APPENDIX A
REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Report the following immediately by phone to the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division at 651-201-5414 or 1-877-676-5414.
- Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
- Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
- Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)
- Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
- Congenital rubella syndrome (via Rubella)
- Diphtheria (Corynebacteriumdiphtheriae)
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Measles (rubeola)
- Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis)
- Orthopox virus
- Plague (Yersinia pestis)
- Poliomyelitis
- Q fever (Coxiellaburnetii)
- Rabies
- Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Smallpox (variola)
- Tularemia (Francisellatularensis)
- Unusual or increased case incidence of any illness
Report the following within one working day. The method of reporting varies by disease. Please click on the name of the reportable disease at the following website Reportable Infectious Diseases: Reportable Diseases A-Z - Minnesota Dept. of Health for information about the preferred method of reporting.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (via HIV reporting)
- Amebiasis (Entamoebahistolytica/dispar)
- Anaplasmosis (Anaplasmaphagocytophilum)
- Arboviral disease
- Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)
- Blastomycosis (Blastomycesdermatitidis)
- Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.)
- Cat scratch disease (infection caused by Bartonella spp.)
- Chancroid (Haemophilusducreyi)
- Chickenpox (via Varicella-zoster disease)
- Chlamydia trachomatis infection
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium spp.)
- Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora spp.)
- Dengue virus infection
- Diphyllobothriumlatum infection
- Eastern equine encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia spp.)
- Encephalitis
- Enteric E. coli infection
- Enterobactersakazakii
- Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia)
- Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
- Haemophilusinfluenzae disease
- Hansen’s disease (Leprosy) (Mycobacterium leprae)
- Hantavirus infection
- Hepatitis (all primary viral types including A, B, C, D, and E)
- Histoplasmosis (Histoplasmacapsulatum)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Influenza
- Kawasaki disease
- Kingella spp.
- La Crosse encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Legionellosis (Legionella spp.)
- Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) (Mycobacterium leprae)
- Leptospirosis (Leptospirainterrogans)
- Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)
- Lyme disease (Borreliaburgdorferi)
- Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)
- Meningitis (caused by viral agents)
- Mumps
- Neonatal sepsis, less than 7 days after birth
- Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis)
- Psittacosis (Chlamydophilapsittaci)
- Retrovirus infection
- Reye syndrome
- Rheumatic fever
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii, R. canada)
- St. Louis encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Salmonellosis, including typhoid (Salmonella spp.)
- Shigellosis (Shigella spp.)
- Shingles (via Varicella-zoster disease)
- Staphylococcus aureus (death or critical illness due to community associated S. aureus in a previously healthy individual; also VISA and VRSA)
- Streptococcal disease
- Syphilis (Treponemapallidum)
- Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)
- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
- Trichinosis (Trichinellaspiralis)
- Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
- Typhoid (via salmonellosis)
- Typhus (Rickettsia spp.)
- Unexplained deaths and unexplained critical illness (possibly due to infectious cause)
- Varicella-zoster disease
- Vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA) (via Staphylococcus aureus)
- Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) (via Staphylococcus aureus)
- Vibrio spp.
- West Nile virus (via Arboviral disease)
- Western equine encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Yellow fever
- Yersiniosis, enteric (Yersinia spp.)