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Pertussis disease is generally under-reported and under-diagnosed for several potential reasons. Because pertussis immunization is available from infancy through adulthood, there may be a misconception that the disease has been eliminated. With more than 25,000 cases reported in 2005, it is clear that awareness must be increased because pertussis is much more prevalent than is currently perceived.
Public health officials rely on physicians and health care professionals (PNPs, PAs, etc.), to report the occurrence of notifiable diseases to state and local health departments. Without such data, monitoring trends or evaluating the effectiveness of intervention activities would be difficult.
The Pertussis.com Reporting Guide provides health care professionals with links to reporting forms and/or reporting contact information for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
State laws require that health care providers, physicians, and laboratories report cases of pertussis to their state health or epidemiology department. Pertussis is normally categorized as a Category 1 disease, meaning it must be reported immediately.
State health departments, in turn, collect reports from physicians and health care providers either directly or through local health officers. The state health departments provide the number of cases reported in their state to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC does not take reports of pertussis cases directly from individual health care providers. The data collected by the CDC is published weekly in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Reporting requirements vary by state. Please refer to the reporting forms below for more information. State health departments can also use the CDC's Pertussis Surveillance Worksheet to report cases to their local health department or as a guideline when investigating cases.
Helpful Definitions:
Clinical Case Definition
A cough illness lasting at least 2 weeks with one of the following: paroxysms of coughing, inspiratory "whoop," or post-tussis vomiting and without other apparent cause (as reported by a health professional)
In adults, adolescents, and older children, pertussis often manifests itself in a milder form and may be hard to distinguish from other upper respiratory infections. The cough is typically milder and persists for a shorter time period. The inspiratory "whoop" is usually absent during coughing spells. Mild pertussis cases often escape diagnosis but may be confirmed though laboratory tests.
Laboratory Criteria for Diagnosis: Isolation of Bordetella pertussis from clinical specimen
Surveillance Case Classification
Probable: meets the clinical case definition, is not laboratory-confirmed, and is not epidemiologically linked to a laboratory confirmed case
Confirmed: a clinically compatible case that is laboratory-confirmed or epidemiologically linked to a laboratory confirmed case
Report a Case: Forms/Contact Information
Alabama
www.adph.org/EPI/default.asp?TemplateNbr=0&DeptID=93&TemplateIdTemplateId=468
www.adph.org/EPI/NotifDx.pdf(form)
Alaska
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/pubs/conditions/default.stm (contact)
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/pubs/conditions/frmInfect.pdf (form)
Arizona
www.hs.state.az.us/phs/oids/index.htm (contact)
www.hs.state.az.us/phs/oids/downloads/cdr_form.pdf (form)
Arkansas
www.healthyarkansas.com/data/data.html
California
www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/dcdc/izgroup/pdf/title17.pdf
Colorado
www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/dceedhom.asp (contact)
Connecticut
www.dph.state.ct.us/BCH/infectiousdise/PDF/2001PhysicianRepDisList.pdf
Delaware
www.state.de.us/dhss/dph/dpc/rptdisease.html
District of Columbia
dchealth.dc.gov/services/administration_offices/phsa/bedc/reportable_
diseases.shtm
Florida
www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/epi/topics/surv.htm
Georgia
health.state.ga.us/epi/disease/report.asp
Hawaii
www.hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/immunization/providers/index.html
Idaho
www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/portal/alias__Rainbow/lang__en-US/tabID__3383/DesktopDefault.aspx
Illinois
www.idph.state.il.us/health/infect/reportdis.htm
Indiana
www.in.gov/isdh/publications/comm_dis_rule.pdf
Iowa
www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/immunization_programs.asp#surv_epi
Kansas
www.kdhe.state.ks.us/disease_reporting/index.html (contact)
www.kdheks.gov/epi/download/KANSAS_NOTIFIABLE_DISEASE_FORM.pdf (form)
Kentucky
www.chs.ky.gov/publichealth/reportable_diseases_2002-sum.htm
Louisiana
www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/infectiousdisease/reportdisease/index.html
Maine
www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/ddc/disease_reporting.htm
Maryland
www.edcp.org/html/case_reports.html
Massachusetts
www.state.ma.us/dph/cdc/epii/reportable/reportable.htm
Michigan
www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/epi/cded/report.htm
Minnesota
www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/reportable/index.html
Mississippi
www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,html (contact)
www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,877,194,pdf/
ReportableDiseaseList2.pdf(form)
Missouri
www.dhss.mo.gov/CommunicableDisease/reportablediseaselist2.pdf
Montana
www.dphhs.state.mt.us/hpsd/pubheal/disease/commdis/qanda.htm
Nebraska
www.hhs.state.ne.us/cod/codreport.htm (contact)
www.hhs.state.ne.us/cod/HHS-9_(DC).pdf (form)
Nevada
health2k.state.nv.us/Epi/index.htm
New Hampshire
http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/CDCS/CONTACT+INFO/default.htm(form)
New Jersey
www.state.nj.us/health/cd/mdrepdis.pdf
New Mexico
sld.state.nm.us/lab/Documents/biological book.pdf (see page six)
New York
www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cdc/cdcrept.pdf
North Carolina
www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc.html
North Dakota
www.health.state.nd.us/disease/Disease%20Reporting/ReportingMain.htm
Ohio
www.odh.state.oh.us/Resources/publications/IDCManual/dcmweb/pertus.PDF
Oklahoma
www.health.state.ok.us/program/cdd/reportable_disease.htm
Oregon
www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/acd/disrpt.cfm
Pennsylvania
www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=171&q=199909
Puerto Rico
www.salud.gov.pr/
Rhode Island
www.health.ri.gov/disease/communicable/ [contacts]
www.health.ri.gov/disease/communicable/summarysheet.pdf [form]
South Carolina
www.dhec.sc.gov/health/disease/index.htm
South Dakota
www.state.sd.us/doh/Disease/report.htm
Tennessee
www2.state.tn.us/health/Downloads/ph-1600.pdf
Texas
www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/pertussis/reporting/
Utah
www.health.state.ut.us/els/epidemiology/report.html
Vermont
www.state.vt.us/health/rptdisea.htm
Virginia
www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/epi1.pdf
Washington
www.doh.wa.gov/Notify/list.htm
West Virginia
www.wvdhhr.org/idep/default.asp#Disease%20%20Reporting
Wisconsin
www.dhfs.state.wi.us/dph_ops/localhealth/index.htm
Wyoming
wdhfs.state.wy.us/epiid/
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