Reportable Diseases - South Dakota Health Department

Reportable Diseases in South Dakota

(Effective December 2007)

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; use ADOBE)
Category 1: Report immediately on suspicion of disease	Category II: Report within three days
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)* Botulism ((Clostridium botulinum) Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) shiga-toxin producing (Escherichia coli), includes E. coli O157:H7* Influenza, novel strains Measles (paramyxovirus) Meningococcal disease, invasive (Neisseria meningitidis)* Plague (Yersinia pestis)* Poliomyelitis (picornavirus) Rabies, human and animal (rhabdovirus) Ricin toxin Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (togavirus) SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, coronavirus) Smallpox (Variola) Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)* Typhoid (Salmonella typhi)* Viral Hemmorrhagic Fevers (Filoviruses, arenaviruses) Outbreaks Acute upper respiratory illness Diarrheal disease Foodborne Illnesses in child care settings Nosocomial Rash illness Waterborne Syndromes suggestive of bioterrorism and other public health threats unexplained illnesses or deaths in humans or animals	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Arboviral encephalitis, meningitis and infection (West Nile, St. Louis, Eastern and Western equine, California serotype, Japanese, Powassan) Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)* Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.) Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi) Chicken pox/Varicella (herpesvirus) Chlamydia infections (Chlamydia trachomatis) Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidum parvum) Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora cayetanesis) Dengue fever (flavivirus) Drug resistant organisms Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), invasive Vancomycin-resistant and intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA and VISA)* Drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP), invasive Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia spp.) Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia / intestinalis) Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)* Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) Haemophilus influenzae type b disease, invasive* Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hantavirus) Hemolytic uremic syndrome Hepatitis, acute viral A, B, C, D, and E Hepatitis, chronic viral B and C Hepatitis B infection, perinatal *Herpes simplex* virus infection, neonatal or genital Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)	Influenza hospitalizations and deaths, lab-confirmed cases (culture, DFA, PCR), weekly aggregate report of total rapid antigen positive (A and B) and total tested Legionellosis (Legionella spp.) Leprosy/Hansen's disease (Mycobacterium leprae) Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)* Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) Malaria (Plasmodium spp.) Melioidodosis (Burholderia pseudomallei) Mumps (Paramyxovirus) Nipah virus (Paramyxovirus) Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis)Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci) Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii) Salmonellosis (Salmonella spp.)* Shigellosis (Shigella spp.)* Staphylococcus enterotoxin B Streptococcal Group A, invasive Streptococcal Group B, invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive, (<5 ears of age) Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) Toxic shock syndrome Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies Trichinosis (Trichinella sprialis) Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis) active disease and latent infection (positive skin test) Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii) Vaccine Adverse Events Yellow fever (flavivirus)
*Send isolate to South Dakota Public Health Laboratory

WHEN TO REPORT

Category I diseases are reportable immediately by telephone on recognition or strong suspicion of disease.
Category II diseases are reportable immediately by telephone, mail, or fax within 3 days of recognition or strong suspicion of disease.

WHATTO REPORT

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

Disease or condition diagnosed or suspected
Case’s name, age, date of birth, sex, race, address, and occupation
Date of disease onset
Pertinent laboratory results and date of specimen collection
Attending physician's name, address and phone number
Name and phone number of person making the report

HOW TO REPORT

	Secure website: www.state.sd.us/doh/diseasereport
	Telephone: 1-800-592-1804 confidential answering-recording device, or 1-800-592-1861 or 605-773-3737 for a disease surveillance person during normal business hours; after hours to report Category I diseases, call 605-280-4810
	Fax: 605-773-5509
	Mail or courier, address to: Infectious Disease Surveillance, Office of Disease Prevention, Department of Health, 615 East 4th Street, Pierre, SD 57501; marked "Confidential Disease Report"

CANCER (SDCL 1-43-14) Report to SD Cancer Registry; call 800-738-2301; Reportable cancers list found at http://doh.sd.gov/SDCR/PDF?ReportableList.pdf.

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 (use ADOBE for both).

These bacterial isolates should be sent to the South Dakota Public Health Laboratory (call 605-773-3368) * Select Agent
Bacillus anthracis Brucella spp.	Burkholderia spp. E. coli*, shigatoxin producing	*Francisella tularensis Haemophilus influenzae B Listeria monocytogenes	Neisseria meningitidis Salmonella spp. Shigella spp.	Vancomycin intermediate/ resistant S. aureus *Yersinia pestis