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Current through June 25, 2024
Appendix A. List of officially reportable
						  diseases and conditions
The following diseases or conditions are hereby
						  declared to be reportable.
Class 1A
: Diseases of major public health
						  importance which shall be reported directly to the
Department of Health by telephone within 24 hours of
						  first knowledge or suspicion. Class 1A diseases and conditions are dictated by
						  requiring an immediate public health response. Laboratory directors have an
						  obligation to report laboratory findings for selected diseases (Refer to
						  Appendix B).
Any Suspected Outbreak (including foodborne and
						  waterborne outbreaks)
(Possible biological weapon agents appear in
bold italics
)
Anthrax
Melioidosis
Botulism
(includes foodborne, infant or wound)
Neisseria meningitidis
										Invasive
Brucellosis
Pertussis
Congenital Zika virus infection
										(including
Plague
Congenital Zika Syndrome)
Poliomyelitis
Diphtheria
Psittacosis
Escherichia coli
O157:H7 and
										any shiga toxin-producing
E. coli
(STEC)
Q Fever
Rabies (human or animal)
Glanders
Ricin intoxication (castor
										beans)
Haemophilus influenzae Invasive
										Disease[DAGGER][DOUBLE
										  DAGGER]
SARS-CoV-2 (all laboratory
										results)
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome-
Smallpox
post-diarrheal (HUS)
Tuberculosis
Hepatitis A
Tularemia
Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality
										(<18 years of age)
Typhus
										Fever
Viral hemorrhagic
										fevers
(filoviruses
Measles
[e.g. Ebola, Marburg] and arena viruses
										[e.g., Lassa, Machupo])
Any unusual disease or manifestation of illness,
						  including but not limited to the appearance of a novel or previously controlled
						  or eradicated infectious agent, or biological or chemical toxin.
[DAGGER] Usually presents as meningitis or septicemia,
						  or less commonly as cellulitis, epiglottitis, osteomyelitis, pericarditis or
						  septic arthritis.
[DOUBLE DAGGER] Specimen obtained from a normally
						  sterile site.
Class 1B
: Diseases of major public health
						  importance which shall be reported directly to the Department of Health by
						  telephone on the next business day after first knowledge or suspicion. Class 1B
						  diseases and conditions require individual case investigation, but not an
						  immediate public health response. Laboratory directors have an obligation to
						  report laboratory findings for selected diseases (Refer to Appendix B in the
						  Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions
Arboviral infection including but not limited
									 to
LaCrosse virus,
California group,
Western Equine Encephalitis virus,
Chikungunya virus,
St. Louis encephalitis virus,
Dengue,
West Nile virus
Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus,
Zika virus
Chancroid
Staphylococcus
									 aureus
,
Cholera
vancomycin resistant (VRSA) or
Encephalitis (human)
vancomycin intermediate (VISA)
HIV infection-including AIDS
Syphilis (including congenital)
Legionellosis
Typhoid Fever
Non-cholera
Vibrio
disease
Varicella infection, Primary, in >15 years
									 of age
Yellow Fever
Class 2:
Diseases or conditions of public
						  health importance of which individual cases shall be reported by mail,
						  telephone or electronically, within 1 week of diagnosis. In outbreaks or other
						  unusual circumstances they shall be reported the same as Class 1A. Class 2
						  diseases and conditions are those for which an immediate public health response
						  is not needed for individual cases.
Chlamydia trachomatis
, genital
									 infection
Mumps
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, including new
									 variant
M. tuberculosis
Infection
									 (positive or positive IGRA*)
Ehrlichiosis
Enterococcus,
invasive
									 infection[DOUBLE DAGGER], vancomycin
Poisonings**(including elevated lead
									 levels***)
Resistant
Gonorrhea
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Hepatitis (acute, viral only)
Rubella (including congenital)
Note
-Hepatitis A requires Class 1A
									 Report
Spinal Cord Injuries
Hepatitis B infection in pregnancy
Streptococcus pneumoniae
,
									 invasive infection***
HIV Infection in pregnancy
Listeriosis
Tetanus
Lyme disease
Trichinosis
Malaria
Viral Encephalitis in horses and
									 ratities****
Meningitis
other
than
									 Meningococcal or
Haemophilus influenzae
[DOUBLE DAGGER]Specimen
						  obtained from a normally sterile site.
* TST-tuberculin skin test; IGRA-Interferon-Gamma
						  Release Assay (to include size of TST in millimeters and numerical results of
						  IGRA testing).
**Reports for poisonings shall be made to Mississippi
						  Poison Control Center, UMMC 1-800222-1222
***Elevated Blood Levels should be reported to the MSDH
						  Lead Program at 601-576-7447. Blood lead levels (venous) 5µg/dL in
						  patients less than or equal to 6 years of age.
****Except for rabies, and equine encephalitis,
						  diseases occurring in animals are not required to be reported to the
						  MSDH.
Class 3:
Laboratory based surveillance. To
						  be reported by laboratory only. Diseases or conditions of public health
						  importance of which individual laboratory findings shall be reported by mail,
						  telephone, or electronically within one week of completion of laboratory test
						  (refer to Appendix B).
All blood lead test results in patients <=
									 6 years of
Cryptosporidiosis
age
Hansen Disease (Leprosy)
CD4 count and HIV Viral Load*
Hepatitis C infection
Campylobacteriosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial
Carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
, (CRE)
Salmone llosis
Chagas Disease (
American
									 trypanosomiasis
)
Shigellosis
* HIV associated CD4 (T4) lymphocyte results of any
						  value and HIV viral load results, both detectable and undetectable
Class 4:
Diseases of public health
						  importance for which immediate reporting is not necessary for surveillance or
						  control efforts. Diseases and conditions in this category shall be reported to
						  the Mississippi Cancer Registry within six months of the date of first contact
						  for the reportable condition.
The National Program of Cancer Registries at the
						  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requires the collection of certain
						  diseases and conditions. A comprehensive reportable list including
						  ICD9CM/ICD10CM codes is available on the Mississippi Cancer Registry
						  website,
https://www.umc.edu/Administration/Outreach_Services/Mississippi_Cancer_Re
						  gistry/Reportable_Diseases.aspx
.
Each record shall provide a minimum set of data items
						  which meets the uniform standards required by the National Program of Cancer
						  Registries and documented in the North American Association of Central Cancer
						  Registries (NAACCR)