within three days
*Send isolate to South Dakota Public Health Laboratory

Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis*)
Botulism ((Clostridium botulinum)
Brucellosis (Brucella species*)
Diphtheria (Corynebacterium
diphtheriae*)
E. coli, shiga toxin-producing (Escherichia coli*) includes E. coli O157:H7, 026, 011, 0103 and others
Influenza, novel strains*
Measles (Paramyxovirus)
Meningococcal disease, invasive
(Neisseria meningitidis*)
Plague (Yersinia pestis*)
Poliomyelitis, paralytic (Poliovirus)
Rabies, human and animal
(Rhabdovirus)
Rubella and congenital rubella
syndrome (Togavirus)
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Coronavirus)
Smallpox (Variola*)
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis*)
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
(Filoviruses, Arenaviruses)

Yellow fever (Flavivirus)
Outbreaks of:

Acute upper respiratory illness
Diarrheal disease
Foodborne disease
Illnesses in child care settings
Nosocomial illness
Rash illness
Waterborne disease

Syndromes suggestive of bioterrorism and other public health threats Unexplained illnesses or deaths in humans or animals

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)
Arboviral encephalitis, meningitis and infection (West Nile, St. Louis, Eastern equine, Western equine, California, Japanese, Powassan)
Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter species)
Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
Chicken pox/Varicella (Herpesvirus)
Chlamydia infections (Chlamydia trachomatis)
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium parvum)
Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora cayetanensis)
Dengue fever (Flavivirus)
Drug resistant organisms

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), invasive
Vancomycin-resistant and intermediate Staphylococcus aureus*(VRSA and VISA)

Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia species)
Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia / intestinalis/duodenalis)
Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
Haemophilus influenzae type b,*invasive
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
(Hantavirus)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Hepatitis, viral, acute A, B and C; chronic B and C; and perinatal B
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, also including:

CD4 counts in HIV infected persons,
HIV viral loads, and
pregnancy in HIV infected females

Influenza: including deaths, hospitalizations, lab-confirmed cases (culture, DFA, PCR), weekly aggregate totals of rapid antigen positive (A and B) and total tested

Legionellosis (Legionella species)
Leprosy/Hansen's disease (Mycobacterium leprae)
Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes*)
Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)
Malaria (Plasmodium species)
Mumps (Paramyxovirus)
Pertussis (Whooping cough) (Bordetella pertussis)

Polio, nonparalytic (Poliovirus)

Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii)
Salmonellosis (Salmonella species*)
Shigellosis (Shigella species*)
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive
Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) including primary, secondary, latent, early latent, late latent, nuerosyphilis, late non-neurological, stillbirth, and congenital
Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)
Toxic shock syndrome (Streptococcal and non-streptococcal)
Transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Trichinosis (Trichinella sprialis)
Tuberculosis, active disease (Mycobacterium tuberculosis*or Mycobacterium bovis*)

Tuberculosis, latent infection (in certain high risk persons: foreign-born <5 yrs in US, close contacts, diabetes, renal dialysis, children <5 yrs, and certain medical conditions)
Typhoid (Salmonella typhi*)
Vaccine Adverse Events

How to Report

	Secure website: http://sd.gov/diseasereport
	Telephone: 605-773-3737 or 800-592-1861 for communicable disease staff person during normal business hours or 800-592-1804 for confidential answering device, After hours Category 1 diseases, call 605-773-3737 or 800-592-1861
	Fax: 605-773-5509
	Mail or courier, address to: Infectious Disease Surveillance, Department of Health, 615 East 4th Street, Pierre, SD 57501; marked "Confidential Disease Report"

What to Report

Disease reports must include as much of the following as is known:

Disease or condition
Date of disease onset
Relevant lab results & specimen collection date

Case, name, age, birth date, sex, race, address, occupation
Attending physician's name, address and phone number
Name and phone number of person making report

CANCER (SDCL 1-43-14) Report to South Dakota Cancer Registry; call 800-738-2301; see getscreened.sd.gov/registry/reportable/

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (SDCL 34-24-27) Report to Office of Data, Statistics and Vital Records, 600 E. Capitol Ave, Pierre 57501 (605) 773-5683. Report forms: Diagnosed case of FAS | Suspected case of FAS.