Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Appendix A - Communicable Diseases and Other Notifiable Conditions

Current through June 24, 2024
CATEGORY I
:
The following diseases are of urgent public health importance
				  and shall be reported by telephone to the patient's local health officer or to
				  the local health officer's designee upon identification of a case or suspected
				  case, pursuant to s.
				  DHS 145.04(3)
				  (a). In addition to the immediate report,
				  complete and fax, mail or electronically report an Acute and Communicable
				  Diseases Case Report (DHS F-44151) to the address on the form, or enter the
				  data into the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System, within 24
				  hours. Public health intervention is expected as indicated. See s.
				  DHS 145.04(3)
				  (a).
Anthrax1,4,5
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) (including foodborne,
				  infant, wound, and other)1,2,4,5
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) 
				  2
Cholera (Vibrio
				  cholera)1,3,4
Diphtheria (Corynebacterium
				  diphtheria)1,3,4,5
Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease, (including
				  epiglottitis)1,2,3,5
Hantavirus infection1,2,4
Hepatitis A1,2,3,4,5
Measles (rubeola)1,2,3,4,5
Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis) 
				  1,2,3,4,5
Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus
				  (MERS-CoV)2,3,4
Pertussis (whooping cough, caused by any Bordetella
				  infection)1,2,3,4,5
Plague (Yersinia
				  pestis)1,4,5
Poliovirus infection (paralytic or
				  nonparalytic)1,4,5
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) (Naegleria
				  fowleri)2,4,5,6
Rabies (human, animal)1,4,5
Ricin toxin4,5
Rubella1,2,4,5
Rubella (congenital
				  syndrome)1,2,5
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus
				  (SARS-CoV)1,2,3,4
Smallpox4,5
Tuberculosis1,2,3,4,5
Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and
				  Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)
				  infection1,4,5
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) (including Crimean-Congo,
				  Ebola, Lassa, Lujo, and Marburg viruses, and New World
				  Arenaviruses)1,2,3,4
Yellow fever1,4
Outbreaks, confirmed or suspected:
Foodborne or
				  waterborne1,3,4,6
Occupationally-related
				  diseases6
Other acute illnesses3,4,6
Any detection of or illness caused by an agent that is
				  foreign, exotic or unusual to Wisconsin, and that has public health
				  implications4
CATEGORY II
:
The following diseases shall be reported by fax, mail, or
				  electronic reporting to the patient's local health officer or to the local
				  health officer's designee on an Acute and Communicable Disease Case Report (DHS
				  F-44151) or by other means or by entering the data into the Wisconsin
				  Electronic Disease Surveillance System within 72 hours of the identification of
				  a case or suspected case. See s.
				  DHS 145.04(3)
				  (b).
Anaplasmosis1,2,5
Arboviral disease (including, but not limited to, disease
				  caused by California serogroup, Chikungunya, Dengue, Eastern Equine
				  Encephalitis, Powassan, St. Louis Encephalitis, West Nile, Western Equine
				  Encephalitis, and Zika viruses)1,2,4
Babesiosis1,2,4,5
Blastomycosis2
Borreliosis (other than Lyme disease which is reportable as a
				  distinct disease)2,4,6
Brucellosis1,2,4
Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter infection) 
				  1,2,3,4
Chancroid (Haemophilus
				  ducreyi)1,2
Chlamydia trachomatis infection 
				  1,2,4,5
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley
				  Fever)1,2,4
Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium infection) 
				  1,2,3,4
Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora
				  infection)1,2
Ehrlichiosis1,2,5
Environmental and occupational lung diseases:
Asbestosis6
Silicosis1,6
Chemical pneumonitis6
Occupational lung diseases caused by bio-dusts and
				  bio-aerosols6
E. coli infection, (caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
