{"id":689,"date":"2022-08-29T11:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/portsmouth\/?page_id=689"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:18:04","slug":"communicable-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/portsmouth\/communicable-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Communicable Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>ABOUT US<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The Portsmouth Health Department\u2019s Communicable Disease program works to lower the chance of illness and death from infectious diseases in the community. Our staff consists of trained physicians, nurses, and epidemiologists. This department receives reports of communicable diseases from local physicians, hospitals, clinics. and laboratories. These reports are investigated to prevent and contain the spread of diseases and monitor trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Communicable disease services include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Collecting and analyzing data on reportable diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Performing surveillance for communicable diseases and illnesses of public health significance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Providing counseling and education to clients with reportable diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Investigating outbreaks of disease in the community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Partnering with schools and childcare programs to encourage communicable disease prevention and surveillance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Acting as the liaison between medical providers and the Virginia Department of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) when certain laboratory testing is required.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/clinicians\/disease-reporting-and-control-regulations\/#reportable-disease-list\">Virginia Reportable Disease List<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/epidemiology\/epidemiology-fact-sheets\/\">Disease Fact Sheets<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/clinicians\/disease-reporting-and-control-regulations\/\">Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">To report a disease, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/redcap.vdh.virginia.gov\/redcap\/surveys\/?s=NYKYR7W47M\">Confidential Morbidity Report Portal<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<table border=\"2\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Monday-Friday, 8AM &#8211; 4:30PM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Nights, weekends, and holidays<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Michelle Winz<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Office: 757-393-8585 x8701<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cell: 757-435-3280<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Fax: 757-393-5120<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Office: 757-393-8585 x8718<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cell: 757-840-0488<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Fax: 757-393-8027<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>After Hours\/Weekends:<br \/>\n<\/strong>866-531-3068<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT US The Portsmouth Health Department\u2019s Communicable Disease program works to lower the chance of illness and death from infectious diseases in the community. 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