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Ohio Department of Health's Infectious Disease Reporting Requirements

Ohio Department of Health's HIV Reporting Requirements

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Class A Diseases:
Diseases of major public health concern because of the severity of disease or potential for epidemic spread - report by telephone immediately upon recognition that a case, a suspected case, or a positive laboratory result exists
Anthrax Plague
Botulism, foodborne Rabies, human
Cholera Rubella (not congenital)
Diphtheria Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Influenza A - novel virus Smallpox
Measles Tularemia
Meningococcal disease Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), including Ebola virus disease, Lassa fever, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
MERS CoV Yellow fever
  Any unexpected pattern of cases, suspected cases, deaths or increased incidence of any other disease of major public health concern, because of the severity of disease or potential for epidemic spread, which may indicate a newly recognized infectious agent, outbreak, epidemic, related public health hazard or act of bioterrorism.
Class B Diseases:
Diseases of public health concern needing timely response because of potential for epidemic spread - report by the end of the next business day after the existence of a case, a suspected case, or a positive laboratory result is known
Amebiasis Leptospirosis

Arboviral neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive disease:
• Chikungunya virus infection
• Eastern equine encephalitis virus disease
• LaCrosse virus disease (other California serogroup virus disease)
• Powassan virus disease
• St. Louis encephalitis virus disease
• Zika Virus Infection
• West Nile virus infection
• Western equine encephalitis virus disease
• Other arthropod-borne diseases

Listeriosis
Babesiosis Lyme disease
Botulism, infant Malaria
Botulism, wound Meningitis, aseptic (viral)
Brucellosis Meningitis, bacterial
Campylobacteriosis Mumps
Carbapenemase- producing carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CP-CRE)

CP-CRE Enterobacter spp.
CP-CRE Escherichia coli
CP-CRE Klebsiella spp.
CP-CRE other
Pertussis
Chancroid Poliomyelitis (including vaccine-associated cases)
Chlamydia infections (urethritis, epididymitis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, neonatal conjunctivitis, pneumonia and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)) Psittacosis
Coccidioidomycosis Q fever
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Rubella (congenital)
Cryptosporidiosis Salmonellosis
Cyclosporiasis Shigellosis
Dengue Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever
E. coli O157:H7 & other enterohemorrhagic (shiga toxin-producing) E. coli Staphylococcus aureus, with resistance or intermediate resistance to Vancomycin (VRSA, VISA)
Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis Streptococcal disease, group A, invasive (IGAS)
Giardiasis Streptococcal disease, group B, in newborn
Gonococcal infections (urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic, inflammatory disase, pharyngitis, arthritis, endocarditis, meningitis and neonatal conjunctivitis) Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS)
Haemophilus influenzae (invasive disease) Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease (ISP)
Hantavirus Syphilis
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) Tetanus
Hepatitis A Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
Hepatitis B, non-perinatal Trichinosis
Hepatitis B, perinatal Tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Hepatitis C, non perinatal Typhoid fever
Hepatitis C, perinatal Varicella
Hepatitis D (delta hepatitis) Vibriosis
Hepatitis E Yersiniosis
Influenza-associated hospitalization  
Influenza-associated pediatric mortality
Legionnaires' disease  
Leprosy (Hansen disease)  
Class C Diseases:
Report an outbreak, unusual incidence, or epidemic (e.g., histoplasmosis, pediculosis, scabies, staphylococcal infections) by the end of the next business day
Outbreaks:
Community Healthcare-associated Waterborne
Foodborne Institutional Zoonotic

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CDC STD Guidelines and Recommendations
CDC Guidelines for Disinfection of Day Care Facilities
Infectious Disease Manual for Columbus & Franklin County Schools
Ohio Infectious Disease Control Manual (IDCM)
Preventing the Spread of Infection from Diarrhea
Communicable Disease Chart
Order a Communicable Disease Chart

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Find general reporting forms and instructions on the Reports page.
For a specific disease-related form, explore our comprehensive Disease page.