Salt Lake Valley Health Department

Bureau of Epidemiology

Bureau of Epidemiology
610 South 200 East #218
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
385-468-4222

Utah law requires that the following diseases be reported to local health departments.

Anthrax
Botulism
Cholera
Diptheria
Haemophilus Influenzae (Invasive Disease)
Hepatitis A
Measles (Rubeola)
Meningococcal Disease
Plague
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic)
Rabies (Human and Animal)
Rubella
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Smallpox
Staphylococcus aureus with Resistance (VRSA) or Intermediate resistance (VISA) to Vancomycin isolated from any site
Syphilis (primary or secondary stage)
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid (cases and carriers)
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
Yellow Fever

Any unusual occurrence of infectious or communicable disease or any unusual or increased occurrence of any illness that may indicate a bioterrorism event or public health hazard. This includes any single case or multiple cases of a newly recognized emergent or re-emergent disease or disease-producing agent, including newly identified bacteria or a novel influenza strain such as a pandemic influenza strain.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Adverse event resulting after smallpox vaccination
Amebiasis
Arbovirus infection, including St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus infection
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis
Chancroid
Chickenpox
Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Coccidioidmycosis
Colorado tick fever
Creutzfelt-Jakob disease and other transmissible human sponfigorm encephalopathies
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclospora infections
Dengue fever
Echinococcosis
Ehrlichiosis (human granulocytic, human monocytic, or unspecified)
Encephalitis
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea (sexually transmitted and ophthalmia neonatorum)
Hansen disease (leprosy)
Hantavirus infection and pulmonary syndrome
Hepatitis B (cases and carriers)
Hepatitis C (acute and chronic infection)
Hepatitis (other viral)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV infection)
Influenza-associated hospitalization
Influenza-associated death in a person less than 18 years of age
Legionellosis
Listeriosis
Lyme disease
Malaria
Meningitis
Mumps
Norovirus (formerly called Norwalk-Like Virus) infection
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Pertussis
Poliovirus infection (nonparalytic)
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Relapsing fever (tick-borne or louse-borne)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rubella (congenital syndrome)
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Streptococcal disease (Invasive or isolated from a normally sterile site)
Tetanus
Toxic-Shock Syndrome (staphylococcal or streptococcal)
Trichinosis
Vibriosis

Also reportable: Unusual diseases or outbreaks of any kind, and elevated blood lead levels greater than or equal to 10 micrograms.