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Quick View Reportable Disease List STOPIllinois Department of Public Health and Report Infectious Disease Illinois Reportable Diseases Mandated reporters, such as health care providers, hospitals and laboratories, must report suspected or confirmed cases of these diseases to the local health department. Diseases in bold are reportable within 24 hours. Diseases marked "immediate" (or in red) are reportable as soon as possible within 3 hours. All other conditions not in red or bold are reportable within 7 days. Anaplasmosis Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Reye's syndrome Any suspected bioterrorist threat (immediate) Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post diarrheal Rubella Any unusual case or cluster of cases that may Hepatitis A St. Louis Encephalitis virus indicate a public health hazard (immediate) Hepatitis B, C, D Salmonellosis, other than typhoid Anthrax (immediate) Pregnant hepatitis B carrier Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Arboviruses (including WNV) Histoplasmosis (immediate) Babesiosis HIV infection Shigellosis Botulism, foodborne (immediate) Influenza, deaths in <18 yr olds Smallpox (immediate) Botulism, infant, wound, other Influenza A, novel (immediate) Smallpox vaccination, complications of Brucellosis* Influenza, ICU admissions Snowshoe hare virus California Encephalitis virus Jamestown Canyon virus Spotted fever rickettsioses Campylobacteriosis Keystone virus S. aureus infections with intermediate or high Candida auris** La Crosse virus level resistance to vancomycin Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Legionellosis Streptococcal infections, Group A, invasive (CRE)** Leptospirosis including STSS and necrotizing fasciitis Chancroid Listeriosis S. pneumoniae, invasive in those <5 yrs Chikungunya virus Lyme disease Syphilis Chlamydia Malaria Tetanus Cholera Measles Toxic shock syndrome due to S. aureus Cryptosporidiosis Mumps Trichinosis Cyclosporiasis Neisseria meningitidis, invasive Trivitattus virus Dengue viruses 1-4 Outbreaks of public health significance Tuberculosis Diphtheria (immediate) Pertussis (whooping cough) Tularemia* Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus Plague (immediate) Typhoid fever Ehrlichiosis Poliomyelitis (immediate) Typhus Escherichia coli infections (E. coli O157:H7, Powassan virus Varicella (chickenpox) and other Shiga Toxin Producing E. coli) Psittacosis Vibriosis (non cholera) Foodborne or waterborne outbreaks Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)* West Nile virus Gonorrhea Rabies, human and potential human exposure Western Equine Encephalitis virus Haemophilus influenzae, invasive and animal Yellow Fever virus Zika virus *If bioterrorism suspected then report immediately (within three hours) **Reportable to the Extensively Drug-Resistant Organism (XDRO) Registry by providers Laboratories must report positive test results of these diseases to their local health department within the time frame indicated. All reports are confidential and should include— • the disease or condition being reported • physician’s name, address, and telephone number • patient’s name, date of birth, age, sex, race/ethnicity, • method of diagnosis, if available address, and telephone number TO REPORT A CASE contact your local health department: During regular business hours, call _________618 - _________684 - _________________.3143 Ext 113 For emergencies after business hours, call _________618 - _________684 - ________________.3143 for recorded instructions. If no local health department is available, contact the Illinois Department of Public Health 217-785-7165 • TTY (hearing impaired use only) 800-547-0466 Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois State of Illinois P.O.#5519373 2M 3/19 Effective 2/8/19 Illinois Department of Public Health IOCI 19-595.
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