Report a Disease

May 22nd, 2015 | by: Webmaster | Category: Disease Control

For Healthcare Providers Only

KERN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT
1800 Mt. Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93306

CONFIDENTIAL MORBIDITY REPORT (CMR)

Interested in reporting electronically through the CalREDIE Provider Portal? Call (661) 321-3000.

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTING

Title 17, California Code of Regulations, §2500, requires that known or suspected cases of any of the diseases listed below are to be reported to the local health jurisdiction within the specified time frame:

REPORT IMMEDIATELY BY PHONE

During Business Hours: (661) 321-3000
After Hours: (661) 324-6551 (Ask for Public Health On-Call Staff)

Anthrax

Botulism (Specify Infant, Foodborne, Wound, Other)

Brucellosis, Human

Cholera

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

Dengue Virus Infection

Diphtheria

Domonic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)

Escherichia coli: Shiga Toxin producing (STEC), including E. coli O157:H7

Flavivirus Infection of Undetermined Species

Foodborne Disease (2 or More Cases)

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Influenza, Novel Strains, Human

Measles (Rubeola)

Meningococcal Infections

Novel Virus Infection with Pandemic Potential

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

Plague (Specify Human or Animal)

Rabies (Specify Human or Animal)

Scrombroid Fish Poisoning

Shiga Toxin (Detected in Feces)

Smallpox (Variola)

Tularemia, human

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa, and Marburg Viruses)

Yellow Fever

Zika Virus Infection

Immediately report occurrence of any unusual disease OR outbreaks of any disease.

REPORT WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY

Phone: (661) 321-3000 Fax: (661) 868-0261
Mail: 1800 Mt Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93306
Electronically via the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE)

Amebiasis

Babesiosis

Campylobacteriosis

Chickenpox (Outbreak, Hospitalization and Death)

Cryptosporidiosis

Encephalitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic)

Foodborne Disease (Individual Case)

Giardiasis

Haemophilus Influenzae Invasive Disease, all serotypes (Cases <5 Years of Age)

Hantavirus Infection

Hepatitis A, Acute Infection

Listeriosis

Malaria

Meningitis (Specify Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic)

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Poliovirus Infection

Psittacosis

Q Fever

Relapsing Fever

Salmonellosis (Other than Typhoid Fever)

Shigellosis

Streptococcal Infections (Outbreaks and Individual Cases in Food Handlers and Dairy Workers)

Syphilis

Trichinosis

Tuberculosis (TB)

Typhoid Fever (Case or Carrier)

Vibrio Infections

West Nile Virus Infection

Yersiniosis

REPORT BY PHONE, FAX, OR MAIL WITHIN SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS

Phone: (661) 321-3000 Fax: (661) 868-0261
Mail: 1800 Mt Vernon Ave, Bakersfield CA 93306
Electronically via the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE)

Anaplasmosis

Brucellosis, Animal (except Brucella canis)

Chancroid

Chlamydia trachomatis (including Lymphogranuloma Venereum)

Coccidioidomycosis

Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) and Other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE)

Cyclosporiasis

Cysticercosis or Taeniasis

Ehrlichiosis

Gonococcal Infection

Hepatitis B (Specify Acute or Chronic)

Hepatitis C (Specify Acute or Chronic)

Hepatitis D (Delta) (Specify Acute or Chronic)

Hepatitis E, Acute Infection

Influenza (Deaths <65 Years of Age)

Legionellosis

Leprosy (Hansen Disease)

Leptospirosis

Lyme Disease

Mumps

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Deaths <5 Years of Age)

Rickettsial Diseases (non-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), Including Typhus and Typhus-like Illness

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rubella (German Measles)

Rubella Syndrome, Congenital

Tetanus

Tularemia, Animal

REPORT WITHIN SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS BY TRACEABLE MAIL OR PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATOR PICKUP

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Stage 3 (AIDS)