Communicable Disease (CD) Control Program

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Provider's notifiable/reportable conditions 24/7 contact:

For HIV Only:

Phone: (559) 675-7893 HIV Confidential Fax: (559) 773-4943 (confidential) NEW! effective Monday Aug 12, 2024

For All Communicable Diseases/Conditions EXCEPT HIV:

Phone: (559) 675-7894 Fax: (559) 674-7262 (confidential)

Email: cdreporting@maderacounty.com

Report positive lab results or non-urgent communicable disease through the statewide surveillance system 24/7 if you are a laboratory or medical provider with the capability to report via CalREDIE.

Follow your organizational policies for secure data transmission when sending protected health information.

If you would like to speak directly to our Communicable Disease team:
Call during business hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (excludes holidays).

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Confidentiality Morbidity Reporting Forms:

Updates
Monkeypox information for Providers, CDPH, 08/11/22 7/7/21 Changes to Title 17 COVID Variant Reporting Health Update: Pesticide Illness Reporting Jan. 30, 2020

What Does the Communicable Disease Program Do?

What does CD do?

CD works to control communicable disease by:

Conducting CD surveillance activities
Investigating reports of communicable disease
Providing clinic and case management services to control the spread of infectious disease
Working with Environmental Health Department on foodborne disease control
Receiving Confidential Morbidity Reports (CMR) from health care providers, clinical laboratories, and health care administrators
Providing Madera County Communicable Disease information

Communicable Disease Information

Communicable Disease Information
Anthrax	English \| Español	Tuberculosis (TB)	English \| Español
Botulism	English \| Español	Tularemia	English \| Español
Plague	English \| Español	Valley Fever	English \| Español
Q-Fever	English \| Español	Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers	English \| Español
SARS	English \| Español	West Nile Virus	English \| Español
Smallpox	English \| Español

Madera County Dept. of Public Health Webpages and Programs

Tuberculosis - When to Test

Get tested if you meet criteria from any of these categories:

1. Individuals with increased risk of new TB infection

Close contacts of patients with untreated active TB
Casual contacts of patients with untreated active TB
People who use illicit drugs
Residents or employees of a homeless shelter or correctional facility
Health care workers in regions with high TB incidence rates

2. Individuals with increased risk of reactivation - if you had TB before and have one of the following:

High Risk
HIV infection (any stage of illness) Transplant, chemotherapy, or other major immunocompromising condition Lymphoma, leukemia, head and neck cancer Abnormal chest radiograph with apical fibronodular changes typical of healed TB (not including granuloma) Silicosis Renal failure (requiring dialysis) Treatment with TNF-alpha inhibitors
Moderate Risk
Diabetes mellitus Systemic glucocorticoids (≥15 mg/day for ≥ 1 month) for those 65 or younger
Slightly Increased Risk
Underweight (<85% of ideal bodyweight) for most individuals, this is equivalent to BMI ≤20 Smoking cigarettes (≥1 pack/day) Chest radiograph with solitary granuloma Individuals born in or former residents of countries with high incidence of TB disease (without other risk factors listed above)
Have recently traveled to:
Angola Bangladesh Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Burundi Cape Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad China Congo Cote d’Ivoire Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana	Greenland Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti India Indonesia Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Marshall Islands Mauritania Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar	Namibia Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Republic of Moldova Russian Federation Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Swaziland Thailand Timor-Leste Tuvalu Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Special Clinics & STDS

The Madera County Department of Public Health provides outpatient medical care, counseling and educational activities designed to reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. See Clinic page for hours.

Need STD testing closer to home?

Check out the "Get Tested" website from CDC at: GetTested.CDC.gov for a location near you.

Let your partner know

Send an anonymous text letting partners know they should go for STD testing at tellyourpartner.org.

How to Report STDs with the Confidentiality Morbidity Report (CMR)

Health care providers who have diagnosed, or suspect the presence of, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in their patient are legally required to report that information to the local health department. Learn how to report with the CMR.

Guidelines & Regulations

Online Links & Resources

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