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Disease Information (click to learn more)
The mission of Barren River District’s Communicable Disease Team (CD Team) is to prevent and control the spread of disease within the community.
Obligation to Report—902 KAR 2:020 requires health professionals to report the following diseases to the local health department or district serving the jurisdiction in which the patient resides or to the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH).
This list of Kentucky’s Notifiable Diseases and Conditions contains the names of the disease or condition, the CDC recommended test for public health case classification, and the timeframe in which reporting is required to occur. Please note that this list DOES NOT include HIV/AIDS or other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).
To report a disease on this list, please contact a member of our communicable disease team. Click here for contact information.
Agent
Organism
CDC Recommended Test
Report Within
Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis
Culture, PCR, IHC
24 hours
Arboviral Diseases, neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive
Includes California group, Eastern Equine, St. Louis, Venezuelan Equine, Western Equine, West Nile Viruses, Chikungunya virus, Powassan virus, and Zika virus disease or infection
Isolation, PCR
24 hours
Babesiosis
Babesia spp.
Culture, PCR, NAAT
5 days
Botulism
Clostridium botulinum
Isolation
24 hours
Brucellosis
Brucella spp.
Culture and identification, PCR
24 hours
Campylobacteriosis
Campylobacter spp.
Isolation, PCR
24 hours
Cholera
Vibrio cholera O1/O139
24 hours
Culture
Coccidioidomycosis
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Coccidioides spp.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) and other prion diseases
Culture, EIA, Serology
WB confirmed protease-resistant PrP
5 days
5 days
Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidium spp.
PCR, EIA, DFA, Microscopy
24 hours
Cyclosporiasis
Cyclospora cayetanensis
PCR, Microscopy
5 days
Dengue Virus Infections
Diphtheria
E. coli
0157:H7, Shiga toxin positive (STEC)
Ehrlichiosis
Dengue virus
Culture, PCR, IHC, or IFA
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Isolation and identification
Shiga-toxin producing bacteria
Isolation and identification
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Culture, PCR, IFA
1 day
24 hours
24 hours
5 days
Giardiasis
Giardia lamblia
EIA, DFA, Microscopy
5 days
Haemophilus Influenza, Invasive Disease
Haemophilus Influenza
Isolation and identification, PCR
24 hours
Hansen’s Disease
Mycobacterium leprae
Microscopy
24 hours
Hantavirus Infection
Hantaviruses
PCR, ELISA, IFA, Western blot
24 hours
Hemolytic Uremia Syndrome (HUS), post-diarrheal
Anemia with microangiopathic on peripheral blood smear AND Renal injury
1 day
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A virus
IgM, NAAT
24 hours
Hepatitis B, acute
Hepatitis B virus
HBsAg AND IgM antibody
1 day
Hepatitis B, perinatal infection
Hepatitis B virus
HBsAg, HBeAg, HBV DNA
1 day
Hepatitis C, acute
Hepatitis C virus
HCV antibody, HCV RNA
5 days
Hepatitis C, perinatal infection
Hepatitis C virus
HCV RNA, HCV genotype, HCV antigen
5 days
Histoplasmosis
Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum
Culture, PCR, Serology
5 days
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Isolation
1 day
Lead poisoning, <16 Years
Blood lead concentration of ≥5 µg/dL (0.24 µmol/L)
5 days
Lead poisoning, ≥16 Years
Blood lead concentration of ≥5 µg/dL (0.24 µmol/L)
5 days
Legionellosis
Legionella pneumophila
Culture, IFA, DFA
Leptospirosis
Leptospira interrogans
Isolation, PCR
1 day
Listeriosis
Listeria monocytogenes
Isolation
24 hours
Lyme Disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
Culture, EIA, IFA WB
5 days
Malaria
Plasmodium spp.
RDT
5 days
Measles
Rubeola
Isolation, PCR, IgM antibody
24 hours
Meningococcal Disease
Neisseria meningitidis
Mumps
Mumps virus
Culture, PCR
Culture, PCR
24 hours
1 day
Pertussis
Bordetella pertussis
Plague
Yersinia pestis
Poliovirus infection
Polio virus
Isolation, PCR
Isolation, Serology
Culture, PCR
24 hours
24 hours
1 day
Psittacosis
Chlamydophila psittaci
Isolation, PCR, CF, MIF, Serology
24 hours
Q Fever
Coxiella burnetii
Rabies, animal
Lyssavirus
Culture, PCR, IHC, Serology
Isolation, DFA
24 hours
24 hours
Rabies, human
Lyssavirus
Isolation, PCR, DFA
24 hours
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rickettsia spp.
Isolation, PCR, IHC, IFA
5 days
Rubella
Rubella virus
Salmonellosis, excluding paratyphoid and typhoid
Salmonella spp.
Isolation, PCR, Serology
Isolation, CIDT
24 hours
24 hours
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- associated Coronavirus
SARS-CoV
Isolation, PCR, EIA
24 hours
Shigellosis
Isolation, PCR
Shigella spp.
24 hours
Silicosis
Crystalline silica
Chest radiograph, Lung histopathology
3 months
Smallpox
Variola Virus
CDC Only
24 hours
Streptococcal disease, invasive Group A
Streptococcus pyogenes
Isolation
1 day
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Streptococcus pyogenes
Isolation and Clinical diagnosis
Tetanus
Clostridium tetani
Clinical diagnosis
24 hours
Toxic Shock Syndrome
(TSS), other than Streptococcal
Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
Culture and Clinical diagnosis
1 day
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasma gondii
PCR, Serology
Trichinellosis
Trichinella spp.
Serology
Tuberculosis
Trichinella spp.
Isolation, NAAT
1 day
Tularemia
Francisella tularensis
Isolation, PCR, ELISA, Serology
24 hours
Typhoid/Paratyphoid Fever
Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi
Isolation
24 hours
Varicella/Chickenpox
Vibrio
Varicella virus
Vibrionaceae spp., other than Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139
Isolation, PCR, DFA, Serology
Isolation
24 hours
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)
Includes: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Ebola virus, Lassa virus, Lujo virus, Marburg virus, New World arenaviruses including: Guanarito virus, Junin virus, Machupo virus, and Sabia virus
Isolation, PCR, ELISA IHC and Clinical diagnosis
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever virus
Isolation, PCR, Serology
24 hours
This list does not include reportable STD’s.
5 days
5 days
5 days
5 days
*NOTE: The CDC Recommended Tests listed are for public health case classification.
Abbreviations Key
CDIT - Culture-independent diagnostic test
IHC – Immunohistochemistry
CF - Complement fixation
MIF – Microimmunofluorescence
DFA - Direct Fluorescent antibody
NAAT – Nucleic acid amplification test
EIA - Enzyme immunoassay
PCR – Polymerase chain reaction
ELISA - Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
RDT – Rapid diagnosis test
IFA - Immunofluorescence assay
WB – Western Blot
Resources (click to view)
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Kentucky Administrative Regulations—
Title 902: Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health -
Center for Disease Control and Prevention—Diseases and Conditions
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Kentucky Department for Public Health—
Division of Epidemiologist and Health Planning