Division of Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease, and Emergency Medical Services 3 Capitol Hill, Room 106, Providence, RI 02908 Reportable Diseases List for Clinical Providers To report by phone: 401-222-2577 | After Hours: 401-272-5952 | Cases may also be reported electronically or by mail. To report by secure fax: STDs: 401-222-1105 | Animal Bites: 401-222-2477 | All Other Diseases: 401-222-2488 Rhode Island State Health Laboratories support is available by calling 401-222-5600. For more information and to download forms, visit http://health.ri.gov/diseases/infectious/resultsreportable.php Report the following diseases and conditions IMMEDIATELY by phone upon recognition or strong suspicion of disease. Laboratory confirmation is not necessary prior to report being filed. Diseases in blue are potential agents of bioterrorism. • Animal bites • Hantavirus Pulmonary • Ricin poisoning • Anthrax Syndrome • Scombroid poisoning • Arboviral infections (e.g., West • Hepatitis A2 • Smallpox (Variola) Nile, Eastern Equine • Measles (Rubeola) • Staphylococcus aureus inva- Encephalitis, Powassan, Zika, • Melioidosis sive infections: VRSA/VISA Chikungunya, Yellow Fever) • Meningococcal disease- • Staphylococcal enterotoxin • Botulism invasive1 B poisoning • Brucellosis • Middle East Respiratory • Tularemia • Cholera Syndrome (MERS) • Typhoid fever (Salmonella • Ciguatera • Outbreaks and clusters typhi) • Clostridium perfringens epsilon • Paralytic shellfish poisoning • Unexplained deaths toxin • Plague (possibly due to unidentified • Diphtheria • Poliomyelitis infectious causes) • Encephalitis (infectious causes) • Q-Fever • Vibriosis • Glanders • Rabies • Viral hemorrhagic fevers (e.g., Ebola, Lassa, Marburg) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Report the following diseases and conditions within 4 days of recognition of disease3: • Acute flaccid myelitis • Hepatitis B, C, D, E (all acute • Pneumococcal disease1 • Anaplasmosis cases, and pregnant women • Rickettsiosis, including Rocky • Babesiosis (all species) with chronic illness), and Mountain Spotted Fever • Campylobacteriosis unspecified viral hepatitis2 • Rubella (including congenital • Carbapenem resistant • HIV 1 and 2. Report pregnancy rubella) organisms (CRE) in women with HIV. Report by • Salmonellosis • Chancroid confidential mail only. • Shigellosis • Chlamydia trachomatis • Influenza associated deaths, • Streptococcal disease • Coccidioidomycosis hospitalizations, and novel (invasive Group A & B)1 • Cryptosporidiosis virus infections • Streptococcal Toxic Shock • Cyclosporiasis • Latent Tuberculosis Infection Syndrome • Dengue virus • Legionellosis • Syphilis-all stages including • Ehrlichiosis • Leptospirosis neurosyphilis and congenital 1 • Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin- • Listeriosis syphilis producing (STEC) • Lyme disease • Tetanus • Giardiasis • Lymphogranuloma Venereum • Toxic Shock Syndrome • Gonorrhea • Malaria • Transmissible spongiform • Granuloma Inguinale • Meningitis (aseptic, bacterial, encephalopathies (including (Klebsiella granulomatis) viral, or fungal) Creutzfeldt Jakob disease) • Haemophilus influenzae • Mumps • Trichinosis disease, all serotypes1 • Ornithosis/Psittacosis • Tuberculosis disease • Hansen's disease or Leprosy • Pelvic inflammatory disease • Varicella • Hemolytic uremic syndrome • Pertussis • Yersiniosis _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Invasive disease only: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, joint fluid, or other normally sterile site. 2 Also report AST, ALT, and bilirubin 3 Report patient’s name, address, gender, race, ethnicity, date of birth, age, and phone number with attending physician’s name and phone number April 2018 .