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The Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section (CDES) is responsible for statewide surveillance and investigation of 51of the 65 notifiable communicable diseases in Washington State, as described in Washington Administrative Code 246-101 and revised February 15, 2005 (text of Notice of Revision). These diseases are listed below under A-Z: Notifiable Communicable Diseases.  The Section activities include:

  • Support for local health jurisdictions in the investigation of individual cases and outbreaks of communicable diseases

  • Collection, analysis, and dissemination of communicable disease information to identify disease trends, including emerging infections

  • Education and training for public health and healthcare professionals on communicable disease prevention and control

  • Planning and response for public health emergencies involving communicable diseases 

A-Z: Notifiable Communicable Diseases

For a complete list of notifiable conditions,
please see the Notifiable Conditions site

A-C | D-G | H-K | L-O | M-N | P-Q | R-S | T-U | V-Z

AIDS
Anthrax
Antimicrobial Resistance
Arboviral Disease
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis

Chancroid
Chlamydia
Cholera
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Diphtheria
Disease of suspected  bioterrorism origin
    Anthrax

    Smallpox
Disease of suspected  foodborne origin
Disease of suspected  waterborne origin
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
Giardiasis

Gonorrhea
Granuloma inguinale
Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease (H-flu)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis, unspecified  (infectious)
Herpes
HIV infection
Influenza
Legionellosis
Leptospirosis

Listeriosis
Lyme disease
Lymphogranuloma
Malaria

Measles
Meningococcal disease
Mumps
Paralytic shellfish  poisoning (PSP)
Pertussis
Plague

Poliomyelitis

Psittacosis
Q fever
Rabies
Rabies Post-Exposure  Prophylaxis (PEP)
Rare diseases of public health significance
Relapsing fever
Rubella
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis

Smallpox
Syphilis
Tetanus
Trichinosis

Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid fever
Typhus
Unexplained critical  illness or death
Vibriosis
Waterborne diseases
West Nile Virus

Whooping cough (see "Pertussis")
Yellow fever
Yersiniosis

 

 

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Communicable Disease Epidemiology
1610 N.E. 150th Street
Shoreline, WA 98155
Phone (206) 418-5500

FAX (206) 418-5515

24-hour contact 1-877-539-4344
 

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