				  (STEC))1,2,3,4
E. coli infection (caused by enteropathogenic (EPEC),
				  enteroinvasive (EIEC), or enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC))
2,3,4
Free-living amebae infection (including Acanthamoeba disease
				  (including keratitis) and Balamuthia mandrillaris
				  disease)2,4
Giardiasis1,2,3,4
Gonorrhea (Neisseria
				  gonorrhoeae)1,2,4,5
Hemolytic uremic
				  syndrome1,2,3,4
Hepatitis B1,2,3,4,5
Hepatitis C1,2
Hepatitis D2,3,4,
Hepatitis E
Histoplasmosis2
Influenza-associated
				  hospitalization2
Influenza-associated pediatric
				  death1,2,4
Influenza A virus infection, novel
				  subtypes1,2
Kawasaki disease2
Latent Tuberculosis infection
				  (LTBI)2,5
Legionellosis1,2,4,5
Leprosy (Hansen's
				  Disease)1,2,3,4,5
Leptospirosis1,2,4
Listeriosis1,2,4
Lyme disease1,2
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)
				  infection4
Malaria (Plasmodium
				  infection)1,2,4,5
Meningitis, bacterial (other than Haemophilus influenzae,
				  meningococcal or streptococcal, which are reportable as distinct
				  diseases)2
Mumps1,2,4,5
Mycobacterial disease (nontuberculous)
Pelvic inflammatory
				  disease2
Psittacosis1,2,4
Q Fever (Coxiella
				  burnetii)1,2
Rheumatic fever (newly diagnosed and meeting the Jones
				  criteria)5
Rickettsiosis (other than spotted fever rickettsiosis which
				  is reportable as a distinct disease)2,4,6
Salmonellosis1,2,3,4
Shigellosis (Shigella
				  infection)1,2,3,4
Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis (including Rocky Mountain
				  spotted fever)1,2,4,5
Streptococcal disease (all invasive disease caused by Groups
				  A and B Streptococci)
Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease (invasive
				  pneumococcal)1
Syphilis (Treponema
				  pallidum)1,2,4,5,6
Tetanus1,2,5
Toxic shock syndrome1,2
Toxic substance related diseases:
Blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) and Cyanotoxin
				  poisoning2,4,6
Carbon monoxide
				  poisoning1,6
Infant methemoglobinemia6
Lead (Pb) intoxication (specify Pb
				  levels)1,6
Metal poisonings other than lead (Pb) 
				  6
Pesticide poisonings1,6
Toxoplasmosis
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE, human)
Trichinosis1,2,4
Tularemia (Francisella
				  tularensis)1,2,4,5
Typhoid fever (Salmonella
				  Typhi)1,2,3,4
Varicella
				  (chickenpox)1,3,5
Vibriosis (non-cholera Vibrio
				  infection)1,2,3,4
Yersiniosis2,3,4
Zika virus infection1,2
CATEGORY III
:
The following disease shall be reported to the state
				  epidemiologist on a Wisconsin Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Case
				  Report Form (DHS F-44338) or by other means within 72 hours after
				  identification of a known or suspected case. Additionally, the following
				  laboratory results shall be reported on all persons newly or previously
				  diagnosed with HIV infection each time the test is conducted: all CD4+ test
				  results (CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts and percentages), both detectable and
				  undetectable HIV viral load results, HIV genotypic results, and all components
				  of the HIV laboratory diagnostic testing algorithm when the initial screening
				  test is reactive. See s.
				  252.15(7)
				  (b), Stats., and s.
				  DHS 145.04(3)
				  (b).
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (AIDS has been
				  reclassified as HIV Stage III)1,2,4
Key:
1 Infectious disease or other
				  condition designated as notifiable at the national level.
2 Required Wisconsin or CDC follow-up
				  form completed by public health agency.
3 High-risk assessment by local health
				  department is needed to determine if patient or member of patient's household
				  is employed in food handling, day care or health care.
4 Source investigation by local
				  or state health department is needed.
5 Immediate treatment is
				  recommended, i.e., antibiotic or biologic for the patient or contact or
				  both.
6 Coordination between local and state
				  health departments is recommended for follow-up.