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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
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Health care
providers: immediately
notifiable to local health jurisdiction
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Hospitals:
immediately notifiable to
local health jurisdiction
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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
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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
February 2008 |
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