All Delaware physicians, laboratories and other health care providers are required by regulations to report patients with the following conditions to the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Both lab-confirmed and clinical diagnoses are reportable within the time interval specified below. Reporting enables appropriate public health follow-up for your patients, helps identify outbreaks, and provides a better understanding of disease trends in Delaware. Follow this link to find out more information about Meaningful Use in Delaware.

How to Report

• Complete a Notifiable Disease Report PDF Form. 
• Email the form to the secure email reportdisease@delaware.gov. 
• If you are unable to email you can fax the Disease Report Form page to the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Fax 302-622-4149.
•  If you do not have ability to fax, mail to Division of Public Health.
• For rapidly reportable conditions, as indicated with a (T) in the list below, immediately contact the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the 24/7 Emergency Contact Number 1-888-295-5156
• If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 302-744-4990.

What to Report

• Name
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Sex
• Phone
• Birth date
• Address
• Zip Code
• School or Type and Place of Employment
• Condition or Disease
• Date of Onset
• Laboratory data
• Hospital
• Remarks
• Physician’s Name
• Phone
• Address
• Date

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (S)
• Amoebiasis
• Anthrax (T)
• Arboviruses (Mosquito and Tick borne viruses) such as West Nile Virus, Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya
• Babesiosis
• Botulism (T)
• Brucellosis (T)
• Campylobacteriosis
• Chancroid (S)
• Chickenpox (Varicella)
• Chlamydia (S)
• Cholera (toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 or 0139) (T)
•  Coccidioidomycosis
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (T)
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cyclosporiasis
• Cytomegalovirus (Neonatal only)
• Dengue Fever (T)
• Diphtheria (T)
• Ehrlichiosis
• Encephalitis
• Enterobacteriaceae, carbapenem-resistant (invasive or urine only) (A)
• Enterococcus species (Vancomycin resistant – invasive only) (A)
• Enterhemorrhagic E. Coli including but not limited to E.coli 0157:H7 (T)
• ESBL resistance (Extended-spectrum B-lactamases – invasive only) (A)
• Foodborne Disease Outbreaks (T)
• Giardiasis
• Glanders (T)
• Gonorrhea (S)
• Granuloma Inguinale (S)
• Guillain-Barre
• Haemophilus influenzae, invasive
• Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy)
• Hantavirus infection (T)
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) (T)
• Hepatitis A (T)
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis Other
• Herpes (congenital) (S)
• Herpes (genital) (S)
• Histoplasmosis
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (S)
• Human Papillomavirus (S)
• Influenza
• Influenza Associated Infant Mortality (T)
• Kawasaki Syndrome
• Lead Poisoning
• Legionellosis
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis
• Lyme Disease
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum (S)
• Malaria
• Measles (T)
• Meliodosis
• Meningitis (all types other than meningococcal)
• Meningococcal Infections (invasive only) (T)
• Monkey Pox
• Mumps (T)
• Norovirus
• Nosocomial Healthcare Associated Disease Outbreak (T)
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (N. gonorrhea, C. trachomatis or unspecified) (S)
• Pertussis (T)
• Plague (T)
• Poliomyelitis (T)
• Psittacosis
• Q Fever
• Rabies (man, animal) (T)
• Reye Syndrome
• Rheumatic Fever
• Ricin Toxin (T)
• Rickettsial Disease
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Rubella (including congenital which is rapidly reportable) (T)
• Salmonellosis
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) , MERS-CoV
• Shigatoxin Production
• Shigellosis
• Silicosis
• Smallpox (T)
• Staphylococcal aureus, Methicillin Resistant – invasive only (MRSA) (A)
• Staphylococcal aureus, Vancomycin Intermediate or Resistant (VISA, VRSA) (A)
• Staphylococcal Enterotoxin (T)
• Streptococcal Disease (invasive group A or B)
• Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive (sensitive and resistant) (A)
• Syphilis (S)
• Syphilis (congenital) (T) (S)
• Tetanus (T)
• Toxic Shock Syndrome (Streptococcal or Staphylococcal)
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trichinellosis
• Tuberculosis (T)
• Tularemia (T)
• Typhoid Fever (T)
• Typhus Fever (endemic flea borne, louse borne, tick borne)
• Vaccine Adverse Reactions
• Vibrio, non-cholera
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers such as Ebola, Marburg, Lassa (T)
• Waterborne Disease Outbreaks (T)
• Yellow Fever (T)
• Yersiniosis
• Zika Virus Disease

(T) Report by rapid means (telephone, fax or other electronic means)
(S) Sexually transmitted disease, report required within 24 hours
(A) Drug Resistant Organisms required to be reported within 48 hours
Others - report required within 48 hours

Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

24/7 Emergency Contact Number: 1-888-295-5156

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