Miss. Code. tit. 15, pt. 11, subpt. 55, ch. 4, app 15-11-55-4-B
Mississippi State Department of Health List of Reportable Diseases and Conditions
Reporting Hotline: 1-800-556-0003
Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
To report inside Jackson telephone area or for consultative services Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm: (601) 576-7725
Phone Fax
Epidemiology (601) 576-7725 (601) 576-7497
STD/HIV (601) 576-7723 (601) 576-7909
TB (601) 576-7700 (601) 576-7520
Class 1 Conditions may be reported nights, weekends and holidays by calling: (601) 576-7400
Class 1: Diseases of major public health importance which shall be reported directly to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) by telephone within 24 hours of first knowledge or suspicion. Class 1 diseases and conditions are dictated by requiring an immediate public health response. Laboratory directors have an obligation to report laboratory findings for selected diseases (refer to Appendix B of the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions).
Any Suspected Outbreak (including foodborne and waterborne outbreaks) (Possible biological weapon agents appear in bold italics)
Any unusual disease or manifestation of illness, including but not limited to the appearance of a novel or previously controlled or eradicated infectious agent, or biological or chemical toxin.
Class 2: Diseases or conditions of public health importance of which individual cases shall be reported by mail, telephone, fax or electronically, within 1 week of diagnosis. In outbreaks or other unusual circumstances they shall be reported the same as Class 1. Class 2 diseases and conditions are those for which an immediate public health response is not needed for individual cases.
* Usually presents as meningitis or septicemia, or less commonly as cellulitis, epiglottitis, osteomyelitis, pericarditis or septic arthritis.
* Specimen obtained from a normally sterile site.
*Reports for poisonings shall be made to Mississippi Poison Control Center, UMMC 1-800-222-1222.
**Elevated blood lead levels (as designated below) should be reported to the MSDH Lead Program at (601) 576-7447.
Blood lead levels (venous) of 10 [MICRO]g/dL in children less than 16 years of age
Blood lead levels (venous) of 25 [MICRO]g/dL in those 16 years or older
***TST- tuberculin skin test; IGRA- Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Except for rabies, equine, and ratite encephalitis, diseases occurring in animals are not required to be reported to the MSDH.
Class 3: Laboratory based surveillance. To be reported by laboratories only. Diseases or conditions of public health importance of which individual laboratory findings shall be reported by mail, telephone, fax or electronically within one week of completion of laboratory tests (refer to Appendix B of the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions).
Class 4: Diseases of public health importance for which immediate reporting is not necessary for surveillance or control efforts. Diseases and conditions in this category shall be reported to the Mississippi Cancer Registry within six months of the date of first contact for the reportable condition.
The National Program of Cancer Registries at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requires the collection of certain diseases and conditions. A comprehensive reportable list including ICD9CM codes is available on the Mississippi Cancer Registry website, http://mcr.umc.edu/documents/ReportableCases10-09andlater.pdf.
Each record shall provide a minimum set of data items which meets the uniform standards required by the National Program of Cancer Registries and documented in the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
Laboratory Results that must be
Reported to the Mississippi State Department of Health
Laboratories shall report these findings to the MSDH at least WEEKLY. Diseases in bold type shall be reported immediately by telephone. Isolates of organisms marked with a dagger (t) should be sent to the MSDH Public Health Laboratory (PHL). All referring laboratories should call the PHL at (601) 576-7582 prior to shipping any isolate. Confirmatory tests for some of these results may be obtained by special arrangement through the Epidemiology Program at (601) 576-7725.
