Infectious Disease Reporting and Data | Vermont Department of Health CLOSE Translations for you Infectious Disease Reporting and Data In this section: Electronic Case Reporting Lab Result Reporting Reportable Disease Data Reportable Disease Rule Vermont’s list of reportable diseases and the time frames in which they are required to be reported to the Health Department are specified in Vermont law (Reportable and Communicable Disease Rule) The Vermont Department of Health depends on reports of diseases and conditions of public health concern to protect the health of Vermont residents. Timely reporting ensures that cases of communicable disease can be investigated quickly so steps can be taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Organizations and professionals who know or suspect that a person has (or has died of) a disease dangerous to the public’s health are required to report to the Health Department. Health care providers and laboratories are required by law to notify the Health Department regarding patients with certain suspected or confirmed reportable diseases. Both laboratory confirmed and clinical diagnoses are reportable within 24 hours. Immediate reporting is essential for a limited number of conditions that require prompt public health follow-up (like measles and meningococcal disease), and for diseases that might indicate a bioterrorism incident. Important Links Looking for data by topic? Check out the A-Z Data Library How to report Reportable Diseases List Reportable Animal Diseases Reportable Disease Data Who Must Report According to the Rule, the following professionals are required to report suspected or confirmed cases of reportable diseases: Infection preventionists Health care providers Laboratory directors Nurses Nurse practitioners Physician assistants Physicians School health officials Administrators of long-term care and assisted living facilities Any other health care provider, as defined by 18 V.S.A  9402 Veterinarians (for reportable animal diseases) How To Report Call by phone for all immediately reportable findings. Phone: The Infectious Disease Program at 802-863-7240 or 1-800-640-4374 (within Vermont only) from 7:45 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. on business days. An epidemiologist is available 24/7 for immediately reportable diseases. For diseases reportable within 24 hours (non-immediate), report online or fax. Report online: Health care professionals can use a secure online report form for conditions that are not immediately notifiable. Do not use this form for immediately notifiable conditions or Lyme disease. Clinical information for cases of Lyme disease no longer needs to be reported to the Health Department; instead, laboratory evidence of infection is required to be counted in surveillance estimates in Vermont. Please see 2022 Health Advisory for more information. Fax: Health Care professionals can fax paper reports to the Epidemiology Program's confidential fax at 802-951-4061 for non-immediately reportable diseases. Reporting Laboratory Findings Use electronic laboratory reporting or for immediately reportable findings, call the Infectious Disease Program at 802-863-7240 or 1-800-640-4374 (VT only), available 24/7. If you have questions about how to send specimens to the VDHL, please call customer service at 802-338-4724. Reportable Diseases and Lab Findings Suspected and confirmed reportable diseases are required to be reported to the Health Department. ∗ Examples of institutions for influenza outbreak reports include long-term care facilities, schools, child care facilities, correctional facilities, shelters, camps, hospitals, and day care centers. Download a PDF of the Reportable Disease list Reportable Diseases, Syndromes, and Treatments Reportable Laboratory Findings Reporting Timeline Specimens Required to go to VDHL Anaplasmosis Anaplasma phagocytophilum Within 24 hours Anthrax Bacillus anthracis, bacillus cereus, biovar anthracis Immediately Yes Babesiosis Babesia microti, Babesia divergens, Babesia duncani Within 24 hours Blastomycosis Blastomyces species Within 24 hours Blood lead levels All results, including undetectable Within 24 hours Botulism Clostridium botulinum Immediately Yes Brucellosis Brucella species Immediately Yes Campylobacteriosis Campylobacter species Within 24 hours Yes Candida auris illness Candida auris Within 24 hours Yes Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infection/colonization Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), including susceptibility results Within 24 hours Yes Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infection/colonization Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), including susceptibility results Within 24 hours Yes Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) infection/colonization Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), including susceptibility results Within 24 hours Yes Chikungunya virus disease Chikungunya virus Within 24 hours Chlamydia trachomatis infection Chlamydia trachomatis Within 24 hours Cholera Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 or O139 Immediately Yes COVID-19 – positive results SARS-CoV-2 Within 24 hours COVID-19-related pediatric deaths SARS-CoV-2 Within 24 hours Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease/transmissible spongiform encephalopathies N/A Within 24 hours Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidium species Within 24 hours Yes Cyclosporiasis Cyclospora cayetanensis Within 24 hours Dengue Dengue virus Within 24 hours Diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae Immediately Yes Eastern equine encephalitis Eastern equine encephalitis virus Within 24 hours Yes Ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia ewingii, Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis Within 24 hours Encephalitis N/A Within 24 hours Glanders Burkholderia mallei Immediately Yes Gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae Within 24 hours Haemophilus influenzae disease, invasive Haemophilus influenzae, isolated from a normally sterile site, including susceptibility results Immediately Yes Hantavirus disease Hantaviruses Within 24 hours Yes Hard tick relapsing fever Borrelia miyamotoi Within 24 hours Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) N/A Within 24 hours Hepatitis A (acute) Hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV IgM) Immediately Hepatitis B Hepatitis B virus (HBsAg, anti-HBcIgM, HBeAg, HBV DNA) Within 24 hours Hepatitis B, positive surface