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Communicable Disease Reporting

Announcements:

April 15, 2024: The following resources for use in submitting Electronic Lab Reports (ELR) using the guidelines established by HL7 Messaging standards, version 2.5.1 are now available. Please contact NBS@health.in.gov with any questions.

  1. HL7 Lab Checklist for ELR
  2. Supplemental Resources for HL7 Lab Checklist

On January 1st, 2024, updates to the Indiana Reportable Disease List for Healthcare Providers and Hospitals and the Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories went into effect. Attached below, you will find the updated reportable disease lists and the summary of changes made. If you have any questions, please contact Lunden Espinosa LEspinosa@health.in.gov and Jim Sainsbury JSainsbury@health.in.gov.

  1. Indiana Reportable Disease List for Healthcare Providers and Hospitals
  2. Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories
  3. Summary of Reporting Changes Document

Indiana Reportable Disease List for Healthcare Providers and Hospitals

Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories

  • Report Immediately on Suspicion

    How to Report

    For immediate reporting call: (317) 233-7125 (weekdays 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. EST) or (317) 233-1325 (after hours)

    Please also report via electronic laboratory reporting.

    For facilities unable to submit via ELR, please fax reports to 317-234-2812.


    • Bacillus anthracis
    • Burkholderia mallei
    • Burkholderia pseudomallei
    • Clostridium botulinum
    • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
    • Eastern equine encephalitis virus
    • Francisella tularensis
    • Hepatitis, viral, type B, pregnant woman (acute and chronic) or perinatally exposed infant
    • Measles virus
    • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
    • Neisseria meningitidis, invasive disease
    • Novel influenza A
    • Poliovirus
    • Rabies virus
    • Rubella virus
    • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
    • Smallpox (variola) virus
    • Viral hemorrhagic fever, filoviruses
      • Ebola virus
      • Marburg virus
    • Vibrio cholerae O1, O139, or toxigenic
    • Viral hemorrhagic fever, other
      • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
      • Guanarito virus
      • Junin virus
      • Lassa virus
      • Lujo virus
      • Machupo virus
      • Sabia virus
    • Yersinia pestis

    Further guidance on the second page of the Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories

  • Report Within One Working Day

    How to Report

    Report via electronic laboratory reporting.

    For facilities unable to submit via ELR, please fax reports to 317-234-2812.


    • Anaplasma spp.
    • Arboviruses including, but not limited to:
      • Chikungunya virus
      • Dengue virus
      • Jamestown Canyon virus
      • Japanese encephalitis virus
      • La Crosse (California serogroup) viruses
      • Powassan virus
      • St. Louis encephalitis virus
      • Western equine encephalitis virus
      • West Nile virus
      • Yellow fever virus
      • Zika virus
    • Babesia spp.
    • Bordetella pertussis
    • Borrelia burgdorferi
    • Brucella spp.
    • Campylobacter spp.
    • Candida auris and unusual Candida spp. (Species
      other than C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. dubliniensis, C. lusitaniae, C. tropicalis, or C. krusei)
    • Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii*
    • Chlamydia psittaci
    • Chlamydia trachomatis Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (C. trachomatis serotypes L1, L2, or L3)
    • Clostridium tetani
    • Coccidioides spp.
    • Coxiella burnetii
    • Cronobacter spp., infants (younger than 1 year of age)
    • Cryptosporidium spp.
    • Cyclospora cayetanensis
    • Ehrlichia spp.
    • Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection (Shiga toxin-producing (STEC), including but not limited to, E. coli O157, E. coli O157:H7,non-O157 E. coli, and Shiga toxin  detected*
    • Giardia spp.
    • Grimontia hollisae (Vibrio hollisae)
    • Haemophilus ducreyi
    • Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease*
    • Hantavirus
    • Hepatitis, viral, Type A, Anti-HAV IgM or RNA detected
    • Hepatitis, viral, Type B
    • Hepatitis, viral, Type C
    • Hepatitis, viral, Type Delta
    • Hepatitis, viral, Type E, Anti-HEV IgM and IgG
    • Hepatitis, viral, unspecified
    • Histoplasma capsulatum
    • HIV and related retroviruses
    • Influenza
    • Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for tuberculosis (positive results only)
    • Legionella spp.
    • Leptospira spp.
    • Listeria monocytogenes
    • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
    • Mpox (Monkeypox) virus, including Non-variola Orthopox virus and Orthopox virus
    • Mumps virus
    • Mycobacterium leprae
    • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
    • Neisseria gonorrhoeae (list anatomic site to  determine if disseminated infection)*
    • Pandrug-resistant Organisms*
    • Photobacterium damselae (Vibrio damsela)
    • Plasmodium spp.
    • Pneumocystis carinii (Pneumocystis pneumonia)
    • Rickettsia (non-rickettsii spp.)
    • Rickettsia rickettsii
    • Salmonella spp. (non-typhoidal)*
    • Salmonella serotype Paratyphi (Paratyphoid fever)*
    • Salmonella serotype Typhi (Typhoid fever)*
    • SARS-CoV-2**
    • Shigella spp.*
    • Streptococcus, group A (Streptococcus pyogenes), invasive disease*
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease*
    • Treponema pallidum
    • Trichinella spiralis
    • Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) and Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA)*
    • Varicella-zoster virus
    • Vibrio spp.
    • West African monkeypox virus
    • Yersinia spp., Enterocolitica, Pseudotuberculosis

    * Include antimicrobial susceptibility testing
    ** Only laboratories and testing sites that submit results via electronic lab reporting (ELR)
    Further guidance on the second page of the Indiana Reportable Result/Pathogen List for Laboratories

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