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Infectious Disease Reporting

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  • Reportable Diseases
  • Methods of Reporting
    • Report Immediately by Telephone
    • Phone Reporting
    • Report Forms
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  • Annual Summary of Disease Activity
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Infectious Disease Reporting

  • Infectious Disease Reporting Home
  • Reportable Diseases
  • Methods of Reporting
    • Report Immediately by Telephone
    • Phone Reporting
    • Report Forms
    • Order Reporting Forms
  • Persons Required to Report
  • Submitting Clinical Materials
  • Reporting Rule

Related Topics

  • Annual Summary of Disease Activity
  • Minnesota Electronic Disease Surveillance System (MEDSS)
  • Reporting Blood Lead Test Results
Contact Info
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Report Immediately by Telephone: 
"24-7" Reporting

Certain infectious diseases with particularly critical public health significance are reportable immediately by phone to the Minnesota Department of Health.

For diseases that require immediate reporting a member of the Minnesota Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control staff is available for disease consultation and reporting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at: 
651-201-5414 or 1-877-676-5414.

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How to report "24-7" 
What to report "24-7" 

How to report "24-7"

  • For diseases that require immediate reporting call 651-201-5414 or 1-877-676-5414. 
     
  • A member of the Minnesota Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control staff is available for disease consultation and reporting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
     
  • Please be prepared with as much of the following information as is known:
    • disease (whether a case, suspected case, carrier, or death)
    • date of first symptoms
    • primary signs and symptoms
    • patient name, birthdate, gender, ethnic and racial origin, residence address (including city, county, and zip code), telephone number, place of work/school/child care
    • date of report
    • health care practitioner name, address, and telephone number
    • name of hospital (if any)
    • name of person reporting (if not health care practitioner)
    • diagnostic laboratory findings and dates of tests
    • name and locating information of contacts (if any)
    • vaccination history for the disease reported
    • pregnancy status and expected date of delivery, if the infection can be transmitted during pregnancy or delivery
    • other information pertinent to the case

What to report "24-7"

Additional information is available for each disease including criteria for reporting, clinical specimen submission guidelines, and any supplemental reporting that may be requested.

  • Acanthamoeba spp. (via free-living amebic infection)
  • Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
  • Bacterial Meningitis and Invasive Disease (via Meningococcal Disease (Neisseria meningitidis))
  • Balamuthia spp. (via free-living amebic infection)
  • Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
  • Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, Brucella canis, Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis)
  • Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
  • Congenital rubella syndrome (via Rubella)
  • Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
  • Ebola virus disease (via viral hemorrhagic fever)
  • Free-living amebic infection
  • Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Lassa fever (via viral hemorrhagic fever)
  • Measles (rubeola)
  • Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
  • Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis)
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  • Naegleria fowleri (via free-living amebic infection)
  • Orthopox virus
  • Plague (Yersinia pestis)
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
  • Rabies
  • Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome
  • Sappinia spp. (via free-living amebic infection) 
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  • Smallpox (variola)
  • Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
  • Viral hemorrhagic fever 
     
  • Unusual or increased case incidence of any illness
     
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Last Updated: 12/05/2024

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