Reportable Diseases

ALLEGHENY COUNTY / STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
REPORTABLE DISEASES
The following is a list of diseases that are reportable by law to the Allegheny County Health Department and/or the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Please call the Infection Control Department (412/692-2566) as soon as possible if any of the patients on your units have one of these conditions or MIGHT HAVE ONE. DO NOT WAIT TO CONFIRM THE DIAGNOSIS BEFORE CALLING. The Infection Control Department will then do the necessary reporting. Thank you.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Granuloma Inguinale Pertussis
Amebiasis Group A Strep, invasive Plague**
Animal bites** Guillain-Barre Syndrome Polio**
Anthrax** Haemophilus Influenzae, invasive** Psittacosis (Ornithosis)
An unusual cluster of isolates Hantavirus** Rabies (Human)**
Arboviruses** Hemorrhagic Fever** Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Botulism** Hepatitis, viral acute and chronic Rickettsial Disease
Brucellosis Histoplasmosis Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Campylobacter Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Salmonellosis
Cancer Influenza Shigellosis
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning** Lead Poisoning** Smallpox**
Chancroid Legionnellosis** Staph Aureus, invasive (Vancomycin resistant or intermediate)
Chlamydia trachomatis Leprosy Strep Pneumoniae, invasive (Drug resistant)
Cholera** Leptospirosis Syphilis, all stages
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Listeriosis Tetanus
Cryptosporidiosis Lyme disease Toxic Shock Syndrome
Diptheria** Lymphogranuloma Venereum Toxoplasmosis
E. Coli 0157:H7 infections** Malaria Trichinosis
Encephalitis Measles** Tuberculosis
Food poisoning** Meningitis, all types Tularemia
Giardiasis Meningococcal Disease** Typhoid**
Gonococcal infections Mumps Varicella (Chicken pox) laboratory confirmed

**Must be reported within 24 hours

Richard L. Simmons, M.D.
Medical Director, UPMC Health Systems
(412) 648-1936
(412) 648-2045 fax
simmonsrl@upmc.edu