All Delaware physicians, laboratories and other health care providers are required by regulations to report patients with the following conditions to the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Both lab-confirmed and clinical diagnoses are reportable within the time interval specified below. Reporting enables appropriate public health follow-up for your patients, helps identify outbreaks, and provides a better understanding of disease trends in Delaware. Follow this link to find out more information about Meaningful Use in Delaware.

How to Report

• Complete a Notifiable Disease Report PDF Form. 
• Email the form to the secure email reportdisease@delaware.gov. 
• If you are unable to email you can fax the Disease Report Form page to the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Fax 302-622-4149.
•  If you do not have ability to fax, mail to Division of Public Health.
• For rapidly reportable conditions, as indicated with a (T) in the list below, immediately contact the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the 24/7 Emergency Contact Number 1-888-295-5156
• If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 302-744-4990.

What to Report

• Name
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Sex
• Phone
• Birth date
• Address
• Zip Code
• School or Type and Place of Employment
• Condition or Disease
• Date of Onset
• Laboratory data
• Hospital
• Remarks
• Physician’s Name
• Phone
• Address
• Date

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

ACQD. IMM. DEF. SYND. (AIDS) (S)

 AMOEBIASIS

ANTHRAX (T)

ARBOVIRUSES

BABESIOSIS

BOTULISM (T)

 BRUCELLOSIS

CALIFORNIA SEROGROUP VIRUSES

CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS

CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ORGANISMS (CRO)

CHANCROID(S)

CHIKUNGUNYACHLAMYDIA(S)

CHLAMYDIA (S)

CHOLERA (TOXIGENIC VIBRIO CHOLERAE 01 OR 0139) (T)

COCCODIOIDOMYCOSIS

COVID-19 (T)

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (T)

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS

CYCLOSPORIASIS

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (NEONATAL ONLY)

DENGUE FEVER (T)

DIPHTHERIA (T)

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS

ENTERHEMORRHAGIC E. COLI INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO E. COLI 0157:H7 (T)

EHRLICHIOSIS \ ANAPLASMOSIS

ENCEPHALITIS

FOODBORNE DISEASE OUTBREAKS (T)

GIARDIASIS GLANDERS (T)

 GONORRHEA (S)

GRANULOMA INGUINALE (S)

GUILLAIN-BARRE

HANSEN’S DISEASE (LEPROSY)

HANTAVIRUS INFECTION (T)

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE INVASIVE

HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME (HUS) (T)

HEPATITIS A(T)

HEPATITIS B(S)

HEPATITIS C

HEPATITIS OTHER

UNSPECIFIED HERPES (CONGENITAL) (S)

HERPES (GENITAL) (N)

HISTOPLASMOSIS

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (S)

INFLUENZA

INFLUENZA ASSOC. INFANT MORTALITY (T)

KAWASAKI SYNDROME

 LEAD POISONING

LEGIONELLOSIS

LEPTOSPIROSIS

LISTERIOSIS

 LYME DISEASE

LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM (S)

MALARIA

MEASLES (T)

MELIODOSIS

MENINGITIS (ALL TYPES OTHER THAN MENINGOCOCCAL)

MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS (ALL TYPES) (T)

M POX(T)

 MUMPS (T)

NOROVIRUS

NOSOCOMIAL DISEASE OUTBREAK (T)

PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (N. GONORRHEA, C. TRACHOMATIS, OR UNSPECIFIED) (S)

PERTUSSIS (T)

PLAGUE(T)

POLIOMYELITIS (T)

POWASSAN PSITTACOSIS

Q FEVER

 RABIES (MAN, ANIMAL) (T)

REYE SYNDROME

RHEUMATIC FEVER

RICIN TOXIN

RICKETTSIAL DISEASE

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER

RUBELLA (T)

RUBELLA (CONGENITAL) (T)

SALMONELLOSIS

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS)

MERS-CoV

SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCTION SHIGELLOSIS

SILICOSIS

SMALLPOX(T)

ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS

STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN

STREPTOCOCCAL DISEASE (INVASIVE GROUP A OR B)

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE, INVASIVE (SENSITIVE AND RESISTANT)

SYPHILIS (S)

TETANUS (T)

TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (STREPTOCOCCAL OR STAPHYLOCOCCAL)

 TOXOPLASMOSIS

TRICHINOSIS

TUBERCULOSIS (T)

TULAREMIA (T)

TYPHOID FEVER (T)

TYPHUS FEVER (ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE, LOUSE-BORNE, TICK-BORNE)

 VACCINE ADVERSE REACTIONS

VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX)

 VIBRIO, NON-CHOLERA

VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS (T)

WEST NILE VIRUS

WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS

WATERBORNE DISEASE OUTBREAKS (T)

YELLOW FEVER (T)

YERSINIOSIS

 

DRUG-RESISTANT ORGANISMS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED

ENTEROCOCCUS SPECIES, VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE, CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT (INVASIVE OR URINE ONLY)

ESBL RESISTANCE (EXTENDED- SPECTRUM ß-LACTAMASES)

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, METHICILLIN-RESISTANT (MRSA)

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, VANCOMYCIN-INTERMEDIATE OR RESISTANT (VISA, VRSA)

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE, INVASIVE (SENSITIVE AND RESISTANT)

 

 

(T) report by rapid means (telephone, fax, or other

electronic means)

(N) report in number only when so requested

 

For all diseases not marked by (T) or (N):

(S) sexually transmitted disease,

A report is required within 24 hours

Others – a report required within 48 hours

 

 

 

 

Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

24/7 Emergency Contact Number: 1-888-295-5156