Vaccine-Preventable Disease Information and Surveillance

Under Sections 19a-36-A3 and 19a-36-A4 of the Public Health Code and Sections 19a-2a and 19a-215 of the Connecticut General Statutes, diseases on the annual lists of reportable diseases and laboratory reportable significant findings are required to be reported to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Local Health Director of the town in which the patient resides. The lists of reportable diseases and laboratory reportable significant findings are revised annually. Click on the link below for additional information on reporting requirements and which diseases are currently reportable. The list includes vaccine preventable diseases, as well as other diseases.  Infectious Diseases Reporting Requirements

 

Vaccine Preventable Diseases Fact Sheets (DPH)

Vaccine Preventable Disease Case Counts (DPH)

Microbiology Testing Service form and information (DPH)

Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CDC)

Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (Pink Book) (CDC)

U.S. Case Counts Vaccine Preventable Diseases 2010 (CDC)

CDC Vaccine Preventable Diseases website

 

Measles       

• Measles in Connecticut, 2014-2019 (Connecticut Epidemiologist Newsletter, Vol 39, No. 4)

• Measles Advisory 10-25-2019 (DPH)

• Measles Advisory 4-12-2019 (DPH)

• Measles Advisory 1-28-2019 (DPH) 

• Measles Alert Poster for Emergency Departments (DPH)

• RASHES: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

• Measles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• News and Views: Measles — the Virus, the Disease, the Vaccine, Mar 28, 2019 (CHOP)

• Measles Outbreak Toolkit for Healthcare providers (CDC)

Varicella (Chickenpox)

• Varicella Guidelines For Schools and Daycare (DPH)

• Varicella Case Report Form (DPH)

• Chickenpox Fact Sheet (IAC)

• Chickenpox (CDC)

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

• Specimen Collection Information (CDC)

• Pertussis (CDC)

Mumps

• Mumps Advisory 12-23-2019 (DPH)

• Mumps case report form with instructions 2-10 

• Mumps (CDC)

Hepatitis B

• Perinatal Hepatitis B (DPH)
• Hepatitis B (CDC)

Other Vaccine Preventable Diseases

• Rubella (CDC)
• Tetanus (CDC)
• Diphtheria (CDC)
• Polio (CDC)

Active Bacterial Core Surveillance

• Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) (DPH)

 

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