North Carolina Communicable Disease Manual

 

Diseases & Conditions Reportable in North Carolina

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A - E Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Case Definition Disease Report Form Patient summary form Instructions for completing the patient summary form Guidance Reporting patients under investigation for AFM Specimen Collection instructions AFM Clinician Guidance memo Anaplasmosis - Updated March 2024 Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Surveillance Algorithm Anthrax Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Babesiosis Case Definition Disease Report Form LHD Disease Investigation Steps Surveillance Algorithm Botulism Botulism, foodborne Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Botulism, infant (intestinal) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Botulism, wound Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Botulism, other Case Definition Brucellosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Campylobacter infection Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 **NEW** Candida auris (C. auris) Case Definition **NEW** Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Investigation overview - Updated February 2019 Case Definition Algorithm for new cases - Updated February 2019 CRE Lab Guide Resources: CDC CRE Toolkit CDC Interim Guidance for a Public Health Response to Contain Novel or Targeted Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs) MDROs Toolkit for Long-Term Care Facilities – Updated April 2024 CDC Management of MDROs Algorithm: Reporting CRE to NC DPH Management of LTCF residents with CRE in non-outbreak settings NC DPH Interfacility Transfer Form Chancroid See Sexually Transmitted Disease Protocols Case Definition Disease Report Form Chikungunya LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Chlamydial infection – laboratory confirmed Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Cholera Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Cryptosporidiosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Cyclosporiasis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Contact CDB to obtain Cyclosporiasis Surveillance Case Report Form REDCap Cyclospora Reporting Dengue Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Diphtheria See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition - Updated June 2019 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Diphtheria Investigation Overview E.coli infection- shiga toxin producing Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition - Updated January 2018 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Ehrlichiosis (E.chaffeensis, E. ewiingii, E. muris eauclairensis and unspecified Ehrlichiosis) - Updated March 2024 Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Surveillance Algorithm Encephalitis/Meningitis, Arboviral Encephalitis, arboviral, EEE Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Encephalitis, arboviral, LAC Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Encephalitis, arboviral, other Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Encephalitis, arboviral, WNV Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 F - I Foodborne poisoning Foodborne poisoning: ciguatera Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Foodborne poisoning: mushroom Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Foodborne poisoning: scombroid fish Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Foodborne Foodborne: c. perfringens Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Foodborne: other/unknown Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Foodborne: staphylococcal Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Gonorrhea Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition - Updated September 2017 Disease Report Form Granuloma inguinale See Sexually Transmitted Disease Protocols Case Definition Disease Report Form Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Standing Order Template Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 H. influenzae Investigation Overview Hantavirus Infection, Non-Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Hemorrhagic fever virus infection Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Ebola Resources Hepatitis A Standing Order Template - Updated January 2019 Case Definition - Updated January 2019 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Hepatitis A Supplemental Case Report Form (Word) Hepatitis A Resources Hepatitis B, acute Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 HBV Algorithm (PDF) HBV Case Definition Algorithm (PDF) HBV Serology Algorithm (PDF) Hepatitis B, carriage, chronic Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 HBV Case Definition Algorithm (PDF) HBV Serology Algorithm (PDF) Hepatitis B, perinatally acquired See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Hepatitis C, acute Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition - Updated January 2020 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Control Measures for Persons Infected with Hepatitis C Hepatitis C, perinatally acquired Disease Report Form Part 2 HIV/AIDS See Sexually Transmitted Disease Protocols Case Definition Disease Report Form Influenza, NOVEL virus infection Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 - Updated June 2024 Novel Flu Resources Influenza, adult death (>= 18 years of age) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Influenza, pediatric death (< 18 years of age) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2

J - R Legionellosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Legionellosis Prevention and Response Toolkit Sentinel Case Investigation Outbreak Investigation Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Leptospirosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Listeriosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Case Definition Infographic Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Supplemental CDC Listeria Initiative Form Lyme Disease Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Surveillance Algorithm Lymphogranuloma venereum See Sexually Transmitted Disease Protocols Case Definition Disease Report Form Malaria Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Measles (Rubeola) See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Measles Resources Meningitis, pneumococcal Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Pneumococcal Meningitis Investigation Overview Meningococcal disease, invasive Case Definition Standing Order Templates Ciprofloxacin Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) Rifampin Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Invasive Meningococcal Disease Investigation Overview Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 (contact CDB) Mpox LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Mpox Exposure Mpox Resources Mumps VPD Surveillance Manual (CDC) LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Mumps Resources Non-gonococcal urethritis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Ophthalmia neonatorum See Sexually Transmitted Disease Protocols Disease Report Form Paratyphoid Fever (Salmonella enterica serotypes Paratyphi A, B [tartrate negative], and C) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever Surveillance Report Form Pertussis (whooping cough) See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition - Updated January 2020 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Pertussis Resources PID (chlamydial/gonococcal) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Plague Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Psittacosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Poliomyelitis, paralytic See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Q fever Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Rabies, human Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Standing Order Template Case Definition Rabies prevention at summer camp (English, Spanish) (PDF) Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Rubella See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Rubella, congenital See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 S - Z S. aureus, reduced susceptibility to vancomycin Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Salmonellosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Salmonella Foodborne Factsheet - NEW January 2019 Case Definition - Updated January 2017 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 SARS (coronavirus infection) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Shigellosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Shigella Foodborne Factsheet - NEW January 2019 Case Definition - Updated January 2017 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Shigellosis Control Measures for Childcare Centers and K – 12 Schools - Updated July 2019 Smallpox Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis (Formerly RMSF) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps - Updated January 2020 Case Definition - Updated January 2020 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Surveillance Algorithm Streptococcal infection, Group A, invasive Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Group A Strep Toolkit Syphilis Disease Notes See Sexually Transmitted Disease Protocols Case Definition Disease Report Form Tetanus See Vaccine Preventable Manuals (CDC) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Toxic Shock Syndrome, non-streptococcal Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Toxic Shock Syndrome, streptococcal Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Trichinosis Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Trichinosis Surveillance Case Report Form Tuberculosis See Tuberculosis Policy Manual Tularemia Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Typhoid Fever, acute Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever Surveillance Report Form Typhoid, carriage Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Vaccinia Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Varicella (Chickenpox) Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Varicella Investigation Overview (PDF) CDC Varicella Worksheet (PDF) Varicella Q and A (PDF) School Notification Example Letter (PDF, Word) Vibrio infection (other than cholera & vulnificus) Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition - Updated January 2017 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Cholera and Other Vibrio Illness Surveillance (COVIS) Report Form Vibrio vulnificus infection Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition - Updated January 2017 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Cholera and Other Vibrio Illness Surveillance (COVIS) Report Form Yellow fever Disease Notes LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition - Updated January 2020 Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Zika LHD Disease Investigation Steps Case Definition Disease Report Form Part 1 Part 2 Current CDC Zika Testing Recommendations