Section 690.490  Leptospirosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

a)         Control of Case

1)         No specific restrictions.

2)         If a cluster of cases is identified, the local health authority shall look for evidence of infection from a common environmental source.

b)         Control of Contacts

No specific restrictions.

c)         Laboratory Reporting

1)         Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients from whom Leptospira species has been cultured or patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Leptospira species infection.

2)         Laboratories shall forward clinical materials positive for Leptospira to the Department's laboratory.

3)         Laboratories shall report and submit to the Department's laboratory any positive environmental or animal samples resulting from an outbreak investigation.

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4098, effective February 27, 2024)