Sedgwick County, Kansas Health Department
Communicable Disease Reporting in Sedgwick County

Notifiable diseases can now be submitted electronically to Sedgwick County's Epidemiology Section via our online secure report form.  No information is transmitted via e-mail when using the online submission form and information transmitted is encrypted using VeriSign technology.  Information submitted IS NOT stored on the host server.

Reports can be made by any of the following methods:

• The Epidemiology section has established a hotline where a duty officer is available 24 hours 7 days a week to take calls from health care providers. The telephone number for hotline is 316-660-5555.
   

• The Epidemiology section has a dedicated fax line for receiving disease reports. Please use 316-660-5550 to fax reports.
   

• Electronically via our online secure report form. No information is transmitted via e-mail when using the online submission form and information transmitted is encrypted for security.
   

• Reports can also be sent by snail mail by using following address:

  Epidemiology Section
  Sedgwick County Health Department
  1900 East Ninth Street
  Wichita, KS 67214

If you have any questions or concerns regarding disease reporting please call epidemiology section’s hotline 316-660-5555 or send e-mail to epidemiology section at diseasereport@sedgwick.gov.

Kansas Notifiable Disease Form Adobe Acrobat Reader Required

2006 REPORTABLE DISEASES IN KANSAS
for health care providers, hospitals, and laboratories
(K.S.A. 65-118, 65-128, 65-6001 through 65-6007, K.A.R. 28-1-2, 28-1-4, and 28-1-18  Changes effective as of 4/28/06)

Bold -- Telephone report within four hours of suspect or confirmed cases to KDHE toll free at 1-877-427-7317.

Isolates must be sent to:

Division of Health and Environmental Laboratories
Forbes Field, Building #740
Topeka, KS 66620-0001
Phone: (785) 296-1636

DISEASES REQUIRING SPECIAL ATTENTION

Anthrax Botulism Cholera Measles (rubeola) Meningitis, bacterial Meningococcemia Mumps Pertussis (whooping cough) Plague Poliomyelitis Q Fever Rabies, human and animal Rubella, including congenital rubella syndrome

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Smallpox Spongioform encephalopathy (STE) or prion disease (includes vCJD) Tuberculosis, active disease Viral hemorrhagic fever Escherichia coli O157:H7 (and other enterohemorrhagic, enteropathogenic and enteroinvasive E. coli) Salmonellosis, including typhoid fever Shigellosis Streptococcal invasive disease, Group A from Streptococcus or Streptococcus pneumoniae

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Amebiasis Anthrax Arboviral disease (including West Nile virus, Western Equine encephalitis (WEE) and St. Louis encephalitis (SLE)) - indicate virus whenever possible Botulism Brucellosis Campylobacter infections Chancroid Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection Cholera Cryptosporidiosis Cyclospora infection Diphtheria Ehrlichiosis Escherichia coli O157:H7      (and other shiga-toxin producing E. coli, also known as STEC) Giardiasis Gonorrhea Haemophilus influenza, invasive disease Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Hemolytic uremic syndrome, postdiarrheal Hepatitis, viral (acute and chronic) Hepatitis B during pregnancy Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (includes Viral Load Tests) Legionellosis Leprosy (Hansen disease) Listeriosis Lyme disease

Malaria Measles (rubeola) Meningitis, bacterial Meningococcemia Mumps Pertussis (whooping cough) Plague Poliomyelitis Psittacosis Q Fever Rabies, human and animal Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rubella, including congenital rubella syndrome Salmonellosis, including typhoid fever Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Shigellosis Smallpox Spongioform encephalopathy (STE) or prion disease (includes vCJD) Streptococcal invasive, drug-resistant disease from Group A from Streptococcus or Streptococcus pneumoniae Syphilis, including congenital syphilis Tetanus Toxic shock syndrome, streptococcal and staphylococcal Trichinosis Tuberculosis, active disease Tuberculosis, latent infection Tularemia Varicella (chickenpox) Viral hemorrhagic fever Yellow fever

In addition, laboratories must report:

• Viral load results of reportable diseases
• ALL blood lead levels, as of 12/2002 (KCLPPP)
• CD4+ T-lymphocyte count < 500/ µl or CD4+ T-lymphocytes <29% of total lymphocytes

Outbreaks, unusual occurrence of any disease, exotic or newly recognized diseases, and suspect acts of terrorism should be reported within 4 hours by telephone to the Epidemiology Hotline: 1-877-427-7317

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