Communicable Disease Reporting

For questions about illness or filling out the communicable disease reporting form, please call the public health nurse at 800-504-2650

Disease Name	Need to be reported to local health department	Caused by	Vaccine	Letter to Parent	Fact Sheet	Other Documents	MDHHS Link or Info	CDC Link
Adenovirus		Virus	Yes		Adenovirus: A common cause of respiratory illness (cdc.gov)			Adenovirus \| CDC
Bed Bugs		Parasite	No	<<Bed Bugs Letter to Parents.docx>>			Bed Bugs (michigan.gov)	CDC – Bed Bugs
Campylobacteriosis	Yes	Bacteria	No					Campylobacter (Campylobacteriosis) \| Campylobacter \| CDC
Chickenpox (Varicella)	Yes	Virus	Yes	<<Chickenpox Letter to Parents.docx>>	Preventing and Treating Common Cold (cdc.gov)		Chickenpox (Varicella) \| HHS.gov	Chickenpox (Varicella) \| CDC
Common Cold		Virus	No					Common Cold \| Antibiotic Use \| CDC
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)		Virus	No	<<Cytomegalovirus Letter to Parents.docx>>			Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (michigan.gov)	Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Congenital CMV Infection \| CDC
COVID-19	Yes	Virus	Yes			Isolation and Precautions for People with COVID-19 \| CDC	Coronavirus (michigan.gov)	Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) \| CDC
Croup		Virus	No		Croup.pdf (umich.edu)			Human Parainfluenza Viruses (HPIVs) \| CDC
Diarrheal Illness (Unspecified)		Virus, Bacteria, or Parasite	No			Diarrhea – Symptoms and causes – Mayo Clinic		Management of Acute Diarrhea\|Natural Disasters and Severe Weather (cdc.gov)
Coli (Shiga toxin-producing)	Yes	Bacteria	No		E. coli (who.int)			E. coli (Escherichia coli) \| E. coli \| CDC
Fifth Disease (Erythema infectiosum) (Parvovirus B19)		Virus	No	<<Fifth Disease Letter to Parents.docx>>				Parvovirus B19 \| CDC
Giardiasis	Yes	Parasite	No	<<Giardia Letter to Parents.docx>>				General Information \| Giardia \| Parasites \| CDC
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (Coxsackievirus) (Herpangina)		Virus	No	<<HFMD Letter to Parents.docx>>	Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease \| University Health Service (umich.edu)	Hand-foot-and-mouth disease – Symptoms & causes – Mayo Clinic		Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease \| CDC
Head Lice (pediculosis)		Parasite	No	<<Head Lice Letter to Parents.docx>> <<Awareness for Lice Letter to Parents.docx>>	Michigan Head Lice Manual Michigan Head Lice Manual	<<Child Has Lice Notification to Parents.docx>> <<Lice Inspection Report to Parents.docx>>	Head Lice (michigan.gov)	CDC – Lice
Hepatitis A	Yes	Virus	Yes			Hepatitis A (who.int)	Hepatitis A (michigan.gov)	Hepatitis A – FAQs, Statistics, Data, & Guidelines \| CDC
Herpes simplex I, II (cold sores / fever blisters) (genital herpes)		Virus	No		STD Facts – Genital Herpes (cdc.gov)	Herpes simplex virus (who.int)		Genital Herpes – STD information from CDC
Impetigo (Impetigo contagiosa)		Bacteria	No	<<Impetigo Letter to Parents.docx>>				Impetigo: All You Need to Know \| CDC
Influenza (Influenza-like illness)	Yes	Virus	Yes	<<Influenza Letter to Parents.docx>>	Key Facts About Influenza (Flu) \| CDC		Influenza (michigan.gov)	Influenza (Flu) \| CDC
Measles (Rubella) (Hard / red measles)	Yes	Virus	Yes	<<Measles Exposture Letter to Parents.docx>>	Key facts about measles (michigan.gov)			Measles (Rubeola) \| CDC
Meningitis (Aseptic/viral)	Yes	Virus, Fungus, or Non infectious	No	<<Meningitis Unknown Etiology Letter to Parents.docx>> <<Viral Meningitis Letter to Parents.docx>>		Viral Meningitis \| CDC		Meningitis \| CDC
