Reporting Plague 
(Yersinia pestis)

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What to report
How to report
Submitting clinical materials 
Who is required to report
More about infectious disease reporting

What to report

Plague (Yersinia pestis) must be reported to MDH immediately 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Case definition

• CDC: Plague Case Definitions
  Case definition from CDC's National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS) for Plague.

How to report Plague

• Call 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414 immediately to report Plague. 
  24-7 Phone Reporting
  This disease must be reported immediately by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Submitting clinical materials

For Plague, submission of clinical materials (isolate, if available) to MDH is required by rule.

• Clinical Materials 
  Clinical materials must be submitted according to these guidelines.

Who is required to report

• Health care practitioners (health care facilities, medical laboratories, and in certain circumstances veterinarians and veterinary medical laboratories) are required to report disease to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) under Minnesota state law.
  • Unless previously reported, every licensed health care provider who provides care to any patient who has, is suspected of having, or has died from a reportable disease is required to report.
• Any person in charge of any institution, school, child care facility, or camp is also required to report disease to MDH.
   
• Persons Required to Report Disease
  More information about who is required to report disease.

More about infectious disease reporting

• Infectious Disease Reporting
  Find out which infectious diseases must be reported by law in Minnesota, who is required to report diseases, how each disease can be reported, and download the appropriate forms.