List of Reportable Diseases: Rhode Island Department of Health

To Report Cases or request forms:
Fax: 401-222-2477 or 401-222-2488
Phone: 401-222-2577
After Hours: 401-272-5952

Immediately Reportable Diseases & Conditions

The following diseases and conditions must be reported IMMEDIATELY (222-2577 or 272-5952) on the day of recognition or strong suspicion of disease. Laboratory confirmation is not necessary prior to report being filed. State Laboratory can assist with specimen collection and handling (401-222-5600).

Animal bites Report Form

Ciguatera Report Form

Diphtheria Report Form

Encephalitis Eastern Equine (EEE) Report Form

Encephalitis Arboviral or parainfectious Report Form

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Report Form

Hepatitis A (Hep A) Report Form , Note: Report AST, ALT and bilirubin also

Measles Report Form

Meningococcal Disease, bacterial meningitidis (Meningitis, bacterial) Report Form , Note: Invasive Disease only: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, joint fluid, or other normally sterile site.

Mumps Report Form

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, Ciguatera) Report Form

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Report Form

Poliomyelitis (Polio) Report Form , Note: 4 Use

Rabies Report Form

Rubella Including congenital (German Measles) Report Form

Scombroid Report Form

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Report Form

Staphylococcal Infection Vancomycin Intermediate (VISA) Report Form

Staphylococcal Infection Vancomycin Resistant (VRSA) Report Form

Syphilis primary, secondary, early latent Report Form

Typhoid Fever Group D Report Form

Vibrio cholerae (Cholera) Report Form

Vibriosis (Vibrio) Report Form

West Nile Virus Report Form

Yellow Fever Report Form

Report within 4 days of recognition

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS/HIV) Report Form

Amebiasis (Amebiasis) Report Form

Anaplasmosis (Anaplasmosis) Report Form

Babesiosis (Babesiosis) Report Form

Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter) Report Form

Chancroid (Chancroid) Report Form

Chlamydia (Chlamydia) Report Form

Coccidioidomycosis fungal infection (Valley fever) Report Form

Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease transmissible spongioform (CJD) Report Form

Cryptosporidiosis (Crypto) Report Form

Cyclosporiasis (Cyclosporiasis) Report Form

Dengue 1,2,3,4 (Dengue Fever) Report Form

E. Coli infection (E.Coli) Report Form

Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichiosis) Report Form

Giardiasis (Giardia) Report Form

Gonococcal Infection (Gonorrhea) Report Form

Granuloma inguinale (Granuloma inguinale) Report Form

Haemophilus Influenza disease Type B (Hib or H-flu) Report Form , Note: Invasive Disease only: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, joint fluid, or other normally sterile site.

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) Report Form

Hepatitis B (Hep B) Report Form , Note: Report AST, ALT and bilirubin also

Hepatitis C (Hep C) Report Form , Note: Report AST, ALT and bilirubin also

Hepatitis D (Hep D) Report Form , Note: Report AST, ALT and bilirubin also

Hepatitis E (Hep E) Report Form , Note: Report AST, ALT and bilirubin also

Histoplasmosis infection (Histoplasmosis) Report Form

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Report Form , Note: Use unique identifier only, not name of person

Legionellosis (Legionnaire's Disease) Report Form

Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Report Form

Leptospirosis (Leptospirosis) Report Form

Listeriosis (Listeria) Report Form , Note: Invasive Disease only: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, joint fluid, or other normally sterile site.

Lyme borreliosis (Lyme Disease) Report Form

Lymphogranuloma venereum infection (LVG) Report Form

Malaria (Malaria) Report Form

Meningitis, viral (Meningitis) Report Form , Note: all suspected types (aseptic, bacterial, fungal, or viral)

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Report Form

Pneumococcal Disease (Pneumonia) Report Form , Note: Invasive Disease only: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, joint fluid, or other normally sterile site.

Psittacosis (Psittacosis) Report Form

Rickettsiosis (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) Report Form

Salmonellosis gastroenteritis (Salmonella) Report Form

Shigellosis gastroenteritis (Shigella) Report Form

Streptococcal Disease Group A (invasive) (Strep A, Strep Throat; Impetigo) Report Form , Note: Invasive Disease only: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, joint fluid, or other normally sterile site.

Streptococcal Disease Group B (Strep-B) Report Form , Note: Invasive Disease only: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, joint fluid, or other normally sterile site.

Streptococcal Toxic-Shock Syndrome STSS, Toxic Shock (STSS, TSS) Report Form

Syphilis Late latent, or congenital (Syphilis) Report Form

Tetanus Infection tetani (Lock Jaw) Report Form

Trichonosis Infection (Trichinosis) Report Form

Tuberculosis (TB) Report Form , Note: all sites PPD + in children < 6

Tuberculosis (Latent) (LTBI) Report Form

Varicella (Chickenpox) Report Form , Note: Associated Deaths

Yersenia (Yersinia) Report Form

Potential Agents of Bioterrorism

Report to RI Dept of Health Office office of Communicable Disease IMMEDIATELY (222-2577 or 272-5952) when there is suspicion of infection with on eof these agents. For lab test support call 401-222-5600.

State of Rhode Island: Department of Health

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Report within 4 days of recognition

Potential Agents of Bioterrorism