DPH Infectious Diseases Branch

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

  1. Isolate/specimen submission to the State Public Health Laboratory required. See isolate/submission supplemental guidance by pathogen.
  2. Only laboratories with electronic file reporting are required to report positive results.
  3. Specify species/serogroup/serotype.
  4. 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.
  5. Report all C. difficile positive stool samples by electronic reporting or upon request from DPH.
  6. Report peak ALT and Total Bilirubin results if conducted within one week of HAV positive test, if available. Otherwise, check “Not Done.”
  7. Negative HBsAg and all anti-HBs results only reportable in children ≤ 2 years old.
  8. Report positive antibody, and all RNA and genotype results.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Report all IgM positive titers; only report IgG titers considered significant by the lab that performed the test.
  12. Report all bacterial isolates from blood or CSF from infants <3 days of age.
  13. Hospital laboratories and other providers with electronic reporting only.
  14. Report negative TP-PA/TPPA or FTA-ABS via electronic file.
  15. Call DPH: Weekdays (860) 509-7994 | Evenings, weekends, holidays (860) 509-8000

 

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Last updated 4/3/2025