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}
• Registration Now Open for the 2009 WV Public Health Symposium: Implications of h1N1 and Other Communicable Diseases: Are We Prepared?  November 19 & 20  Charleston, West Virginia (Marriott- Town Center)  Full Brochure is located on this link. 
• Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV) bait drop is scheduled to begin the first week of September 2009.  
  For more information about the ORV bait drop click here. 
• IMOVAX is now available without restriction - NO PASSWORD REQUIRED

Health Alerts, Advisories, and News Releases

1. WV Health Alert #28 Outbreak of Acute Viral Hepatitis B in West Virginia^New
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)
7. CDC Health Advisory: Recommendations for the amount of time persons with Influenza-like illness should be away from others (August 7, 2009)
8. WV Health Alert #23 Updated H1N1(Swine Origin) Influenza Guidance: Diagnosis, Management, and Reporting (July 21, 2009)
9. WV Health Alert #22 Measles Case Reported In West Virginia: Provider and Health Care Facility Guidance for Detection and Management (June 15, 2009)
10. WV Health Alert #21 Provider and Laboratory Guidance For Detection and Management of Human Cases of Novel H1N1 (Swine) Influenza (June 8, 2009)
11. WV Health Alert #20 Updated H1N1 (Swine Origin) Influenza Screening Recommendations for Providers and Laboratories (May 18, 2009)
12. CDC HAN Info Service Message; New and Updated Interim CDC Guidance Documents on H1N1 Flu (May 12, 2009)
13. WV Health Alert #19- Provider and Health Care Facility Guidance For Detection and Management of Human Cases of Swine Influenza (May 04, 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