Virginia Reportable Disease List
Reporting of the following diseases is required by state law (Section 32.1-36 of the Code of Virginia and 12 VAC 5-90-80 and 12 VAC 5-90-90 of the Board of Health Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control -(www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/documents/regs.pdf). Report all conditions to your city/county health department. Those listed in RED must be reported within 24 hours of suspected or confirmed diagnosis by the most rapid means available and all others reported on an Epi-1 form within three days of suspected or confirmed diagnosis.
| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | MEASLES (Rubeola) |
| Amebiasis | Meningococcal Disease |
| ANTHRAX | MONKEYPOX |
| Arboviral infection (e.g., EEE, LAC, SLE, WNV) | Mumps |
| BOTULISM | Ophthalmia neonatorum |
| BRUCELLOSIS | OUTBREAKS, ALL (including but not limited to |
| Campylobacteriosis | foodborne, nosocomial, occupational, toxic |
| Chancroid | substance-related, and waterborne) |
| Chickenpox (Varicella) | PERTUSSIS |
| Chlamydia trachomatis infection | PLAGUE |
| CHOLERA | POLIOMYELITIS |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease if <55 years of age | PSITTACOSIS |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Q FEVER |
| Cyclosporiasis | RABIES, HUMAN AND ANIMAL |
| DIPHTHERIA | Rabies treatment, post-exposure |
| DISEASE CAUSED BY AN AGENT THAT MAY | Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| HAVE BEEN USED AS A WEAPON | RUBELLA, including congenital rubella syndrome |
| Ehrlichiosis | Salmonellosis |
| Escherichia coli infection, Shiga toxin-producing | SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) |
| Giardiasis | Shigellosis |
| Gonorrhea | SMALLPOX (Variola) |
| Granuloma inguinale | Staphylococcus aureus, infection (invasive methicillinresistant |
| HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE INFECTION, | and any vancomycin-intermediate or |
| INVASIVE | vancomycin-resistant) |
| Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | Streptococcal disease, Group A, invasive |
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) | Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, invasive, in children |
| HEPATITIS A | <5 years of age |
| Hepatitis B (acute and chronic) | Syphilis (report PRIMARY and SECONDARY |
| Hepatitis C (acute and chronic) | syphilis by rapid means) |
| Hepatitis, other acute viral | Tetanus |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection | Toxic shock syndrome |
| # Influenza | Toxic substance-related illness |
| INFLUENZA-ASSOCIATED DEATHS IN CHILDREN | Trichinosis (Trichinellosis) |
| <18 YEARS OF AGE | TUBERCULOSIS, ACTIVE DISEASE - (MYCOBACTERIA ~) |
| Kawasaki syndrome | Tuberculosis infection in children <4 years of age |
| Lead - elevated blood levels | TULAREMIA |
| Legionellosis | TYPHOID FEVER |
| Leprosy (Hansen's disease) | UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE OF DISEASE OF |
| Listeriosis | PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN |
| Lyme disease | VACCINIA, DISEASE OR ADVERSE EVENT |
| Lymphogranuloma venereum | VIBRIO INFECTION |
| Malaria | VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER |
| YELLOW FEVER | |
| Yersiniosis |
# Physicians and directors of medical care facilities should report influenza by number of cases only (report total number per week and by type of influenza, if known).
~ A laboratory identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex shall submit a representative and viable sample of the initial culture to DCLS or other laboratory designated by the Board to receive such specimen.
Note: Cancers are also reportable. Contact the VDH Virginia Cancer Registry at (804) 864-7866 for information.
Revised October 24, 2007