Communicable Disease Reporting
For questions about illness or filling out the communicable disease reporting form please call the public health nurse at 1-800-504-2650.
For schools:
Fill out the form and submit to DHD2 at this email: communicable-disease-reporting@dhd2.org
| Disease Name | Notify Health Department | Vaccine | Letter Template | Fact Sheet | Resource |
| Adenovirus | Yes | Adenovirus Fact Sheet | CDC – Adenovirus | ||
| Bed Bugs | No | Bed Bugs Letter to Parents | |||
| Campylobacteriosis | Yes | No | CDC – Campylobacter | ||
| Chickenpox (Varicella) | Yes | Yes | Chickenpox Letter to Parents | ||
| Common Cold | No | Common Cold Fact Sheet | CDC – Common Cold | ||
| Cytomegalovirus (CMV) | No | CMV Letter to Parents | |||
| COVID-19 | Yes | Yes | COVID-19 Outbreak Letter | COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines | |
| Croup | No | Croup Fact Sheet | CDC – Croup | ||
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Diarrheal Illness (Unspecified)
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No | Diarrheal Illness Fact Sheet | |||
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E. Coli (Shiga toxin-producing) |
Yes | No | E. Coli Fact Sheet | CDC – E. Coli | |
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Fifth Disease (Erythema infectiosum) (Parvovirus B19) |
No | Fifth Disease Letter to Parents | CDC – Fifth Disease | ||
| Giardiasis | Yes | No | Giardiasis Letter to Parents | CDC – Giardiasis | |
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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (Coxsackievirus) (Herpangina) |
No | HFMD Letter to Parents | HFMD Fact Sheet | ||
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Head Lice (pediculosis) |
No |
Awareness for Lice Letter to Parents |
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| Hepatitis A | Yes | Yes | |||
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Herpes simplex I, II (cold sores / fever blisters) (genital herpes) |
No | Herpes Fact Sheet | |||
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Impetigo (Impetigo contagiosa) |
No | Impetigo Letter to Parents | CDC – Impetigo | ||
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Influenza (Influenza-like illness) |
Yes | Yes | Influenza Letter to Parents | Influenza Fact Sheet | |
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Measles (Rubella) (Hard / red measles) |
Yes | Yes | Measles Exposure Letter to Parents | Measles Fact Sheet | CDC – Measles |
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Meningitis (Aseptic/viral) |
Yes | No | CDC – Viral Meningitis | ||
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Meningitis (Bacterial) (N. meningitis) (H. influenzae) (S. pneumoniae) |
Yes | For some bacterial strains | Bacterial Meningitis Letter to Parents | Meningitis Fact Sheet | CDC – Bacterial Meningitis |
| Molloscum contagiosum | No | ||||
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Monkeypox virus (MPV) |
Yes | Yes | |||
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Mononucleosis (mono) |
No | Mononucleosis Letter to Parents | Mononucleosis Fact Sheet | CDC – Mono | |
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MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) |
No | MRSA Letter to Parents | MRSA Fact Sheet | ||
| Mumps | Yes | Yes | Mumps Letter to Parents | Mumps Fact Sheet | CDC – Mumps |
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Norovirus (viral gastroenteritis) |
Yes | No | Norovirus Letter to Parents | Norovirus Fact Sheet | |
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Pink Eye (conjunctivitis) |
No | Pink Eye Letter to Parents | Pink Eye Fact Sheet | CDC – Pink Eye | |
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Poliomyelitis (polio) |
Yes | Yes | Poliomyelitis Fact Sheet | ||
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Rash Illness (unspecified) |
No | CDC – Rash Illness | |||
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Respiratory Illness (unspecified) |
No | ||||
| Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) | Yes | RSV Letter to Parents | RSV Fact Sheet | CDC – RSV | |
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Ringworm (Tinea) |
No | Ringworm Letter to Parents | CDC – Ringworm | ||
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Rubella (German Measles) |
Yes | Yes | Rubella Letter to Parents | Rubella Fact Sheet | CDC – Rubella |
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Salmonella (Salmonellosis) |
Yes | No | Salmonella Letter to Parents | CDC – Salmonella | |
| Scabies | No | Scabies Letter to Parents | Scabies Fact Sheet | ||
| Shigellosis | Yes | No | Shigellosis Letter to Parents | Shigellosis Fact Sheet | CDC – Shigellosis |
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Strep Throat / Scarlet Fever |
No | Strep Throat Letter to Parents | CDC – Strep Throat | ||
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | Yes | Yes | Streptococcus pneumoniae Fact Sheet | CDC – Streptococcus pneumoniae | |
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Tuberculosis (TB) |
Yes | No | TB Fact Sheet | ||
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Typhoid Fever (Salmonella typhi) |
Yes | Yes | |||
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Vomiting Illness (Unspecified) |
No | ||||
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Whooping Cough (Pertussis) |
Yes | Yes | Pertussis Letter to Parents | Pertussis Fact Sheet |
This page was last updated on September 23rd, 2024