County of Orange Health Care Agency Public Health Services

Revised 6/16
REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS
Required under Title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR), 2500

Report the following diseases/conditions, including suspected cases, to OCHCA Epidemiology

Epidemiology using the specified method and time frame. P.O. Box 6128, Santa Ana, CA 92706-0128
IMMEDIATELY by telephone. Telephone: (714) 834-8180
Within ONE (1) WORKING DAY of identification by telephone, fax, or mail.
Fax: (714) 564-4050
Within SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS of identification by telephone, fax, or mail.
For urgent reports on holidays, weekends, or after regular
IMMEDIATELY when two (2) or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne illness from work hours, contact the public health official on call at
separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness.
(714) 628-7008.

NOTE: Cases of reportable diseases that are suspected on clinical grounds should be reported prior to laboratory confirmation. Examples: tuberculosis, pertussis, measles.

Amebiasis Leptospirosis
Anaplasmosis Listeriosis
Anthrax, human or animal Lyme disease
Babesiosis Malaria
Botulism (infant, foodborne, wound, other) Measles (Rubeola)
Brucellosis, human (all) or animal (except B. canis) Meningitisspecify etiology (viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic)
Campylobacteriosis Meningococcal infections
Chancroid Mumps
Chickenpox (varicella) (outbreaks, hospitalizations and deaths) Outbreaks of any disease, including those not on this list
Chikungunya virus infection Novel virus infection with pandemic potential
Chlamydia trachomatis infections, including lymphogranuloma Paralytic shellfish poisoning
venereum (LGV) Pertussis (whooping cough)
Cholera Plague, human or animal
Ciguatera fish poisoning Pneumococcal disease, invasive, 0-18 years old (at the request of
Coccidioidomycosis the local health officer)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and other transmissible Poliovirus infection
spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) Psittacosis
Cryptosporidiosis Q Fever
Cyclosporiasis Rabies, human or animal
Cysticercosis or taeniasis Relapsing fever
Dengue virus infection Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (only report a death in a person
Diphtheria under 5 years of age)
Domoic acid poisoning (amnesic shellfish poisoning) Rickettsial diseases (non-Rocky Mountain spotted fever),
Encephalitisspecify etiology (viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic) including typhus and typhus-like Illnesses
Escherichia coli: shiga toxin producing (STEC) including E. coli Rocky Mountain spotted fever
O157 Rubella (German measles)
Ehrlichiosis Rubella syndrome, congenital
Flavivirus infection of undetermined species Salmonellosis (other than typhoid fever)
Foodborne disease Scombroid fish poisoning
Giardiasis Shiga toxin (detected in feces)
Gonococcal infections Shigellosis
Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease all serotypes (persons Smallpox (variola)
under 5 years of age) Streptococcal infections (outbreaks of any type; individual cases
Hantavirus infections in food handlers and dairy workers only)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome Syphilis
Hepatitis A, acute infection Tetanus
Hepatitis B (specify acute case or chronic) Trichinosis
Hepatitis C (specify acute case or chronic) Tuberculosis (including suspected cases)
Hepatitis D (Delta) (specify acute case or chronic) Tularemia, human or animal
Hepatitis E, acute infection Typhoid fever, cases and carriers
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection stage 3 (AIDS) Unusual diseases
[See HIV Reporting box] Vibrio infections
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) acute infection [See HIV Viral hemorrhagic fevers, human or animal (e.g., Crimean-Congo,
Reporting box] Ebola, Lassa, and Marburg viruses)
Influenza deaths (persons under 65 years of age) West Nile virus infection
Influenza, novel strains (human) Yellow fever
Legionellosis Yersiniosis
Leprosy (Hansens disease) Zika virus infection

Reportable Non-Communicable Diseases/Conditions: Disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness, Alzheimers Disease, or other conditions that may impair the ability to
operate a motor vehicle safely (H&SC 103900); Pesticide-related illness or injury (known or suspected cases; H&SC 105200); Cancer (H&SC 103875): see the Reporting
Diseases/Reporting Other Than Communicable Diseases page at http://ochealthinfo.com/phs/about/dcepi/epi/physprov/other.

HIV Reporting: DO NOT FAX REPORTS. HIV infection is reportable by traceable mail or person-to-person transfer within seven (7) calendar days by completion
of the HIV/AIDS Case Report Form (CDPH 8641A). For HIV-specific reporting requirements, see Title 17, CCR, 2641.5-2643.2 and
https://archive.cdph.ca.gov/programs/aids/Pages/tOAHIVRptgSP.aspx.