Reportable Diseases A-Z:
Reportable Infectious Diseases
By law, a number of infectious diseases must be reported to the Minnesota Department of Health. The list below reflects the current reportable disease rule.
Additional information including: specifically what must be reported for each disease, criteria for reporting, clinical specimen submission guidelines, and any supplemental reporting that may be requested are available by clicking on the name of the disease.
[ Report Immediately by Telephone | Report Within One Working Day ]
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- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (via HIV reporting)
- Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica/dispar)
- Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)
- Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
- Arboviral disease
- Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)
- Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis)
- Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
- Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)
- Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.)
- Cat scratch disease (infection caused by Bartonella spp.)
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) (Sentinel surveillance)
- Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
- Chickenpox (via Varicella-zoster disease)
- Chlamydia trachomatis infection
- Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Congenital rubella syndrome (via Rubella)
- Cronobacter (Enterobacter) sakazakii
- Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium spp.)
- Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora spp.)
- Dengue virus infection
- Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
- Diphyllobothrium latum infection
- Eastern equine encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia spp.)
- Encephalitis
- Enteric E. coli infections
- Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia)
- Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
- Haemophilus influenzae disease
- Hansen’s disease (Leprosy) (Mycobacterium leprae)
- Hantavirus infection
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Hepatitis (all primary viral types including A, B, C, D, and E)
- Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection,
including Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Influenza
- Kawasaki disease
- Kingella spp.
- LaCrosse encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Legionellosis (Legionella spp.)
- Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) (Mycobacterium leprae)
- Leptospirosis (Leptospira interrogans)
- Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)
- Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)
- Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)
- Measles (rubeola)
- Meningitis (caused by viral agents)
- Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis)
- Mumps
- (Invasive) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Sentinel surveillance)
- Neonatal sepsis, less than 7 days after birth
- Orthopox virus
- Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis)
- Plague (Yersinia pestis)
- Poliomyelitis
- Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)
- Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
- Rabies
- Retrovirus infection
- Reye syndrome
- Rheumatic fever
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii, R. canada)
- Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome
- Salmonellosis, including typhoid (Salmonella spp.)
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Shigellosis (Shigella spp.)
- Shingles (via Varicella-zoster disease)
- Smallpox (variola)
- St. Louis encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Staphylococcus aureus (death or critical illness due to community associated S. aureus in a previously healthy individual; also VISA and VRSA)
- Streptococcal disease
- Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
- Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)
- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
- Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)
- Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
- Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
- Typhoid (via salmonellosis)
- Typhus (Rickettsia spp.)
- Unexplained deaths and unexplained critical illness (possibly due to infectious cause)
- Unusual or increased case incidence of any illness
- Vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA) (via Staphylococcus aureus)
- Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) (via Staphylococcus aureus)
- Varicella-zoster disease
- Vibrio spp.
- West Nile virus (via Arboviral disease)
- Western equine encephalitis (via Arboviral disease)
- Yellow fever
- Yersiniosis, enteric (Yersinia spp.)
