North Carolina Communicable Disease Manual

 

Local Health Department Investigation Steps

A - E      F - I      J - R      S - Z

A - E Anthrax Botulism Botulism, foodborne Botulism, infant (intestinal) Botulism, wound Brucellosis Campylobacter infection Chikungunya Chlamydial infection Cholera Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Cryptosporidiosis Cyclosporiasis Dengue E.coli infection- shiga toxin producing Ehrlichia Ehrlichiosis, HGA Ehrlichiosis, HME Ehrlichiosis, unspecified Encephalitis/Meningitis, Arboviral Encephalitis, arboviral, EEE Encephalitis, arboviral, LAC Encephalitis, arboviral, other Encephalitis, arboviral, WNV F - I Foodborne poisoning Foodborne poisoning: ciguatera Foodborne poisoning: mushroom Foodborne poisoning: scombroid fish Foodborne Foodborne: c. perfringens Foodborne: other/unknown Foodborne: staphylococcal Gonorrhea Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease Hantavirus infection Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) Hemorrhagic fever virus infection Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis B: acute Hepatitis B: carriage, chronic Hepatitis C, acute Influenza, NOVEL virus infection Influenza, pediatric death (< 18 years of age)

J - R Legionellosis Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Leptospirosis Listeriosis Lyme Disease Malaria Measles (Rubeola) Meningitis, pneumococcal Meningococcal disease, invasive Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Monkeypox Mumps Non-Gonococcal Urethritis (NGU) Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Pertussis (whooping cough) Plague Psittacosis Q fever Rabies, human Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever S - Z S. aureus, reduced susceptibility to vancomycin Salmonellosis - Updated January 2017 SARS (coronavirus infection) Shigellosis Smallpox Streptococcal infection, Group A, invasive Toxic Shock Syndrome, non-streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome, streptococcal Trichinosis Tularemia Typhoid Fever, acute - Updated October 2015 Typhoid, carriage Vaccinia Vibrio infection (other than cholera & vulnificus) Vibrio vulnificus infection Yellow fever Zika

For Vaccine Preventable Disease Investigation, see VPD Manual or call the Communicable Disease Branch at 919-733-3419 For Sexually Transmitted Disease Investigation, see Sexually Transmitted Disease Protocols or call the Communicable Disease Branch at 919-733-7301 24/7 Communicable Disease Investigation contact the Communicable Disease On-Call Epidemiologist (including after hours and emergency) at 919-733-3419