Confidential Communicable Disease Report Dhhs_2124 2124 Dhhs
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ATTENTION HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS:
Please report relevant clinical findings about this  
disease event to the local health department.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health • Epidemiology Section
Communicable Disease Branch
Birthdate (mm/dd/yyyy)
               /               /
SSN
Patient’s Last Name                  First                           Middle                         Suffix            Maiden/Other      Alias
NC Electronic Disease Surveillance System  NC  EDSS EVENT ID#  ____________________
Instructions for completing the Communicable Disease 
Report Form can be found in the NC Public Health 
Communicable Disease Manual online at:  
www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/manual/toc.html.
Questions? Concerns? Contact the NC EDSS Helpdesk:
Phone:  ......................................................(919) 715-5548
Toll Free: ...................................................(877) 625-9259
Email: ...................................ncedsshelpdesk@ncmail.net
NC EDSS
LAB RESULTS
Verify if lab results for this event are in NC EDSS. If not present, enter results. 
Patient’s Last Name First Middle SuffixMaiden/Other Alias
Birthdate (mm/dd/yyyy)
Age          Age Type
 Years
 Months
 Weeks
 Days
Race (check all that apply):
 White
  Black/African American 
 American Indian/Alaska Native  
 Asian
 Other
 Unknown
Ethnic Origin
 Hispanic
 Non-Hispanic
Sex
 M  F  Trans.
Parent or Guardian (of minors) Medical Record Number
Patient is associated with (check all that apply): 
   Child Care (child, household contact, 
  or worker in child care)
   School (student or worker) 
   College/University (student or worker)
   Food Service (food worker)
   Health Care (health care worker)
   Correctional Facility (inmate or worker)
   Long Term Care Facility (resident or worker)
   Military (active military, dependent, 
  or recent retiree)
   Travel (outside continental United States 
  in last 30 days)
Is the patient part of  an outbreak of this disease?           Yes        No
Outbreak setting:     Household/Community (specify index case):______________________________
     Restaurant/Retail        
     Child Care  
     Long term care
     Healthcare setting
     Adult care home
In what geographic location was the patient MOST LIKELY exposed? 
 In patient’s county of residence
 Outside county, but within NC - County:  ________________________
 Out of state - State/Territory:  _________________________________
 Out of USA - Country: _______________________________________
 Unknown
Did patient die from  
this disease?
 Yes       No
Is the patient  
pregnant?
 Yes       No
Was patient hospitalized for 
this disease? (>24 hours)  
 Yes       No
Initial Date of Report to Public Health:____/____/_______
Initial Source of Report to Public Health:
 Health Care Provider (specify):
 Hospital 
 Private clinic/practice
 Health Department 
 Correctional facility
 Laboratory
 Other
Specimen 
Date
Specimen # Specimen 
Source
Type of Test Test 
Result(s)
Description (comments) Result Date Lab Name—City/State
/    / /    /
/    / /    /
/    / /    /
Is/was patient symptomatic for  
    this disease? ..................................  Y     N     U
If yes, symptom onset date (mm/dd/yyyy):     /         /   
SPECIFY SYMPTOMS:
If a sexually transmitted disease, give specific treatment details
1. Date patient treated:(mm/dd/yyyy) ____________
Medication ______________________________
Dosage _________________________________
Duration ________________________________
DHHS 2124 (Revised January 2016) EPIDEMIOLOGY
Patient’s Street Address City State ZIP County Phone
(_____) _____-_______
Confidential Communicable Disease Report—Part 1
CLINICAL INFORMATION
NAME OF DISEASE / CONDITION
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT USE ONLY     
Health Care Provider for this disease (if not reporting physician):
____________________________________________________________
Contact Person/Title: ___________________________________________
Phone: (______) ______– ________   Fax: (______) ______– __________
Reporting Physician/Practice:
____________________________________________________________
Contact Person/Title: ___________________________________________
Phone: (_____) _____–_________ Fax:(_____) _____– _______________
2. Date patient treated:(mm/dd/yyyy) ____________
Medication ______________________________
Dosage _________________________________
Duration ________________________________
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
Provide lab information below and fax copy of lab results and other pertinent records to local health department.
 Date     /        / 
Assisted living facility 
Adult day care        
School 
Prison 
Name  of  facility___________________________ 
Address of facility_________________________ 
________________________________________
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

DISEASE/CONDITION 
A-G
ANTHRAX ...............................................................................................
BOTULISM, FOODBORNE ....................................................................
BOTULISM, INTESTINAL (INFANT) ......................................................
BOTULISM, WOUND ..............................................................................
Campylobacter infection ..........................................................................
Chancroid ................................................................................................
Cholera ....................................................................................................
Cryptosporidiosis .....................................................................................
Cyclosporiasis .........................................................................................
Diphtheria ................................................................................................
E. coli infection, shiga toxin-producing .....................................................
Foodborne disease: Clostridium perfringens .............................................
Foodborne: staphylococcal......................................................................
Foodborne disease: other/unknown ........................................................
Foodborne poisoning: ciguatera ..............................................................
Foodborne poisoning: mushroom ............................................................
Foodborne poisoning: scombroid fish......................................................
Gonorrhea ...............................................................................................
