Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 173 - CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE › Chapter 1 - REPORTING AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 173-1-004 - REPORTABLE DISEASES, POISONINGS, AND ORGANISMS: LISTS AND FREQUENCY OF REPORTS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following diseases, poisonings, and organisms are
				  declared to be communicable or dangerous or both to the public Incidents of
				  diseases, poisonings, and organisms must be reported as described in 173 NAC
				  1-004.01 through 1-004.03,
				  1-005, and
				  1-006.
004.01 Immediate Reports
1-004.01A The following diseases, poisonings,
				and organisms must be reported immediately:
Anthrax
(Bacillus anthracis
*^
Botulism
(Clostridium botulinum
*^
Brucellosis
(Brucella abortus ^, B. melitensis ^, and
				  B. suis
^* )
Carbapenamase-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
				  (suspected or confirmed) **^
(not to include
Proteus
or
Providencia
species or
Morganella morganii)
Cholera
(Vibrio cholerae
^
Coccidiodomycosis
(Coccidioides
				  immitis/posodasiI
)
Diphtheria
(Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
[DAGGER]
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE virus
*^
Food poisoning, outbreak-associated
Glanders
[Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) mallei
*^
Haemophilus influenzae
infection (invasive
				  disease only
) ^
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (Sin Nombre virus)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (post-diarrheal illness)
Hepatitis A (IgM antibody-positive or clinically diagnosed
				  during an outbreak)
Hepatitis B infection (positive surface antigen
				  tests, e antigen tests, and all IgM core antibody tests, both positive and
				  negative)
Hepatitis E
Influenza due to novel or pandemic strains (includes highly
				  pathogenic avian influenza virus
*^
Measles (Rubeola)
Melioidosis
[Burkholderia (Pseudomonas)
				  pseudomallei
] *
Meningitis
(Haemophilus influenza [DELTA] or
				  Neisseria meningitidis
) ^
Meningococcal disease, invasive
(Neisseria
				  meningitidis
)^
Monkeypox virus infection
*
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - suspected or
				  confirmed cases
^
Pertussis [whooping cough]
(Bordetella
				  pertussis
^
Plague
(Yersinia pestis
) *^
Poliomyelitis, paralytic
Q
fever (Coxiella burnetii
) ^*
Rabies (human and animal cases and suspects)
Ricin poisoning *
Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome [SARS] (SARS-associated
				  coronavirus)
Smallpox *
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B intoxication
*
Staphylococcus aureus,
vancomycin-intermediate/resistant
as defined by the CDC
Tick-borne encephalitis, virus complexes (Central European
				  Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Far Eastern Tick-borne encephalitis virus,
				  Kyasanur Forest disease virus, Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever virus, Russian Spring and
				  Summer encephalitis virus
)
Tularemia
(Francisella tularensis
*^
Typhus Fever, louse-borne
(Rickettsia
				  prowazekii
)*^
and flea-borne / endemic
				  murine
(Rickettsia typhi)
Venezuelan equine encephalitis*
Viral hemorrhagic fever (including but not limited to Ebola
				  virus, Marburg virus, Congo Crimean Fever) - suspected or confirmed cases
				  *
Yellow Fever
* Potential agents of bioterrorism (designated as select
				  agents by CDC)
^ Laboratories must submit the isolate and/or specimen to the
				  Nebraska Public Health Laboratory as specified in 173 NAC 1-007.03
**
Resistance to
				  imipenem, doripenem, ertapenem or meropenem as defined by the
				  CDC.
1-004.01B
				Clusters, Outbreaks, or Unusual Events, Including Possible Bioterroristic
				Attacks*: Clusters, outbreaks, or epidemics of any health problem, infectious
				or other, both in the community and in healthcare settings, including food
				poisoning, healthcare-associated outbreaks or clusters, influenza, or possible
				bioterroristic attack; increased disease incidence beyond expectations;
				unexplained deaths possibly due to unidentified infectious causes; and any
				unusual disease or manifestations of illness must be reported
				immediately.