All Delaware physicians, laboratories, and other health care providers are required by regulations to report patients with the following conditions to the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Both lab-confirmed and clinical diagnoses are reportable within the time interval specified below. Reporting enables appropriate public health follow-up for your patients, helps identify outbreaks, and provides a better understanding of disease trends in Delaware. Follow this link to find out more information about Meaningful Use in Delaware.
How to Report
- Complete a Notifiable Disease Report PDF Form.
- Email the form to the secure email reportdisease@delaware.gov.
- If you are unable to email, you can fax the Disease Report Form page to the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Fax 302-622-4149.
- If you do not have the ability to fax, mail to the Division of Public Health.
- For rapidly reportable conditions, as indicated with a (T) in the list below, immediately contact the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the 24/7 Emergency Contact Number 1-888-295-5156.
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 302-744-4990.
What to Report
- Name
- Race
- Ethnicity
- Sex
- Phone
- Birth date
- Address
- Zip Code
- School or Type and Place of Employment
- Condition or Disease
- Date of Onset
- Laboratory data
- Hospital
- Remarks
- Physician’s Name
- Phone
- Address
- Date
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
- AIDS / HIV Stage III (S)
- Acute flaccid myelitis
- Alpha gal syndrome
- Amebiasis
- Anaplasmosis
- Anthrax (T)
- Arboviral human infections:
- Anaplasmosis
- Cache Valley virus disease
- California encephalitis virus disease
- California serogroup virus diseases
- Chikungunya virus disease
- Colorado tick fever virus disease
- Eastern equine encephalitis virus disease
- Jamestown Canyon virus disease
- Japanese encephalitis virus disease
- Keystone virus disease
- La Crosse virus disease
- Powassan virus disease
- Snowshoe hare virus disease
- St. Louis encephalitis virus disease
- Tick-borne encephalitis viruses
- Trivittatus virus disease
- West Nile virus disease
- Western equine encephalitis virus disease
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
- Zika virus disease
- Other Arboviral diseases, not otherwise specified
- Babesiosis
- Botulism (T)
- Brucellosis (T)
- Campylobacteriosis
- Candida auris
- Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO)
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Chancroid (S)
- Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Chlamydia (S)
- Cholera (toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 or 0139) (T)
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Coronavirus, novel (novel coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory disease including the 2019 novel coronavirus disease [COVID-19], severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus disease [SARS-CoV], and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome [MERS-CoV]) (T)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (T)
- Cronobacter infection
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cyclosporiasis
- Cytomegalovirus (neonatal only)
- Dengue virus infections (T)
- Diphtheria (T)
- Ehrlichiosis
- Encephalitis
- Enterobacteriaceae, carbapenem-resistant (invasive or urine only) (A)
- Escherichia coli, Shigatoxin producing (STEC) (T)
- ESBL B-lactamases-invasive only (A)
- Foodborne Disease Outbreak (T)
- Free living amebae infections
- Giardiasis
- Glanders (T)
- Gonorrhea (S)
- Granuloma inguinale (S)
- Guillain-Barre
- Haemophilus influenzae, invasive
- Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy)
- Hantavirus (T)
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (T)
- Hepatitis A (T)
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis Other
- Herpes, congenital (S)
- Herpes, genital (S)
- Histoplasmosis
- HIV (S)
- Human Papillomavirus (S)
- Influenza
- Influenza-associated pediatric mortality (T)
- Kawasaki Syndrome
- Lead, child blood, all test results
- Legionellosis
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Lyme Disease
- Lymphogranuloma venereum (S)
- Malaria
- Measles (T)
- Melioidosis
- Meningitis, Aseptic
- Meningitis, Bacterial other
- Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis) (T)
- Mpox virus infection (T)
- Mumps (T)
- Norovirus
- Nosocomial (Healthcare-Associated) Disease Outbreak (T)
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (N. gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis, or unspecified) (S)
- Pertussis (T)
- Plague (T)
- Poliomyelitis (T)
- Psittacosis
- Q Fever
- Rabies (human and animal) (T)
- Respiratory Syncytial virus-associated deaths (RSV)
- Reye Syndrome
- Rheumatic Fever
- Ricin Toxin (T)
- Rickettsial Disease
- Rubella (including congenital, which is rapidly reportable [T])
- Salmonellosis
- Shigellosis
- Silicosis
- Smallpox (T)
- Spotted fever rickettsiosis
- Staphylococcal aureus, Vancomycin Intermediate or Resistant (VISA, VRSA) (T)
- Staphylococcal Enterotoxin (T)
- Streptococcal Disease, invasive
- Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive (A)
- Syphilis, all stages (S)
- Tetanus (T)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (Streptococcal or Staphylococcal)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichinellosis
- Tuberculosis (T)
- Tularemia (T)
- Typhoid Fever (T)
- Typhus Fever (endemic flea borne, louse borne, tick borne)
- Vaccine Adverse Reaction
- Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus, invasive only
- Vibrio, non-cholera
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (T)
- Waterborne Disease Outbreaks (T)
- Yellow Fever (T)
- Yersiniosis
Reporting Timeframe
- (T) – Call or email within 4 hours
- (S) – sexually transmitted disease, report required within 24 hours
- (A) – Drug-Resistant Organisms required to be reported within 48 hours
- All others – report required within 48 hours
Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
24/7 Emergency Contact Number: 1-888-295-5156