Granuloma inguinale ...............................................................................
H-N
Haemophilus influenzae,
invasive disease ....................................................................................
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) .........................................................
HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS
INFECTION .............................................................................................
Hepatitis A................................................................................................
Hepatitis B, acute ....................................................................................
HIV/AIDS
HIV.........................................................................................................
AIDS ......................................................................................................
Influenza virus infection causing death ....................................................
Listeriosis.................................................................................................
Measles (rubeola) ....................................................................................
Meningococcal disease, invasive ............................................................
Monkeypox ..............................................................................................
NOVEL INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION ...............................................
O-U
Ophthalmia neonatorum ..........................................................................
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)................................................................... 
PLAGUE ..................................................................................................
Poliomyelitis, paralytic .............................................................................
Rabies, human ........................................................................................
Rubella ....................................................................................................
Salmonellosis ..........................................................................................
S.  aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin ..............................
SARS coronavirus infection ..................................................................
Shigellosis ...............................................................................................
SMALLPOX .............................................................................................
Syphilis
primary...................................................................................................
secondary ..............................................................................................
early latent .............................................................................................
late latent ...............................................................................................
late with clinical manifestations ..............................................................
congenital ..............................................................................................
Tuberculosis ............................................................................................
TULAREMIA ...........................................................................................
Typhoid Fever, acute ...............................................................................
V-Z
Vaccinia ...................................................................................................
Vibrio infection, other than cholera & vulnificus .......................................
Vibrio vulnificus .......................................................................................
Zika..........................................................................................................
DISEASE/CONDITION 
A-G
Brucellosis ................................................................................................
Chlamydial infection— laboratory confirmed ............................................
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease .......................................................................
Dengue .....................................................................................................
Ehrlichiosis, HGA (human granulocytic anaplasmosis) ............................
Ehrlichiosis, HME (human monocytic or e. chaffeensis) ..........................
Ehrlichiosis, unspecified ...........................................................................
Encephalitis, arboviral, WNV ....................................................................
Encephalitis, arboviral, LAC .....................................................................
Encephalitis, arboviral, EEE .....................................................................
Encephalitis, arboviral, other ....................................................................
H-N
Hantavirus infection ..................................................................................
Hepatitis B, carriage .................................................................................
Hepatitis B, perinatally acquired ...............................................................
Hepatitis C, acute .....................................................................................
Legionellosis .............................................................................................
Leprosy ....................................................................................................
Leptospirosis ............................................................................................
Lyme disease ...........................................................................................
Lymphogranuloma venereum ...................................................................
Malaria ......................................................................................................
Meningitis, pneumococcal ........................................................................
Mumps ......................................................................................................
Non-gonococcal urethritis .........................................................................
O-Z
Pelvic inflammatory disease......................................................................
Psittacosis ................................................................................................
Q fever ......................................................................................................
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever ................................................................
Rubella, congenital syndrome ..................................................................
Streptococcal infection, Group A, invasive ...............................................
Tetanus .....................................................................................................
Toxic shock syndrome, non-streptococcal ................................................
Toxic shock syndrome, streptococcal .......................................................
Trichinosis ................................................................................................
Typhoid, carriage (Salmonella typhi) ........................................................
Yellow fever ..............................................................................................
Reportable to Local Health Department Within
7 Days
Reportable to Local Health Department Within 
24 Hours
: 
DHHS 2124 (Revised January 2016) EPIDEMIOLOGY
Diseases in BOLD ITALICS should be reported immediately to local health department.
Chikungunya ............................................................................................
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) .............................................
North Carolina General Statute:
§130A-135. Physicians to report.
A physician licensed to practice medicine who has reason to suspect that a
person about whom the physician has been consulted professionally has a 
communicable  disease or communicable condition declared by the 
Commission to be reported, shall report information required by the 
Commission to the local health director of the county or district in which 
the physician is consulted.
North Carolina Administrative Code:
10A NCAC 41A.0101 Reportable Diseases and Conditions
(a) The following named diseases and conditions are declared to be 
dangerous to the public health and are hereby made reportable within the 
time period specified after the disease or condition is reasonably 
suspected to exist:
Physicians must report these diseases and conditions to the county local health department, according to the North Carolina 
Administrative Code: 10A NCAC 41A.0101 Reportable Diseases and Conditions (see below). Contact information for local 
health departments can be accessed at www.ncalhd.org/directors. If you are unable to contact your local health department, 
call the 24/7 pager for N.C. Communicable Disease Branch (919) 733-3419.
For    diseases  and  conditions  required  to  be  reported  within  24  hours,  the  initial  report  shall  be  made  by  telephone  to  the  local 
health department,  and  the  written  disease  report  be  made  within  7 days.  The  reporting  rules  and  disease  report forms  can  be 
accessed at:  http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/cd/report.html 
You  may  be  contacted  by  the  local  health  department 
for  additional  information  about  this  case.  Medical 
record  information  relevant  to  the  investigation  and/or 
control  of  a communicable disease is exempt from the 
HIPAA Privacy Rule  (see 45 CFR 164.512(a) ) and is 
permitted as an exception to confidentiality of records in 
NC State Law GS §  130 A-130.    
Diseases and Conditions Reportable in North Carolina