The Epidemiology program is responsible for the surveillance of reportable communicable diseases, other than TB, STD, and HIV/AIDS, including enteric diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, invasive bacterial diseases, arthropod-borne diseases, and other diseases.

Contact and Case Reporting Information:

Health Professionals on the Team:

• Investigate, intervene, monitor, and coordinate reporting of communicable diseases that occur in Pinellas County.

• Identify the source of an agent, identify the mode and time of transmission, identify other persons who may have been exposed, and institute prompt action to prevent the spread of disease.

• Provide education and consultation on infectious diseases to professional providers and community groups.

• Prepare, through education and training, to deal with potential threats from the use of biological weapons of mass destruction.

• Assist with studies to assess health risks associated with new emerging infectious agents.

• Provide a weekly report of communicable diseases to the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology.

List of Reportable Diseases (89kb pdf)

Epi Watch Monthly Newsletters

Practitioner Single Disease Reporting Form (339kb pdf)

Related Links:

• http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/epi/diseases.htm
  Florida Department of Health: Information on Diseases and Conditions
• http://www.myflorida.com
  Directory of Florida governmental agencies
• http://www.cdc.gov
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• http://www.apic.org
  Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
• http://www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/epi/topics/surv.htm
  Florida Department of Health: Notifiable disease reporting and surveillance