Meningitis (Bacterial) (N. meningitis) (H. influenzae) (S. pneumoniae)	Yes	Bacteria	For some bacterial strains	<<Bacterial Meningtitis Letter to Parents.docx>>	Bacterial-Meningitis-Tip-Sheet.pdf (michigan.gov)	Bacterial Meningitis \| CDC		Meningitis \| CDC
Molloscum contagiosum		Virus				Molluscum contagiosum – Symptoms & causes – Mayo Clinic		Molluscum Contagiosum \| Poxvirus \| CDC
Monkeypox virus (MPV)	Yes	Virus	Yes				Mpox (michigan.gov)	Mpox \| Poxvirus \| CDC
Mononucleosis (mono)		Virus	No	<<Mononucleosis Letter to Parents.docx>>	Mono.pdf (umich.edu)			About Mono (Infectious Mononucleosis) \| CDC
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)		Bacteria	No	<<MRSA Letter to Parents.docx>>	MRSA.pdf (umich.edu)	Microsoft Word – MRSA Brochure New_FINAL.docx (michigan.gov)		MRSA \| CDC
Mumps	Yes	Virus	Yes	<<Mumps Letter to Parents.docx>>	Measles, Mumps & Rubella \| University of Michigan-Dearborn (umdearborn.edu)			Mumps \| Home \| CDC
Norovirus (viral gastroenteritis)	Yes	Virus	No	<<Norovirus Letter to Parents.docx>>	General Noro Fact Sheet (michigan.gov)	Guidelines for Environmental Cleaning (michigan.gov)	Norovirus (michigan.gov)	Norovirus \| CDC
Pink Eye (conjunctivitis)		Virus, bacteria, or allergen		<<Pinkeye Letter to Parents.docx>>		PinkEyeChildren.pdf (umich.edu)		Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis) \| CDC
Poliomyelitis (polio)	Yes	Virus	Yes		Poliomyelitis (who.int)		Polio (michigan.gov)	What is Polio? (cdc.gov)
Rash Illness (unspecified)								Skin Infections \| Community \| Antibiotic Use \| CDC
Respiratory Illness (unspecified)							Seasonal Respiratory Viruses (michigan.gov)	Protect yourself from COVID-19, Flu, and RSV (cdc.gov)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)		Virus	Yes	<<RSV Letter to Parents.docx>>	RSV-tip-sheet_FINAL.pdf (michigan.gov)			RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) \| CDC
Ringworm (Tinea)		Fungus	No	<<Ringworm Letter to Parents.docx>>				Ringworm \| Types of Diseases \| Fungal Diseases \| CDC
Rubella (German Measles)	Yes	Virus	Yes	<<Rubella Letter to Parents.docx>>		Measles, Mumps and Rubella \| University Health Service (umich.edu)		Rubella (German Measles) \| CDC
Salmonella (Salmonellosis)	Yes	Bacteria	No	<<Samonellosis Letter to Parents.docx>>				Salmonella Homepage \| CDC
Scabies		Parasite	No	<<Scabies Letter to Parents.docx>>	CDC – Scabies – General Information – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)		Scabies (michigan.gov)	CDC – Scabies
Shigellosis	Yes	Bacteria	No	<<Shigellosis Letter to Parents.docx>>	Fact Sheets \| Shigella – Shigellosis \| CDC			Shigella – Shigellosis \| Shigella – Shigellosis \| CDC
Strep Throat / Scarlet Fever		Bacteria	No	<<Strep Throat Letter to Parents.docx>>	Sore Throat? Here’s What to Do \| University Health Service (umich.edu)			Strep Throat: All You Need to Know \| CDC
Streptococcus pneumoniae	Yes	Bacteria	Yes		Prevent Pneumococcal Disease in Adults \| CDC			About Pneumococcal Disease \| CDC
Tuberculosis (TB)	Yes	Bacteria	No		Fact Sheets \| Publications & Products \| TB \| CDC	Tuberculosis (who.int)	Tuberculosis (michigan.gov)	Tuberculosis (TB) \| CDC
Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi)	Yes	Bacteria	Yes			Typhoid (who.int)		Home \| Typhoid Fever \| CDC
Vomiting Illness (Unspecified)		Virus or bacteria				Nausea & Vomiting: Causes & Treatment (clevelandclinic.org) Vomiting \| Johns Hopkins Medicine		Controlling the Spread of Infections\|Health and Safety Concerns (cdc.gov)
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)	Yes	Bacteria	Yes	<<Pertussis Letter to Parents.docx>>	Fast Facts about Whooping Cough \| CDC	Pertussis (who.int)	Whooping Cough (Pertussis) in Michigan	Whooping Cough (Pertussis) \| CDC

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