Infectious Disease Reporting

By law, a number of infectious diseases must be reported to the Minnesota Department of Health.

• Reportable Diseases
  Alphabetical listing of reportable communicable diseases and information on what is required for reporting each specific disease.
  Reportable Diseases A-Z | Report Immediately by Telephone | Report Within One Working Day


• Persons Required to Report Disease
  Information on who is required to report disease to the Minnesota Department of Health.
  
  
• Chronic Infections in Pregnant Patients
  Pregnancy in a person chronically infected with certain perinatally transmissible diseases should be reported.
  
  
• Clinical Materials
  Submitting an isolate for a reportable disease to the Minnesota Department of Health.
  
  
• Methods of Reporting Disease
  Downloadable reporting forms, and instructions for reporting via various methods.
  "24-7" Phone Reporting | Phone Reporting | Yellow Card | STD Confidential Case Report | HIV/AIDS Reporting Form | ABCs Case Report Form | Blastomycosis Report Forms | Neonatal Sepsis Surveillance Forms | S. aureus Infection Case Report Form | Toxic Shock Syndrome Case Report Form | VISA/VRSA Case Report Form | Order More


• Reportable Disease Rule
  Information about the Communicable Disease Reporting Rules and communicable disease reporting and HIPAA.
  Communicable disease rules | HIPAA and disease reporting


• Reportable Disease Poster
  Download a copy of Minnesota's reportable disease poster.
  
  
• Electronic Disease Reporting
  
  

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