Division of Surveillance & Disease Control

 West Virginia Bureau for Public Health (BPH) Division of Surveillance and Disease Control's Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program (IDEP)
The West Virginia Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program manages potential communicable disease threats to the public's health through provision of technical assistance, investigations, education, and prevention programs.

Hot Topics

• H1N1 (Swine Flu)  ^{Updated Weekly}
• Varicella Surveillance Resources for School Nurses 
• Updated Guidelines for Suspected Norovirus Outbreaks 
• Fight the Bite Poster Contest for students in 5th and 6th grades. (NEW - Deadline April 5, 2010)

Health Alerts, Advisories, and News Releases

1. WV Health Alert #28 Outbreak of Acute Viral Hepatitis B in West Virginia (November 17,2009)
2. WV Health Alert #27 Investigational IV Antiviral (Peramivir) Use In Hospitalized Patients With Influenza (November 3, 2009)
3. WV Health Alert #26 Recommendations for Healthcare Workers Caring for Pregnant, Postpartum and Other Persons at Higher Risk of Complications from Influenza  (October 23, 2009)
4. CDC Health Advisory: Recommendations for Early Empiric Antivrial Treatment In Persons With  Suspected Influenza Disease who are at Increased Risk for Developing Severe Disease (October 19, 2009)
5. WV Health Alert #25 Influenza Guidance for the 2009-2010 Season (September 14, 2009)
6. WV Health Alert #24 H1N1 Vaccine: Provider Pre-registration for West Virginia Provider Offices, Hospitals, and Other Health Care Facilities (September 3, 2009)                                    

Health Alerts, Advisories, and New Releases Archive

Whats New On The IDEP's Website

Archived Updates

If you would like to reference back to a past update click Here and you will be taken to the IDEP Archived Pages