Reportable Diseases

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Report via PA-NEDSS

PA-NEDSS is Pennsylvania's version of the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System. Pennsylvania regulations specify that disease/conditions are to be reported electronically via PA-NEDSS. To register for PA-NEDSS access, please send an e-mail to NEDSS@pa.gov .

For questions about reporting, call the main Health Department phone number (412-687-2243).

Reporting Specifics

  • Any unusual diseases/infections/conditions are to be reported immediately as soon as clinically suspected; reporting is not to await laboratory confirmation
  • Outbreaks of any kind are to be reported immediately. On nights, weekends and holidays, please call 412-687-2243
  • Report the diseases/conditions listed below via PA-NEDSS
  • For questions about HIV reporting, call 412-578-8358

  • For reporting about sexually transmitted infections, call 412-578-8081

Report Within 24 Hours of Diagnosis

Report the following within 24 hours of diagnosis.
Note: Clinical laboratories - all diseases are reportable by the next workday.

  • Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)
  • Animal Bites (Bite Report Form)
  • Anthrax
  • Arboviruses (includes chikungunya, dengue, Eastern equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, oropouche, Powassan, St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus infection, Yellow fever, Zika et. al.)
  • Botulism (all forms)
  • Candida auris
  • Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO), clinical and screening
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (ACHD online form)
  • Cholera
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Diphtheria
  • Enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 (shiga toxin-producing E. coli or STEC)
  • Food Poisoning
  • Haemophilus Influenzae, invasive disease
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (includes: Ebola, Marburg, Lassa)
  • Lead Poisoning
  • Legionnellosis
  • Measles
  • Meningococcal Invasive Disease
  • Mpox
  • Novel Influenza A virus infection
  • Plague
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Rabies
  • Smallpox
  • Typhoid Fever

Report Within 5 Working Days of Diagnosis

Report the following within 5 working days of diagnosis.
Note: Clinical laboratories - all diseases are reportable by the next workday.

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Anaplasmosis
  • Amebiasis
  • Babesiosis
  • Brucellosis
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Cancer (Report to the PA Cancer Registry)
  • CD4 T-lymphocyte counts and percentages
  • Chancroid
  • Chickenpox (Varicella)
  • Chlamydia Trachomatis (Chlamydia) Infections
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Encephalitis (all types)
  • Giardiasis
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea) Infections
  • Granuloma Inguinale
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Hepatitis, Viral - Acute and Chronic (A, B, C, D, E)
  • All hepatitis C RNA test results (positive or negative)
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  • HIV viral load test results, including detectable and undetectable viral load results, and all HIV genotyping results
  • Influenza (Lab-confirmed only)
  • Leprosy
  • Leptospirosis
  • Listeriosis
  • Lyme Disease
  • Lymphogranuloma Venereum
  • Malaria
  • Meningitis (all types - not limited to invasive Haemophilus influenzae or Neisseria meningitidis)
  • Methicilin-Resistant StaphyolococcusAureus (MRSA) invasive disease (online MRSA Reporting Form)
  • Mumps
  • Perinatal Exposure of newborn to Hepatitis B
  • Perinatal Exposure of newborn to HIV
  • Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  • Psittacosis (Ornithosis)
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  • Rickettsial Diseases
  • Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome
  • Salmonellosis
  • Shigellosis
  • Staphylococcus aureus, Vancomycin-resistant (VRSA) or Intermediate (VISA) invasive disease
  • Streptococcal invasive disease (group A)
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease
  • Syphilis - all stages
  • Tetanus
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Trichinosis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Tularemia

Report Only for Children Under the Age of 5

Report to PA Dept. of Health at 877-724-3258.

  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
  • Congenital Hypothyroidism
  • Galactosemia
  • Maple Syrup Urine Disease
  • Phenylketonuria
  • Sickle Cell Disease

Data on infectious disease in Allegheny County

For data on reportable diseases, see the Disease Surveillance webpage and dashboards:

Workbook: IDE Dashboard 

Workbook: Respiratory Virus Dashboard  

Workbook: STD Dashboard v12

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