antigen in a pregnant person Hepatitis B virus (HbsAg) Within 24 hours Hepatitis C Positive hepatitis C antibody results and all positive and non-detectable nucleic acid test results, including genotype Within 24 hours Hepatitis E Hepatitis E virus IgM anti-HEV) Within 24 hours Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) including the following: HIV viral load measurement, including non-detectable results All HIV subtype and HIV nucleotide sequence data from antiretroviral drug resistance testing Within 24 hours Infant botulism Clostridium botulinum Immediately Yes Influenza - only novel influenza A strains Only novel influenza A strains Immediately Yes - only novel influenza A Influenza-related pediatric deaths and institutional outbreaks N/A Within 24 hours Jamestown Canyon virus disease Jamestown Canyon virus Within 24 hours Yes La Crosse virus disease La Crosse virus Within 24 hours Yes Legionellosis Legionella species Within 24 hours Yes Leptospirosis Leptospira species Within 24 hours Yes Listeriosis Listeria monocytogenes Within 24 hours Yes Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia mayonii Within 24 hours Malaria Plasmodium species Within 24 hours Measles (Rubeola) Measles virus Immediately Melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei Immediately Yes Meningitis, bacterial Neisseria meningitidis isolated from a normally sterile site, including susceptibility results, Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from a normally sterile site, including susceptibility results, Haemophilus influenzae isolated from a normally sterile site, including susceptibility results Immediately Meningococcal disease Neisseria meningitidis, isolated from a normally sterile site, including susceptibility results Immediately Yes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) MERS CoV Immediately Yes Mpox (human monkeypox) MPXV Clade I and Clade II, non-variola Orthopoxvirus Within 24 hours Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) SARS-CoV-2 Within 24 hours Mumps Mumps virus Within 24 hours Pertussis (whooping cough) Bordetella pertussis Within 24 hours Plague Yersinia pestis Immediately Yes Poliovirus infection, including poliomyelitis Poliovirus Immediately Powassan virus disease Powassan virus Within 24 hours Yes Psittacosis Chlamydia psittaci Within 24 hours Q fever Coxiella burnetii Within 24 hours Yes Rabies, human and animal cases Rabies virus Immediately Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in humans Link to reporting form N/A Within 24 hours Reye syndrome N/A Within 24 hours Ricin toxicity Ricin toxin Within 24 hours Yes Rubella (German measles) Rubella virus Immediately Rubella, congenital rubella syndrome Rubella virus Within 24 hours Salmonella Paratyphi infection Salmonella enterica serotypes Paratyphi A, B [tartrate negative], and C [S. Paratyphi] Immediately Yes Salmonella Typhi infection Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi Immediately Yes Salmonellosis Salmonella species (non-Typhi) Within 24 hours Yes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) SARS-CoV/SARS-associated Immediately Yes Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) (including O157:H7) Within 24 hours Yes Shigellosis Shigella species Within 24 hours Yes Smallpox Variola virus Immediately Spotted fever group rickettsioses Rickettsia species Within 24 hours St. Louis encephalitis St. Louis encephalitis virus Within 24 hours Yes Streptococcal disease, group A, invasive Streptococcus pyogenes (group A), isolated from a normally sterile site Within 24 hours Yes Streptococcal disease, group B invasive (infants less than one month of age) Streptococcus agalactiae (group B), isolated from a normally sterile site (infants less than one month of age) Within 24 hours Streptococcus pneumoniae disease, invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae , isolated from a normally sterile site, including susceptibility results Within 24 hours Syphilis Treponema pallidum and all confirmatory tests for syphilis that result from an initial positive screening test, regardless of result (positive and negative) Within 24 hours Tetanus Clostridium tetani Within 24 hours Toxic shock syndrome N/A Within 24 hours Trichinellosis Trichinella species Within 24 hours Tuberculosis disease Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including susceptibility results, interferon gamma release assay (IGRA), tuberculin skin test (TST) Immediately Yes, MTB complex only (IGRAs and TSTs are not required to be sent) Tuberculosis infection, latent Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA), tuberculin skin test (TST) Within 24 hours Tularemia Francisella tularensis Immediately Yes Vaccinia (disease or adverse event) Vaccinia virus Within 24 hours Varicella (chickenpox only) Varicella virus Within 24 hours Vibriosis Vibrio species Within 24 hours Yes VRSA, VISA infection Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin resistant (VRSA) and vancomycin intermediate (VISA), including susceptibility results Within 24 hours Yes West Nile virus illness West Nile virus Within 24 hours Yes Yellow fever Yellow fever virus Within 24 hours Yersiniosis Yersinia enterocolitica Within 24 hours Yes Zika virus disease and infection Zika virus Within 24 hours Reportable Animal Diseases The list below shows reportable animal diseases to the Department of Health. Other diseases may be reportable to the Agency of Agriculture Reportable Animal Diseases Reporting Timeline Anthrax within 24 hours Arboviral: eastern equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, West Nile virus within 24 hours Avian Chlamydiosis ( Psittacosis , Ornithosis) within 24 hours Brucellosis Brucella species) within 24 hours Glanders Burkholderia mallei within 24 hours Hantavirus within 24 hours Hendra virus within 24 hours Highly pathogenic avian influenza within 24 hours Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex within 24 hours Nipah virus within 24 hours Non-Variola Orthopoxvirus (mpox) within 24 hours Plague Yersinia pestis within 24 hours Q Fever Coxiella burnetti within 24 hours Rabies within 24 hours SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection within 24 hours Tularemia Francisella tularensis within 24 hours Typhus fever ( Rickettsia prowazekii within 24 hours Cryptosporidiosis within 24 hours Electronic Case Reporting Electronic case reporting (eCR) automatically generates and transmits case reports in near real-time from electronic... 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