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REPORT IMMEDIATELY
To Report Immediately | Call: District Health Office or 1-866-PUB-HLTH (1-866-782-4584)
- all outbreaks/clusters (including infectious and non-infectious causes, toxic substance and drug-related, and any other outbreak)
- unusual occurrence of disease of public health concern*
- all acute arboviral infections
- California serogroup viruses (California encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon, Keystone, La Crosse, snowshoe hare, trivitattus)
- chikungunya virus
- dengue virus
- equine encephalitis viruses (eastern, venezuelan, western)
- powassan virus
- St. Louis encephalitis virus
- yellow fever virus
- Zika virus
- amebic (free living) infections (Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, Sappinia spp., etc)
- animal bites
- > anthrax
- > botulism
- > brucellosis (Brucella spp. including B. abortus, B. canis, B. melitensis, B. suis)
- cholera (toxigenic Vibrio cholerae)
- diphtheria
- Haemophilus influenzae, invasive infections**
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
- hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
- hepatitis A***
- reactive anti-HAV IgM
- measles (rubeola)
- > melioidosis
- meningitis (specify agent when reporting)
- meningococcal disease, invasive infections**
- novel influenza A virus infections
- novel respiratory virus infections (SARS, MERS, etc.)
- > orthopoxvirus infections (i.e., smallpox, mpox)
- pertussis
- > plague
- poliomyelitis
- > Q fever
- rabies (human and animal infections)
- SARS-CoV-2 infections (COVID-19)
- positive results (excluding antibody and at-home tests)
- Staphylococcus aureus infections with vancomycin MIC ≥ 4 mcg / mL
- Shiga-toxin producing E. coli infections (including O157)
- syphilis
- positive non-treponemal or treponemal test
- during pregnancy
- congenital
- tuberculosis (TB)
- confirmed or suspect, any age
- latent TB infection (LTBI) in children < 6 years old
- > tularemia
- > viral hemorrhagic fevers
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REPORT WITHIN 7 DAYS
- acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)
- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)#
- anaplasmosis
- aseptic meningitis
- babesiosis
- blood lead levels
- campylobacteriosis
- Candida auris infections
- carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infections
- Enterobacter spp.
- Escherichia coli
- Klebsiella spp.
- chancroid
- Chlamydia trachomatis (genital infection)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), confirmed and suspected cases < 55 years old
- cryptosporidiosis
- cyclosporiasis
- ehrlichiosis
- giardiasis
- gonorrhea
- hearing loss (confirmed or suspected permanent, <6 years old)##
- hepatitis B (acute and chronic)***
- reactive HBsAg and all associated HBV lab markers (HBV DNA, anti-HBc IgM, total anti-HBc, anti-HBe, HBeAg, anti-HBs)
- detected HBV DNA and all associated HBV lab markers (HBsAg anti-HBc IgM, total anti-HBc, anti-HBe, HBeAg, anti-HBs)
- undetectable HBV DNA
- HBsAg reactive pregnant women
- perinatal HBV exposures
- all HBsAg and anti-HBs (positive, negative, indeterminate) for children ≤ 2 years old
- hepatitis C (acute and chronic)***
- reactive anti-HCV (both serology and point-of-care rapid testing)
- HCV RNA by PCR (both detected and undetected)
- detected HCV genotype
- anti-HCV reactive or HCV RNA detected pregnant women
- perinatal HCV exposures
- all (positive, negative, indeterminate) anti-HCV and HCV RNA by PCR for children ≤ 3 years of age
- hepatitis D (acute and chronic)
- hepatitis E (acute)
- HIV infection#
- - Infection, any stage OR progression to stage 3 (AIDS)
- - Perinatal HIV exposure
- influenza, RSV, or COVID-19-associated death (all ages)
- legionellosis
- leprosy (Hansen’s disease) (Mycobacterium leprae)
- leptospirosis
- listeriosis****
- Lyme disease
- lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
- malaria
- maternal death (during pregnancy or within 1 year of end of pregnancy)###
- multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
- mumps
- psittacosis
- rubella (including congenital)
- salmonellosis (including typhoid fever)
- shigellosis
- Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis (Rickettsia spp.)
- streptococcal disease, group A or B (invasive)**
- Streptococcus pneumoniae infection (invasive)**
- report with antibiotic-resistance information
- tetanus
- toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
- varicella (chickenpox)
- vibriosis (Vibrio spp.)
- yersiniosis
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REPORT WITHIN 14 DAYS
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). Information for reporting NAS is available at dph.georgia.gov/nas.
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REPORT WITHIN 1 MONTH
- Birth Defects, including fetal deaths of at least 20 weeks gestational age and children < 6 years old. Information for reporting birth defects available at dph.georgia.gov/birth-defects-reporting.
- Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs). For facilities required to report HAI data to CMS via NHSN. Report in accordance with the NHSN protocol. Reporting requirements and information available at https://dph.georgia.gov/epidemiology/healthcare-associated-infections/nhsn-notifiable-reporting.
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REPORT WITHIN 6 MONTHS
- Benign brain and central nervous system tumors
- Cancer
Report forms and reporting information for tumors and cancer is available at dph.georgia.gov/chronic-disease-prevention/georgia-comprehensive-cancer-registry/reporting-cancer.
JUST TEST NDC
All Georgia physicians, laboratories, and other health care providers are required by law to report patients with the following conditions.
REPORT CASES ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE STATE ELECTRONIC NOTIFIABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AT sendss.state.ga.us
FOOTNOTES
> Potential agent of bioterrorism.
*To be determined in consultation with DPH Epidemiology. Based on public health impact potential. Ultimate decision made by State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist.
** Invasive = isolated from blood, bone, CSF, joint, pericardial, peritoneal, or pleural fluid.
*** ALT and total bilirubin associated with hepatitis A, B, or C serology should be reported
**** L. monocytogenes resulting in infant mortality is reportable to Vital Records.
REPORTING FOR OTHER CONDITIONS
# Report forms and reporting requirements available at dph.georgia.gov/epidemiology/georgias-hivaids-epidemiology-section/hivaids-case-reporting
## Hearing loss case report form is available at dph.georgia.gov/EHDI.
### Reporting information for maternal deaths is available at dph.georgia.gov/maternal-mortality