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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.
Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva and neural tissue of infected animals. Once a person begins showing signs and symptoms of rabies, the disease is nearly always fatal. When people are exposed to potentially rabid animals, immune globulin and vaccine is usually recommended to stop the rabies virus from infecting the body.
IDPH provides consultation to help healthcare providers, veterinarians, and the general public to determine whether a potential exposure occurred. Rabies exposure consultation can be obtained from the Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology:
Do not submit questions about rabies exposure through the "Contact Us" system on this website.
These are the guidance documents that IDPH uses as the basis for recommendations
Rabies Human Exposure Management Flow Charts
This is the guidance document that IDPH uses as the basis for recommendations
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