List of Reportable Diseases

There are more than 85 reportable diseases and conditions in Contra Costa County, and cases or suspected cases are required to be reported to Contra Costa Public Health. Some diseases must be reported immediately (within one hour) by phone, while other conditions don't have to be reported for 7 calendar days from the time of identification.

Physicians who need to report a suspected public health emergency should contact the Public Health division immediately at 925-313-6740; or after hours, call the sheriff's dispatch at 925-646-2441 and ask for the Health Officer On Call.For more details on reporting requirements and options, please visit our "Report a Disease" page.

If you would like to download the list of reportable diseases, a one-page PDF is available here.

Urgency Reporting Requirements

				= Report immediately by telephone.
				= Report immediately by telephone when two or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne desease seperate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.
				= Report by electronic transmission (including FAX), telephone, or mail within one working day of identification.
				= All other disease/conditions should be reported by electronic transmission (including FAX), telephone, or mail within seven calendar days of identification.

Communicable Diseases

				Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (HIV infection only: see "Human Immunodeficiency Virus")
				Amebiasis
				Anaplasmosis/Ehrlichiosis
				Anthrax, human or animal
				Babesiosis
				Botulism (Infant, Foodborne, Wound, Other)
				Brucellosis, animal (except infections due to Brucella Canis)
				Brucellosis, human
				Campylobacteriosis
				Chancroid
				Chickenpox (Varicella) (only hospitalizations and deaths)
				Chlamydia trachomatis infections, including Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
				Cholera
				Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
				Coccidioidomycosis
				Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)
				Cryptosporidiosis
				Cyclosporiasis
				Cysticercosis or Taeniasis
				Dengue
				Diphtheria
				Domoic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
				Encephalitis, Specify Etiology: Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic
				Escherichia coli: shiga toxin producing (STEC) including E.coli O157
				Foodborne Disease
				Giardiasis
				Gonococcal Infection
				Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease (report an incident of less than 15 years of age)
				Hantavirus Infections
				Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
				Hepatitis A, acute infection
				Hepatitis B (specify acute case or chronic)
				Hepatitis C (specify acute case or chronic)
				Hepatitis D (Delta) (specify acute case or chronic)
				Hepatitis E, acute infection
				Influenza, deaths in laboratory-confirmed cases for age 0-64 years
				Influenza, novel strains (human)
				Legionellosis
				Leprosy (Hansen Disease)
				Leptospirosis
				Listeriosis
				Lyme Disease
				Malaria
				Measles (Rubeola)
				Meningitis, Specify Etiology: Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic
				Meningococcal Infections
				Mumps
				Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
				Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
				Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
				Plague, Human or Animal
				Poliovirus Infection
				Psittacosis
				Q Fever
				Rabies, Human or Animal
				Relapsing Fever
				Rickettsial Diseases (non-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), including Typhus and Typhus-like Illness
				Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
				Rubella (German Measles)
				Rubella Syndrome, Congenital
				Salmonellosis (Other than Typhoid Fever)
				Scombroid Fish Poisoning
				Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
				Shiga toxin (detected in feces)
				Shigellosis
				Smallpox (variola)
				Staphylococcus aureus infection (only a case resulting in death or admission to an intensive care unit of a person who has not been hospitalized or had surgery, dialysis or residency in a long-term care facility in the past year, and did not have an indwelling catheter or percutaneous medical device at the time of culture)
				Streptococcal Infections (Outbreaks of Any Type and Individual Cases in Food Handlers and Dairy Workers Only)
				Syphilis
				Tetanus
				Toxic Shock Syndrome
				Trichinosis
				Tuberculosis
				Tularemia, animal
				Tularemia, human
				Typhoid Fever, Cases and Carriers
				Vibrio Infections
				Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, human or animal (e.g. Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa and Marburg viruses)
				West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection
				Yellow Fever
				Yersiniosis
				OCCURRENCE of ANY UNUSUAL DISEASE
				OUTBRAKES of ANY DISEASE (Including diseases not listed in § 2500). Specify if institutional and/or open community.

HIV REPORTING BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is reportable by traceable mail or person-to-person transfer within seven calendar days by completion of the HIV/AIDS Case Report form (CDPH 8641A) available from the local health department. For completing HIV-specific reporting requirements, see Title 17, CCR, § 2641.5-2643.20 and http://cdph.ca.gov/programs/aids/Pages/OAHIVReporting.aspx

REPORTABLE NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS

Disorders Characterized by Lapses of Conciousness.
Pesticide-related illness or injury (known or suspected cases)**
Cancer, including benign and borderline brain tumors (except (1) basal and squamous skin cancer unless occurring in genitalia, and (2) carcinoma in-situ and CIN III of the Cervix)***