Reporting Legionellosis 
(Legionella spp.)

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What to report
How to report
Submitting clinical materials 
Who is required to report
More about infectious disease reporting

What to report

Legionellosis (Legionella spp.) must be reported to MDH within one working day (24 hours of the first positive Legionella spp. test result).

• Legionellosis includes Legionnaire’s Disease and Pontiac Fever.
• Report all cases with positive Legionella spp. test results, including urine antigen, culture, paired serology, direct specimen DFA and direct specimen PCR.

Case definition

• CDC: Legionellosis Case Definitions
  Case definition from CDC's National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS) for Legionellosis. 

How to report Legionellosis

• Legionellosis Case Report Form 
  This form is used to report Legionellosis (Legionella spp.) to the Minnesota Department of Health.
   
• Phone
  Any reportable infectious disease may be reported by phone to 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414.

Submitting clinical materials

For Legionellosis, submission of clinical materials (Legionella isolate, if available) to MDH is required by rule.

• Clinical Materials 
  Clinical materials must be submitted according to these guidelines.

Who is required to report

• Health care practitioners (health care facilities, medical laboratories, and in certain circumstances veterinarians and veterinary medical laboratories) are required to report disease to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) under Minnesota state law.
  • Unless previously reported, every licensed health care provider who provides care to any patient who has, is suspected of having, or has died from a reportable disease is required to report.
• Any person in charge of any institution, school, child care facility, or camp is also required to report disease to MDH.
   
• Persons Required to Report Disease
  More information about who is required to report disease.

More about infectious disease reporting

• Infectious Disease Reporting
  Find out which infectious diseases must be reported by law in Minnesota, who is required to report diseases, how each disease can be reported, and download the appropriate forms.