Reportable Diseases and Conditions Maryland statute, specifically Maryland Code Annotated, Health-General (“Health General”) §§18-201 and 18-202, and Maryland regulation, specifically Code of Maryland Regulations (“COMAR”) 10.06.01 Communicable Diseases, require that health care providers, hospitals, school/child care facility personnel, and food establishments submit a report in writing of diagnosed or suspected cases of specific diseases to the health officer in Harford County.

Reporting Instructions: Reportable diseases and conditions listed below are reportable to the Harford County Health Department using the Maryland Confidential Morbidity Report (DHMH-1140). Those that are marked with a telephone ( ) should be reported immediately by telephone to 410-612-1774 .

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Gonococcal infection Psittacosis (AIDS) Haemophilus influenzae , invasive Q fever Amebiasis Hantavirus infection Rabies (human) Anaplasmosis Harmful algal bloom related illness Ricin toxin poisoning Animal Bites Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post Rocky Mountain spotted fever Anthrax diarrheal Rubella (German measles) and Arboviral infections including, but not Hepatitis A acute infection congenital rubella syndrome limited to: Hepatitis, viral (B,C,D,E,G, all other types Salmonellosis (nontyphoidal) Dengue fever and undetermined) Severe acute respiratory syndrome Eastern equine encephalitis Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (SARS) LaCrosse virus infection Influenza-associated pediatric mortality Shiga-like toxin producing enteric St. Louis encephalitis Influenza: novel influenza A virus bacterial infections Western equine encephalitis Isosporiasis Shigellosis West Nile virus infection Kawasaki syndrome Smallpox and other orthopoxvirus Yellow fever Legionellosis infections Leprosy Staphylococcal enterotoxin B poisoning Botulism Leptospirosis Streptococcal invasive disease, Group A Brucellosis Listeriosis Streptococcal invasive disease, Group B Campylobacteriosis Lyme Disease Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive Chancroid Syphilis Chlamydia trachomatis , including Measles (rubeola) Tetanus lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Melioidosis Trichinosis Cholera Meningitis, infectious Tuberculosis and suspected tuberculosis Coccidioidomycosis Meningococcal invasive disease Tularemia Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Microsporidiosis Typhoid fever (case, carrier, or both of Mumps (infectious parotitis) Salmonella Typhi) Mycobacteriosis, other than TB/Leprosy Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus Diphtheria Pertussis aureus (VISA) infection or colonization Ehrlichiosis Pertussis vaccine adverse reactions Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus Encephalitis, infectious Pesticide related illness aureus (VRSA) infection or colonization Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens Plague Varicella (chickenpox), fatal cases only Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection Pneumonia in a health care worker Vibriosis, non cholera Giardiasis resulting in hospitalization Viral hemorrhagic fevers (all types) Glanders Poliomyelitis Yersiniosis

OTHER REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS • A single case of a disease or condition of known or unknown etiology that may be a danger to the public health • An outbreak of a disease of known or unknown etiology that may be a danger to the public health • An unusual manifestation of a communicable disease in an individual

Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control 1321 Woodbridge Station Way Edgewood, MD 21040 Phone: (410) 612-1774 HCHD – March 2010 Fax: (410) 612-9185