Communicable Disease Manual

Disease-case investigation guidance 

A to Z list - A-C | D-H | I-N | P-S | T-Z

• Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) general information
  • Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) case report form
• Animal bites
  • Animal bite reporting form
• Aseptic meningitis
  • Aseptic/viral meningitis sample letter to parents
• ​​​Botulism
  • Disease manual
• Campylobacteriosis
  • Disease manual
  • Campylobacteriosis case investigation form
  • Foodborne illness general information
• Chickenpox (varicella).
  • Disease manual
  • Chickenpox report form
  • Chickenpox outbreak report form
  • General information
• Chikungunya virus infection.
  • Chikungunya surveillance form

• Cholera / Vibrio species
  • Cholera and other vibrio illness surveillance form
  • Cholera and other vibrio illness surveillance form instructions
• Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV)
• COVID-19
  • Disease manual
• Cryptosporidium
  • Disease manual
  • Cryptosporidium case investigation form
• Cyclospora
  • Cyclospora National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (CNHGQ) REDCap
  • Cyclospora National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (CNHGQ) Paper Form
  • Additional tables (directs to a Google folder with downloadable documents)
  • Foodborne illness general information

• Diphtheria
  • CDC diphtheria investigation form
  • Form for evaluating close contacts
  • Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Diphtheria (CDC)
• Dengue virus
  • Dengue virus investigation form
• E.coli - see "STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli)"
• Enteric/Foodborne Disease
  • ​Summary of CDPHE recommendations for disease control for enteric pathogens
• Enterovirus
  • Health Update: Neurologic complications associated with enterovirus A71 infection in children
  • Health Advisory: Neurologic complications associated with enterovirus A71 in children
  • Controlling the spread of Enterovirus D-68 in child care settings

• Controlling the spread of Enterovirus D-68 in schools
• Foodborne illness
• Giardia
  • Disease manual
  • Giardia case investigation form
• Group A streptococcus (invasive)
• Haemophilus influenzae
• Haemophilus influenzae general information
• Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
  • Hantavirus case report form
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
  • Disease manual
• Hepatitis A
  • Management timeline
  • Case investigation form
  • Case ascertainment flowchart
  • Viral hepatitis website
• Hepatitis B and C (Viral Hepatitis Program webpage)

• Influenza
  • Disease manual
• Legionellosis
  • Disease manual
  • CDPHE legionellosis case report form
  • Legionellosis investigation guidelines
  • Water Management Program template
  • Water Management Program evaluation tool -
    • PDF
    • spreadsheet
• Listeriosis.
  • Listeriosis case report form | In Spanish
  • Foodborne illness general information
• Lyme disease
  • Lyme disease case report form

• Malaria
  • Disease manual
  • Case report form | Instructions
  • General information
• Measles
  • Disease manual
  • General information
• Meningococcal disease (invasive)
  • Meningococcal Disease Case investigation form
  • Meningococcal disease general information
• Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) general information
• Mpox
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
  • Disease manual
• Mumps
  • Mumps webpage

• Paratyphoid fever -- please see Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever
• Plague
  • CDC plague case report form
  • Recommendations for the management, diagnosis and treatment of suspected veterinary plague cases
• Pertussis
  • Pertussis general information
• Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
• Polio
  • Suspect polio case investigation form
• Psittacosis
  • Psittacosis case report form
• Q Fever
  • Disease manual
  • Q fever case report form
  • General information
• Rabies
  • Disease manual
  • General information

• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Rubella
  • Rubella investigation form
  • Congenital rubella syndrome investigation form
  • Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Rubella (CDC)
• Salmonellosis
  • Salmonellosis case investigation form.
  • Foodborne illness general information.
• Shigellosis
  • Shigellosis case investigation form
  • Shigellosis outbreak investigation and control in child care centers/preschools
  • Foodborne illness general information
• STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli)
  • E. coli O157/STEC case investigation form
  • STEC: Interpreting lab results
  • Foodborne illness general information

• Tetanus
  • Tetanus case investigation form
  • Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Tetanus (CDC)
• Tick-borne rickettsial disease
  • Tick-borne rickettsial disease case report form
• ​Trichinellosis /Trichinosis
  • Trichinosis case report form
• Tuberculosis
• Tularemia
  • Tularemia: The Disease and Its Epidemiology
  • Tularemia case report form
• Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever
  • Typhoid fever case investigation form
• Varicella (chickenpox).
  • Disease manual
  • Chickenpox report form
  • Chickenpox outbreak report form
  • General information

• Vibrio species
  • Cholera and other vibrio illness surveillance form
  • Cholera and other vibrio illness surveillance form instructions
  • Foodborne illness general information
• West Nile virus
  • Human case report form
  • Disease manual
  • General information
• Yersiniosis
  • Yersiniosis case investigation form​
  • Disease manual
• Zika
  • Zika surveillance form