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Reportable Diseases and Conditions KINGS COUNTY DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC HEALTH 330 CAMPUS DRIVE, HANFORD, CA 93230 REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS Title 17, California Code of Regulations, §2500, requires that known or suspected cases of any of the diseases or conditions listed below are to be reported to the local health jurisdiction within the specified time frame: REPORT IMMEDIATELY BY PHONE During Business Hours: (559) 852-2579 After Hours: (559) 852-2720 for Immediate Reportable Disease and Conditions Anthrax Escherichia coli: Shiga Toxin producing (STEC), Rabies (Specify Human or Animal) Botulism (Specify Infant, Foodborne, Wound, Other) including E. coli O157:H7 Scrombroid Fish Poisoning Brucellosis, Human Flavivirus Infection of Undetermined Species Shiga Toxin (Detected in Feces) Cholera Foodborne Disease (2 or More Cases) Smallpox (Variola) Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Tularemia, human Dengue Virus Infection Influenza, Novel Strains, Human Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Diphtheria Measles (Rubeola) Lassa, and Marburg Viruses) Domonic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Meningococcal Infections Yellow Fever Poisoning) Novel Virus Infection with Pandemic Potential Zika Virus Infection Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Plague (Specify Human or Animal) Immediately report the occurrence of any unusual disease OR outbreaks of any disease. REPORT BY PHONE, FAX, MAIL WITHIN ONE (1) WORKING DAY Phone: (559) 852-2579 Fax: (559) 589-0482 Mail: 330 Campus Drive, Hanford 93230 Conditions may also be reported electronically via the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) Amebiasis Hantavirus Infection Salmonellosis (Other than Typhoid Fever) Babesiosis Hepatitis A, Acute Infection Shigellosis Campylobacteriosis Listeriosis Streptococcal Infections (Outbreaks and Individual Chickenpox (Outbreak, Hospitalization and Death) Malaria Cases in Food Handlers and Dairy Workers) Chikungunya Virus Infection Meningitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Syphilis Cryptosporidiosis Parasitic) Trichinosis Encephalitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Tuberculosis (TB) Parasitic) Poliovirus Infection Typhoid Fever (Case or Carrier) Foodborne Disease (Individual Case) Psittacosis Vibrio Infections Giardiasis Q Fever West Nile Virus Infection Haemophilus Influenzae Invasive Disease, all Relapsing Fever Yersiniosis serotypes (Cases <5 Years of Age) REPORT BY PHONE, FAX, OR MAIL WITHIN SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS Phone: (559) 852-2579 Fax: (559) 589-0482 Mail: 330 Campus Drive, Hanford CA 93230 Conditions may also be reported electronically via the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) Anaplasmosis Ehrlichiosis Mumps Brucellosis, Animal (except Brucella canis) Gonococcal Infection Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Deaths <5 Years of Chancroid Hepatitis B (Specify Acute or Chronic) Age) Chlamydia trachomatis (including Lymphogranuloma Hepatitis C (Specify Acute or Chronic) Rickettsial Diseases (non-Rocky Mountain Spotted Venereum) Hepatitis D (Delta) (Specify Acute or Chronic) Fever), Including Typhus and Typhus-like Coccidioidomycosis Hepatitis E, Acute Infection Illness Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) and Other Influenza (Deaths <65 Years of Age) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Legionellosis Rubella (German Measles) (TSE) Leprosy (Hansen Disease) Rubella Syndrome, Congenital Cyclosporiasis Leptospirosis Tetanus Cysticercosis or Taeniasis Lyme Disease Tularemia, Animal REPORT WITHIN SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS BY TRACEABLE MAIL OR PERSON-TO-PERSON TRANSFER (COURIER) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), stage 3 (AIDS) Failure to report is a misdemeanor (Health and Safety Code §120295) and is a citable offense under the Medical Board of California’s Citation and Fine Program (Title 16, CCR § 1364.10 and 1364.11). Failure to report is a citable offense and subject to civil penalty (Health and Safety Code §105200). 5/1/2019 .
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