APPENDIX A
Communicable Diseases and Other Notifiable Conditions
CATEGORY I:
The following diseases are of urgent public health importance and shall be reported IMMEDIATELY by telephone or fax to the patient's local health officer upon identification of a case or suspected case. In addition to the immediate report, complete and mail an Acute and Communicable Diseases Case Report (DOH 4151) to the address on the form, or enter the data into the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System, within 24 hours. Public health intervention is expected as indicated. See s.
DHS 145.04 (3) (a).
Any illness caused by an agent that is foreign, exotic or unusual to Wisconsin, and that has public health implications4
Anthrax1,4,5
Botulism1,4
Botulism, infant1,2,4
Cholera1,3,4
Diphtheria1,3,4,5
Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease,(including epiglottitis)1,2,3,5
Hantavirus infection1,2,4,5
Hepatitis A1,2,3,4,5
Measles1,2,3,4,5
Meningococcal disease1,2,3,4,5
Outbreaks, foodborne or waterborne1,2,3,4
Outbreaks, suspected, of other acute or occupationally-related diseases
Pertussis (whooping cough)1,2,3,4,5
Plague1,4,5
Poliovirus infection (paralytic or nonparalytic)1,4,5
Rabies (human)1,4,5
Ricin toxin4,5
Rubella1,2,4,5
Rubella (congenital syndrome)1,2,5
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)1,2,3,4
Smallpox4,5
Tuberculosis1,2,3,4,5
Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infection1,4,5
Yellow fever1,4
CATEGORY II:
The following diseases shall be reported to the local health officer on an Acute and Communicable Disease Case Report (DOH 4151) or by other means or by entering the data into the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System within 72 hours of the identification of a case or suspected case. See s.
DHS 145.04 (3) (b).
Arboviral disease1,2,4
Babesiosis4,5
Blastomycosis5
Brucellosis1,4
Campylobacteriosis (campylobacter infection)3,4
Chancroid1,2
Chlamydia trachomatis infection2,4,5
Cryptosporidiosis1,2,3,4
Cyclosporiasis1,4,5
Ehrlichiosis (anaplasmosis)1,5
E. coli 0157:H7, other Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), enteropathogenic E. coli, enteroinvasive E. coli, and enterotoxigenic E. coli.1,2,3,4
Giardiasis3,4
Gonorrhea1,2,4,5
Hemolytic uremic syndrome1,2,4
Hepatitis B1,2,3,4,5
Hepatitis C1,2
Hepatitis D2,3,4,5
Hepatitis E3,4
Histoplasmosis5
Influenza-associated pediatric death1
Influenza A virus infection, novel subtypes
Kawasaki disease2
Legionellosis1,2,4
Leprosy (Hansen Disease)1,2,3,4,5
Leptospirosis4
Listeriosis2,4
Lyme disease1,2
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) infection4
Malaria1,2,4
Meningitis, bacterial (other than Haemophilus influenzae, meningococcal or streptococcal, which are reportable as distinct diseases)2
Mumps1,2,4,5
Mycobacterial disease (nontuberculous)
Psittacosis1,2,4
Pelvic inflammatory disease2
Q Fever4,5
Rheumatic fever (newly diagnosed and meeting the Jones criteria)5
Rocky Mountain spotted fever1,2,4,5
Salmonellosis1,3,4
Syphilis1,2,4,5
Shigellosis1,3,4
Streptococcal disease (all invasive disease caused by Groups A and B Streptococci)
Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease (invasive pneumococcal)1
Tetanus1,2,5
Toxic shock syndrome1,2
Toxic substance related diseases:
Infant methemoglobinemia
Lead intoxication (specify Pb levels)
Other metal and pesticide poisonings
Toxoplasmosis
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE, human)
Trichinosis1,2,4
Tularemia4
Typhoid fever1,2,3,4
Varicella (chickenpox)1,3,5
Vibriosis1,3,4
Yersiniosis3,4
