Disease Reporting

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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.

NOTE: For reporting cases of Tuberculosis please use the Tuberculosis Infection and Disease Form and fax it to the TB Clinic at 316-267-2583.

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
1530 S. Oliver, Suite 270
Wichita, KS 67218

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

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

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)
Influenza deaths in children <18 years of age
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
Streptococcal invasive, drug-resistant disease from Group A from Streptococcus or Streptococcus pneumoniae
Syphilis, including congenital syphilis
Tetanus
Toxic shock syndrome, streptococcal and staphylococcal
Transmissible Spongioform Encephalopathy (TSE) or prion disease
(includes CJD)
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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REPORTABLE DISEASES IN KANSAS for health care providers, hospitals, and laboratories

REPORTABLE DISEASES IN KANSAS
for health care providers, hospitals, and laboratories