| Positive Bacterial Cultures or Direct Examinations | |
| Result | Reportable Disease |
| Any bacterial agent in CSF | Bacterial meningitis |
| Bacillus anthracis [DAGGER] | Anthrax |
| Bordetella pertussis | Pertussis |
| Borrelia burgdorferi [DAGGER] | Lyme disease |
| Brucella species [DAGGER] | Brucellosis |
| Burkholderia mallei [DAGGER] | Glanders |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei [DAGGER] | Melioidosis |
| Campylobacter species | Campylobacteriosis |
| Chlamydia psittaci | Psittacosis |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | Chlamydia trachomatisgenital infection |
| Clostridium botulinum [DAGGER]** | Botulism |
| Clostridium tetani | Tetanus |
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae [DAGGER] | Diphtheria |
| Coxiella burnetii [DAGGER] | Q fever |
| Enterococcus species,* vancomycin resistant | Enterococcus infection, invasive vancomycin resistant |
| Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and any shiga | Escherichia coli0157:H7 and any shiga toxin- |
| toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) [DAGGER] | producing E. coli (STEC) |
| Francisella tularensis [DAGGER] | Tularemia |
| Haemophilus ducreyi | Chancroid |
| Haemophilus influenzae [DAGGER] * | H. influenzae infection, invasive |
| Legionella species | Legionellosis |
| Listeria monocytogenes [DAGGER] | Listeriosis |
| Mycobacterium species | Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis [DAGGER] | Tuberculosis |
| Neisseria gonorrhea | Gonorrhea |
| Neisseria meningitidis [DAGGER]* | Meningococcal infection, invasive |
| Rickettsia prowazekii | Typhus Fever |
| Rickettsia rickettsii | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| Salmonella species, not S. typhi | Salmonellosis |
| Salmonella typhi [DAGGER] | Typhoid fever |
| Shigella species | Shigellosis |
| Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin | Staphylococcus aureus vancomycin resistant |
| resistant or vancomycin intermediate | (VRSA) or vancomycin intermediate |
| (VISA) | |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae* | Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive infection |
| Vibrio cholerae 01 [DAGGER] | Cholera |
| Vibrio species [DAGGER] | Vibrio infection |
| Yersinia pestis [DAGGER] | Plague |
[DAGGER] Isolates of organism should be sent to the MSDH PHL. All referring laboratories should call the PHL at (601) 576-7582 prior to shipping any isolate.
* Specimen obtained from a normally sterile site (usually blood or cerebrospinal fluid, or, less commonly, joint, pleural, or pericardial fluid). Do not report throat or sputum isolates.
**Contact the MSDH Epidemiology Program at (601) 576-7725 or the PHL at (601) 576-7582 for appropriate tests when considering a diagnosis of botulism.
| Positive Serologic Tests For: | ||
| Arboviral agents including but | Dengue | M. tuberculosis infection |
| not limited to those due to: | ||
| California encephalitis virus | Ehrlichiosis | Plague |
| Eastern equine encephalitis virus | Hepatitis A (anti-HAV IgM) | Poliomyelitis |
| LaCrosse virus | Hepatitis B (anti-HBc IgM) | Psittacosis |
| St. Louis encephalitis virus | Hepatitis C | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| Western equine encephalitis virus | HIV infection (refer to Section 113) | Rubella |
| West Nile virus | Legionellosis§ | Syphilis (refer to Section 116) |
| Brucellosis | Lyme disease | Smallpox |
| Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) | Malaria | Trichinosis |
| Cholera | Measles | Varicella infection, primary in patients >15 years of age |
| Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection | Mumps | |
| Yellow fever | ||
§ Serologic confirmation of an acute case of legionellosis cannot be based on a single titer. There must be a four-fold rise in titer to >1:128 between acute and convalescent specimens.
| Positive Parasitic Cultures or Direct Examinations | Blood Chemistries |
| Result Reportable Disease | ALL blood lead test results are reportable to the |
| Any parasite in CSF Parasitic meningitis | MSDH Lead Program at (601) 576-7447. |
| Cryptosporidium parvum Cryptosporidiosis | |
| Plasmodium species [DAGGER] Malaria |
[DAGGER] Indicates the positive specimens may be submitted to the MSDH PHL for confirmation.
| Positive Fungal Cultures or Direct Examinations | Positive Toxin Identification |
| Result Reportable Disease | Ricin toxin from Ricinuscommunis (castor beans) |
| Any fungus in CSF Fungal meningitis | |
| Blastomyces dermatitidis Blastomycosis | |
| Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasmosis |
| Positive Viral Cultures or Direct Examinations | Surgical Pathology results | |
| Result | Reportable Disease | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, including new variant |
| Any virus in CSF | Viral meningitis | Hansen disease (Mycobacterium leprae) |
| Arboviral agents including but | Human rabies | |
| not limited to those due to: | ||
| California encephalitis virus | California encephalitis | Malignant neoplasms |
| Eastern equine encephalitis | Eastern equine | Mycobacterial disease |
| virus | encephalitis (EEE) | including Tuberculosis |
| LaCrosse virus | LaCrosse encephalitis | Trichinosis |
| St. Louis encephalitis virus | St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) | |
| Western equine encephalitis | Western equine | |
| virus | encephalitis (WEE) | |
| West Nile virus | West Nile encephalitis (WNV) | |
| Arenaviruses | Viral hemorrhagic fevers | |
| Dengue virus, serotype 1, 2, 3 or 4 | Dengue | |
| Filoviruses | Viral hemorrhagic fevers | |
| Poliovirus, type 1, 2 or 3 | Poliomyelitis | |
| Varicella virus | Varicella in patients 15 years of age | |
| Variola virus | Smallpox | |
| Yellow fever virus | Yellow fever | |
Miss. Code. tit. 15, pt. 11, subpt. 55, ch. 4, app 15-11-55-4-B