Disease Reporting

The ADS Epi-on-call is available 24 hours/7 days a week at 405-271-4060 for communicable disease consultations and reporting of diseases or outbreaks.

What to Report:

The following diseases are to be reported to the OSDH by telephone or PHIDDO immediately upon suspicion, diagnosis, or positive test:

Anthrax	Hepatitis B during pregnancy (HBsAg+)	Rabies
Bioterrorism-suspected disease	Measles (Rubeola)	Smallpox
Botulism	Meningococcal invasive disease	Tularemia
Diphtheria	Outbreaks of apparent infectious disease	Typhoid fever
H. influenzae (sterile site)	Plague	Viral hemorrhagic fever
Hepatitis A (Anti-HAV-IgM+)	Poliomyelitis

 

The following diseases are to be reported to the OSDH within one business day:

Acid Fast Bacillus (AFB) positive smear	Leptospirosis
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)	Listeriosis
Arboviral Infections	Lyme disease 2
Brucellosis	Malaria
Campylobacteriosis	Mumps
Congenital rubella syndrome	Pertussis
Cryptosporidiosis	Psittacosis
Cyclosporiasis	Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Dengue fever	Rubella
E. coli O157, O157:H7 or a shiga-like toxin producing E. coli (EHEC)	Salmonellosis
Ehrlichiosis	Shigellosis
Giardiasis	Staphylococcus aureus (VISA or VRSA)
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome	Streptococcus, group A (sterile site)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome, postdiarrheal	Streptococcus pneumoniae (sterile site), children <5 years
Hepatitis B (HBsAg+, anti-HBc IgM+, HBeAg+, and/or HBV DNA+) 1	Syphilis
Hepatitis C (confirmed by RIBA, NAT, HCV RNA, or s/co) 1	Tetanus
Hepatitis, acute unspecified	Trichinosis
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection	Tuberculosis
Legionellosis	Unusual syndrome, or uncommon disease
Leprosy	Vibrio spp. infections including cholera
	Yellow Fever

 ¹ - with entire Hepatitis panel results      
 ² - Erythema migrans or EIA+ confirmed by western blot

 

The following diseases are to be reported to the OSDH within one month:

CD4 Cell Count < 500 with cell count%	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	HIV viral load
Chlamydia infections (C. trachomatis)	Gonorrhea	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

 

Isolates of the following organisms must be sent to the OSDH Public Health Laboratory: P.O. Box 24106 OKC, OK 73214

Bacillus anthracis	Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Brucella spp.	N. meningitidis (sterile site isolates only)
Campylobacter spp.	Plasmodium spp.
E. coli O157:H7, or a shiga-like toxin producing E. coli (EHEC)	Salmonella spp.
Francisella tularensis	Shigella spp.
H. influenzae (sterile site isolates only)	Staphylococcus aureus (VISA or VRSA)
HIV	Vibrio spp.
Listeria spp. (sterile site isolates only)	Yersinia spp.

 

How to Report:

New Reportable Disease Rules effective June 25, 2007
Reportable Diseases/Conditions for Healthcare Providers
Reportable Pathogens for Laboratories

Reportable Disease Cards:

Blue Card (For Infection Control Practitioners and other health care providers)

Yellow Card (For Laboratories)

Contact Info:

HIV/STD Service                        
Phone (405) 271-4636
Fax (405) 271-1187

Acute Disease Service
Phone (405) 271-4060 or (800) 234-5963
Fax (405) 271-6680 or (800) 898-6734