
Laboratory Reportable Diseases
Report electronically or Fax OL-15C to (860) 920-3131.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Lead poisoning (10) |
Babesia | Legionella (1) |
Blastomyces | Listeria monocytogenes (1) |
Bordetella pertussis (1) | Mercury poisoning |
Borrelia burgdorferi (2) | Monkeypox |
Borrelia mayonii | Mumps (11) |
Borrelia miyamotoi | Mycobacterium leprae |
California group virus (3) | Mycobacterium tuberculosis (1) |
Campylobacter (1,3) | Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
Candida spp (1,3) | Neisseria meningitidis, invasive (1,4) |
Candida auris (1) | Neonatal bacterial sepsis (3,12) |
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) (1,4) | Oropouche virus |
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) (1,3,4) | Plasmodium (1,3) |
Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) (1,4) | Poliovirus |
Carboxyhemoglobin > 5% (2) | Powassan virus |
Chikungunya virus | Rabies virus |
Chlamydia trachomatis | Respiratory syncytial virus |
Clostridium difficile (5) | Rickettsia akari |
Corynebacterium diphtheria (1) | Rickettsia parkeri |
Cronobacter in infants <1 year (1,3) | Rickettsia rickettsii |
Cryptosporidium (3) | Rickettsia rickettsii (sub-spp californica) |
Cyclospora (1,3) | Rubella virus (11) |
Dengue virus | Rubeola virus (11) |
Eastern equine encephalitis virus | Salmonella (1,3) |
Ehrlichia chaffeensis | SARS-CoV (1) |
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli | SARS-CoV-2 (13) |
Escherichia coli O157 (1) | Shiga toxin (1) |
Escherichia coli, invasive (1,4) | Shigella (1,3) |
Giardia (3) | Staphylococcus aureus, invasive (4) |
Group A Streptococcus, invasive (1,4) | Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin MIC ≥ 4 µg/mL (1) |
Group B Streptococcus, invasive (1,4) | Staphylococcus epidermidis, vancomycin MIC ≥ 32 µg/mL (1) |
Haemophilus ducreyi | Streptococcus pneumoniae (1,4) |
Haemophilus influenzae, invasive (1,4) | Treponema pallidum (14) |
Hepatitis A (6) | Trichinella |
Hepatitis B (2,7) | Varicella-zoster virus |
Hepatitis C (8) | Vibrio (1,3) |
Herpes simplex virus | West Nile virus |
Histoplasma capsulatum | Yellow fever virus |
HIV (9) | Yersinia (3) |
HPV (1) | Zika virus |
Influenza virus (2) |
Bioterrorism Agents (15)
Bacillus anthracis (1) | Ricin |
Brucella spp (1) | Staphylococcus aureus-enterotoxin B |
Burkholderia mallei (1) | Variola virus (1) |
Burkholderia pseudomallei (1) | Viral agents of hemorrhagic fevers |
Clostridium botulinum | Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus |
Coxiella burnetii | Yersinia pestis (1) |
Francisella tularensis |
OL-15C Footnotes
- Isolate/specimen submission to the State Public Health Laboratory required. See isolate/submission supplemental guidance by pathogen.
- Only laboratories with electronic file reporting are required to report positive results.
- Specify species/serogroup/serotype.
- Sterile site: sterile uids (blood, CSF, pericardial, pleural, peritoneal, joint, or vitreous), bone, internal body site (lymphnode, brain, heart, liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, or ovary), or other normally sterile site including muscle. For CRE, CRAB, and CRPA also include urine or sputum; for CRAB and CRPA, also include wounds.
- Report all C. difficile positive stool samples by electronic reporting or upon request from DPH.
- Report peak ALT and Total Bilirubin results if conducted within one week of HAV positive test, if available. Otherwise, check “Not Done.”
- Negative HBsAg and all anti-HBs results only reportable in children ≤ 2 years old.
- Report positive antibody, and all RNA and genotype results.
- Report all HIV antibody, antigen, viral load, and qualitative NAAT results. Negative HIV 1/2 Ab/Ag, HIV genotype (DNA sequence) and all CD4 results are only reportable by electronic file reporting.
- Report results >3.5 μg/dL within 48 hours to the Local Health Department and DPH; submit ALL lead results at least monthly to DPH only. Electronic reporting prefered.
- Report all IgM positive titers; only report IgG titers considered significant by the lab that performed the test.
- Report all bacterial isolates from blood or CSF from infants <3 days of age.
- Hospital laboratories and other providers with electronic reporting only.
- Report negative TP-PA/TPPA or FTA-ABS via electronic file.
- Call DPH: Weekdays (860) 509-7994 | Evenings, weekends, holidays (860) 509-8000
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Last updated 4/3/2025