Reportable Diseases in South Dakota
Effective January 2019
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 I diseases: Report immediately on suspicion of disease Category II diseases: Report within 3 days |
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+Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis•) Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) Arboviral encephalitis, meningitis and infection (West Nile, Zika, St. Louis, Eastern equine, Western equine, Chikungunya, California, Japanese, Powassan, LaCrosse, Colorado tick fever) Babesiosis (Babesia spp) +Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp) Carbon monoxide poisoning Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi) Coccidioidomycosis (coccidioides spp) +Coronavirus respiratory syndromes, such as MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) and SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium spp) Drug resistant organisms:
+E. coli, shiga toxin-producing (Escherichia coli•) includes E. coli O157:H7, 026, 011, 0103 and others Ehrlichiosis(Ehrlichia spp) Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia / intestinalis) Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
+Influenza, novel strains•
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Malaria (Plasmodium spp) +Measles / Rubeola (Paramyxovirus) Mumps (Paramyxovirus) Pertussis / Whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis) Pesticide-related illness and injury, acute +Plague(Yersinia pestis•) Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci) Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) +Rabies, human and animal +Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (Togavirus) Silicosis +Smallpox (Variola•) Spotted fever rickettsiosis (Rickettsia) Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) including primary, secondary, latent, early latent, late latent, nuerosyphilis, late non-neurological, stillbirth, and congenital Tuberculosis, latent infection (only in certain high risk persons: foreign-born <5 yrs in US, close contacts, diabetes, renal dialysis, children <5 yrs, and certain medical conditions) +Tularemia (Francisella tularensis•) Vaccine Adverse Events +Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers(Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus, Ebola virus, Lassa virus, Lujo virus, Marburg virus, New World Arenavirus - Guanarito virus, Junin virus, Machupo virus, Sabia virus) +Yellow fever (Flavivirus)
+Outbreaks of:
+Syndromes suggestive of bioterrorism and other public health threats |
How to Report
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Secure website: sd.gov/diseasereport |
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Telephone: 605-773-3737 or 800-592-1861 for communicable disease staff person during normal business hours, After hours Category 1 diseases, call 605-773-3737 or 800-592-1861 |
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Fax: 605-773-5509 |
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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:
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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.
Per ARSD 44:20, these microbiological isolates must be sent to the South Dakota Public Health Laboratory (call 605-773-3368) |
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(1) Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) |
(10) Plague (Yersinia pestis) |