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Reportable Diseases
Information on Iowa's reportable diseases and conditions.
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Epi Update
CADE publishes a weekly update on health related topics relevant to current events in Iowa. To view the current and past issues of the Epi Update, click here.
Epi Manual
An online guide for public health officials and health care providers to surveillance, investigation, and reporting.
Vaccines and Immunizations
IDPH Bureau of Immunization & TB
Foodborne Outbreak Investigation Manual
An online resource for foodborne outbreak management.
CADE is a bureau within the Division of Acute Disease Prevention and Emergency Response and works to protect and preserve the health and safety of Iowans from infectious diseases through disease surveillance; investigation of acute outbreaks; education and consultation to county, local, and private health agencies on infectious diseases; immunization and vaccine guidelines; treatment after animal bites; and vaccines for international travel.
The center also provides consultation to county and local health agencies on diseases requiring public health intervention, collaborates with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by weekly reporting of nationally reportable diseases, and offers health education opportunities through lectures and organizational seminars.
CADE routinely monitors over 45 diseases as well as unusual occurrences of disease (outbreaks).Find a disease by its first letter or by clicking on the links below.
These factsheets were designed to promote safe and healthy living environments by providing pet owners and the general public with resources on common diseases transmitted between animals and humans (zoonotic diseases).
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Antibiotic resistance happens when microbes (germs) develop ways to survive the use of medicines meant to kill or weaken them.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), foodborne illness affects 48 million Americans, causes 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths annually.
IDPH’s initiative to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) includes supporting science-based actions to decrease these infections to make healthcare safer for all Iowans.
The Iowa Disease Surveillance System (IDSS) enables local public health, hospitals, laboratories, and IDPH to collaborate electronically as they perform disease reporting and surveillance activities across the state.
The Iowa Influenza Surveillance Network (IISN) is comprised of physicians, schools, child care centers, businesses, and long term care facilities who track the occurrence on influenza-like illness.
Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva and neural tissue of infected animals. IDPH provides consultation to help healthcare providers, veterinarians, and the general public to determine whether a potential exposure occurred.
IDPH has instituted a number of programs which have allowed Iowa to monitor West Nile virus activity in sentinel chickens, mosquitoes, horses, and humans.
There are approximately 121% more persons with pertussis disease this year compared to the average of the past five years Historically, pertussis activity has been cyclical with increased activity observed every three to five years. For more information visit the current Iowa Pertussis Report
Tick activity has begun in Iowa. Ticks can carry the organisms that cause Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Ehrlichiosis. For information on how to prevent tick bites and tick removal when a bite does occur, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For information on the diseases associated with ticks see the disease information section above.
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