Report tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis immediately. Call 703.746.4960 and press 2 to speak with a nurse. 

Call 703.746.4951 to report immediately. 

• Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
• Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
• Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)
• Cholera (Vibrio cholerae O1/O139)
• Coronavirus infection, severe (e.g., SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV)
• Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
• Disease caused by an agent that may have been used as a weapon
• Haemophilus influenzae infection, invasive
• Hepatitis A
• Influenza-associated deaths if younger than 18 years of age
• Influenza A, novel virus
• Measles (Rubeola)
• Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis)
• Outbreaks, all (including foodborne, healthcare-associated, occupational, toxic substance-related, waterborne, and any other outbreak)
• Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis)
• Plague (Yersinia pestis)
• Poliovirus infection, including poliomyelitis
• Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)
• Q fever (Coxiella burnetti)
• Rabies, human and animal
• Rubella [a], including congenital rubella syndrome
• Smallpox (Variola virus)
• Syphilis (Treponema pallidum), congenital, primary, secondary, and other
• Tuberculosis, active disease (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
• Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
• Typhoid/Paratyphoid infection (Salmonella Typhi, Salmonella Paratyphi (all types))
• Unusual occurrence of disease of public health concern
• Vaccinia, disease or adverse event
• Vibriosis (Vibrio spp.)
• Viral hemorrhagic fever
• Yellow fever

Report the following diseases using the following options

• Call 703.746.4951
• Complete the online form
• Download the Disease Reporting Form and mail to: ATTN: Communicable Disease, 4850 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311. Reports must include: Patient's name, home address, and phone number; patient's date of birth; date of diagnosis; date of symptom onset

Report within 3 days:

• Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)
• Arboviral infections (e.g., CHIK, dengue, EEE, LAC, SLE, WNV, Zika)
• Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)
• Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.)
• Candida auris, infection or colonization
• Carbapenemase-producing organism, infection or colonization
• Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
• Chickenpox (Varicella virus)
• Chlamydia trachomatis infection
• Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2)
• Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium spp.)
• Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora spp.)
• Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis (Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum)
• Giardiasis (Giardia spp.)
• Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
• Granuloma inguinale (Calymmatobacterium granulomatis)
• Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome • Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
• Hepatitis B (acute and chronic)
• Hepatitis C (acute and chronic)
• Hepatitis, other acute viral
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
• Influenza, confirmed
• Lead, blood levels
• Legionellosis (Legionella spp.)
• Leprosy/Hansen’s disease (Mycobacterium leprae)
• Leptospirosis (Leptospira interrogans)
• Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)
• Lyme disease (Borrelia spp.)
• Lymphogranuloma venereum (Chlamydia trachomatis)
• Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)
• Mumps
• Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
• Ophthalmia neonatorum
• Rabies treatment, post-exposure
• Salmonellosis (Salmonella spp.)
• Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection
• Shigellosis (Shigella spp.)
• Spotted fever rickettsiosis (Rickettsia spp.)
• Streptococcal disease, Group A, invasive or toxic shock
• Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, invasive and <5 years of age
• Syphilis (Treponema pallidum), if not primary, secondary, or congenital
• Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)
• Toxic substance-related illness
• Trichinosis (Trichinellosis) (Trichinella spiralis)
• Tuberculosis infection
• Vancomycin-intermediate or vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
• Yersiniosis (Yersinia spp.)