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.
Disease reports must include as much of the following as is known:
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+Category I diseases: Report immediately on suspicion of disease
Category II diseases: Report within 3 days
Send isolates to South Dakota Public Health Laboratory
+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)
+Brucellosis (Brucella spp***•**)*
Campylobacteriosis
(Campylobacter spp*)*
Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
Chicken pox/Varicella (Herpesvirus)
Chlamydia infections (Chlamydia trachomatis)
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
Coccidioidomycosis
(coccidioides spp*)*
+Coronavirus respiratory syndromes, such as MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) and SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome)
Cryptosporidiosis
(Cryptosporidium spp*)*
Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora cayetanensis)
Dengue viral infection (Flavivirus)
+Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae*•**)*
Drug-resistant organisms:
- Carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
(CRE)****** - Candida auris
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), invasive
- Vancomycin intermediate & resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA, VRSA)******
+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)
Haemophilus influenzae•, invasive disease
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and Hantavirus pulmonary infection (Hantavirus)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Hepatitis, viral, acute **A, B** and C; chronic B and C; and perinatal B & C
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including:
- Stage III, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- CD4 counts in HIV-infected persons,
- HIV viral loads, and
- pregnancy in HIV-infected females
- HIV gene sequencing,
- HIV antiviral resistance, and
- Confirmatory results, positive or negative, following a reactive HIV screening test
+Influenza, novel strains**•**
Influenza: including hospitalizations, deaths, lab-confirmed cases (culture, DFA, PCR), weekly aggregate totals of rapid antigen positive (A and B), and total tested
Lead, elevated blood levels
Legionellosis (Legionella spp*)*
Leprosy/Hansen's disease (Mycobacterium leprae)
Leptospirosis (Leptospira)
Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes*•**)*
Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)
Malaria (Plasmodium spp*)*
+Measles / Rubeola (Paramyxovirus)
+Meningococcal disease, invasive(Neisseria meningitidis*•**)*
Mumps (Paramyxovirus)
Paratyphoid fever
Pertussis / Whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis)
Pesticide-related illness and injury, acute
+Plague(Yersinia pestis*•**)*
+Poliomyelitis, paralytic and nonparalytic (Poliovirus)
Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
+Rabies, human and animal*(Rhabdovirus)*
+Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (Togavirus)
Salmonellosis (Salmonella spp**•**)
Shigellosis (Shigella spp**•**)
+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
Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)
Toxic shock syndrome (Streptococcal and non-streptococcal)
Transmissible spongiformencephalopathies, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Trichinosis (Trichinella sprialis)
+Tuberculosis, active disease (Mycobacterium tuberculosis*•or Mycobacterium bovis•**)*
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*•**)*
Typhoid (Salmonella typhi**•**)
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)
Vibriosis (Vibrionaceae)
+Yellow fever (Flavivirus)
**+Outbreaks of:
+Acute upper respiratory illness;
***+***Diarrheal disease;
***+***Foodborne disease;
***+***Healthcare-associated infections;
***+***Illnesses in child care settings;
***+***Rash illness;
***+***Waterborne disease.
**+Syndromes suggestive of bioterrorism and other public health threats
**+Unexplained illnesses or deaths in human or animal
Download the Reportable Disease List
What to Report
Per ARSD 44:20, these microbiological isolates MUST be sent to the South Dakota Public Health Laboratory (call 605-773-3368)
(1) Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
(2) Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)
(3) Candidiasis (Candida auris)
(4) Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
(5) Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
(6) Haemophilus influenzae type b, invasive
(7) Novel Influenza A
(8) Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)
(9) Meningococcal disease, invasive (Neisseria meningitidis)
(10) Plague (Yersinia pestis)
(11) Salmonellosis (Salmonella spp.)
(12) Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli (STEC)
(13) Shigellosis (Shigella spp.)
(14) Smallpox (Variola)
(15) Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis)
(16) Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
(17) Typhoid (Salmonella typhi)
(18) Vancomycin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)
Other Reports
CANCER (SDCL 1-43-14)
Report to South Dakota Cancer Registry
Call 800-738-2301
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (SDCL 34-24-27)
Report to the 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.