Reportable Diseases & Conditions

Our Communicable Disease Team will investigate disease reports. In certain circumstances, testing at the Alameda County Public Health Lab will be arranged. The Communicable Disease Team provides guidelines for treatment, prophylaxis, and infection control. Reporting of certain diseases may activate state and federal emergency response systems.

Laboratory Reportable Diseases

California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 2505 requires laboratories to report laboratory testing results suggestive of diseases of public health importance to the local health department.

Healthcare Provider Reportable Diseases

Title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR) §2500, §2593, §2641.5-2643.20, and §2800-2812 requires that healthcare providers report known or suspected cases of disease or condition, listed below, to the jurisdiction in which the patient resides.

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REPORT IMMEDIATELY BY PHONE
During Business hours: (510) 267-3250 After hours: (925) 422-7595
  • Anthrax, human or animal
  • Botulism (Infant, Foodborne, Wound, Other)
  • Brucellosis, human
  • Cholera
  • Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
  • Dengue Virus Infection
  • Diphtheria
  • Domoic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
  • Flavivirus infection of undermined species
  • Foodborne Disease (when two or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness)
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
  • Influenza due to novel strains (human)
  • Measles (Rubeola)
  • Meningococcal Infections
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  • Novel Virus with Pandemic Potential
  • Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
  • Plague, Human or Animal
  • Rabies, Human or Animal
  • Scombroid Fish Poisoning
  • Shiga Toxin (detected in feces)
  • Smallpox (Variola)
  • Tularemia, human
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, human or animal (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa, and Marburg viruses)
  • Occurrence of any unusual disease
  • Outbreak of any disease (including diseases not listed in §2500)

 

REPORT WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY
BY PHONE: (510) 267-3250 BY FAX: (510) 273-3744
TUBERCULOSIS PHONE: (510) 677-3096 TUBERCULOSIS FAX: (510) 273-3916
STD PHONE: (510) 267-3220 STD FAX: (510) 268-2111

  • Babesiosis
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
  • Chickenpox (Varicella) (outbreaks, hospitalizations, and deaths)
  • Chikungunya Virus Infection
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Dengue Virus Infection
  • Encephalitis, specify etiology (Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic)
  • Escherichia coli: Shiga toxin-producing (STEC), including E. coli 0157:H7
  • Foodborne Disease
  • Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease (only in persons less than 5 years of age)
  • Hantavirus Infections
  • Hepatitis A, acute infection
  • Listeriosis
  • Malaria
  • Meningitis, specify etiology (Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic)
  • Paratyphoid Fever
  • Pertussis (whooping cough)
  • Poliovirus Infection
  • Psittacosis
  • Q Fever
  • Relapsing Fever
  • Salmonellosis (other than Typhoid Fever)
  • Shigellosis
  • Syphilis (all stages, including congenital)
  • Trichinosis
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Typhoid Fever, Cases and Carriers
  • Vibrio Infections
  • West Nile Virus Infection
  • Yellow Fever
  • Yersiniosis
  • Zika Virus Infection

 

REPORT BY PHONE, FAX OR MAIL WITHIN 7 CALENDAR DAYS
BY PHONE: (510) 267-3250 BY FAX: (510) 273-3744
MAIL: Attn: DCDCP, 1000 Broadway, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94607
STD PHONE: (510) 267-3220 STD FAX: (510) 268-2111
STD MAIL:
Attn: STD Control and Prevention, 1000 Broadway, Suite 310, Oakland CA 94607

  • Anaplasmosis
  • Brucellosis, animal (except infections due to Brucella canis)
  • Chancroid
  • Coccidioidomycosis
  • Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) and other Transmissible spongiform
  • Cyclosporiasis
  • Cysticercosis or Taeniasis
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Giardiasis
  • Gonococcal Infections
  • Hepatitis B (specify acute, chronic, or perinatal)
  • Hepatitis C (specify acute, chronic, or perinatal)
  • Hepatitis D (Delta) (specify acute case or chronic)
  • Hepatitis E, acute infection
  • Influenza, deaths in laboratory-confirmed cases for persons less than 18 years old
  • Legionelllosis
  • Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)
  • Leptospirosis
  • Lyme Disease
  • Mumps
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus-associated deaths in laboratory-confirmed cases less than five years of age
  • Rickettsial Diseases (non-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), including Typhus and Typhus-like illnesses
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Rubella (German Measles)
  • Rubella Syndrome, congenital
  • Tetanus
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Tularemia, animal

 

REPORT BY PHONE OR TRACEABLE MAIL WITHIN 7 CALENDAR DAYS:  PHONE (510) 268-2372
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), any stage
  • HIV infection, progression to stage 3 (AIDS)

Case reports or laboratory reports must be placed in a sealed envelope  and sent via traceable mail (USPS certified, FedEx, or UPS) marked “Confidential”, with attention to:

HIV Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit
1000 Broadway, Ste 310, Oakland, CA 94607

 

HIGH GRADE CERVICAL PRECANCER: REPORT TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH / CALIFORNIA EMERGING INFECTIONS PROGRAM PER INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

All cases of histologically diagnosed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grades 2 and 3, and adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) for residents of Alameda County over 18 years of age. Select cases of cervical cancer, upon request.

Contact HPV-Impact Surveillance Unit to set-up a reporting method that works with your laboratory information system.

Erin Whitney, MPH
HPV-Impact Surveillance Unit
California Department of Public Health
510-620-2379
erin.whitney@cdph.ca.gov

 

REPORTABLE NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS §2800–2812 and §2593 (b)

  • Disorders Characterized by Lapses of Consciousness (§2800-2812)
  • Mammalian Animal bites to Humans (§2606 a)
  • Pesticide-related illness or injury (known or suspected cases) (§105200)
  • Cancer, including benign and borderline brain tumors (except (1) basal and squamous skin cancer unless occurring on genitalia, and (2) carcinoma in-situ and CIN III of the Cervix) (§2593 b)***

 

* This form is designed for health care providers to report those diseases mandated by Title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR). Failure to report is a misdemeanor (Health & Safety Code §120295) and is a citable offense under the Medical Board of California Citation and Fine Program (Title 16, CCR, §1364.10 and 1364.11).
** Failure to report is a citable offense and subject to civil penalty ($250) (Health and Safety Code §105200).
*** The Confidential Physician Cancer Reporting Form may also be used. See Physician Reporting Requirements for Cancer Reporting in CA at: www.ccrcal.org.

Revised September 2019

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