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• Notifiable Conditions & the Health Care Provider (PDF, 645KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Hospital  (PDF, 529KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Laboratory  (PDF, 314KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Local Health Jurisdiction  (PDF, 117KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Veterinarian (PDF, 129KB)

• Communicable Disease Epidemiology

• WEDSS (Washington Electronic Disease Surveillance System)

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Yellow Fever  in Washington State
No cases of yellow fever have been reported in Washington in over 50 years.

Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance

• To identify cases of yellow fever associated with travel and prevent further spread of the disease within the United States

Legal Reporting Requirements

• Health care providers: immediately notifiable to local health jurisdiction

• Hospitals: immediately notifiable to local health jurisdiction

• Laboratories: isolation of yellow fever virus, or detection of viral antigen, antibody or nucleic acid notifiable to local health jurisdiction of the patient’s residence within 2 work days

• Local health jurisdictions: notifiable to Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section (CDES) within 7 days of case investigation completion or summary information required within 21 days
   

Last update
July 2008