West Virginia Bureau for Public Health

Division of Surveillance & Disease Control

350 Capitol Street, Room 125, Charleston, WV 25301
304.558.5358 800.423.1271

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

Hot Topics

Health Alerts, Advisories, and News Releases

  1. WV Health Alert #35 Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Increase (July 9, 2010)
  2. WV Health Alert #32 Hepatitis B Infection in Association with a Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic in Hedgesville WV June 26-27, 2009  (June 3, 2010)
  3. CDC Health Advisory - Healthcare Professional Warned Not To Use Certain Intravenous Metronidazole, Ondansetron, and Ciprofloxacin Due To Potential Contamination (June 1, 2010)
  4. WV Health Alert #31 Arbovirus Season Alert, 2010 (May 17, 2010)
  5. WV Health Alert #30 Updated Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Guidlines (April 2, 2010)             

Health Alerts and Advisories Archive

Whats New On The DIDE's Website

  1. Influenza Surveillance Data (July 28, 2010) Updated
  2. 2010 Arbovirus Surveillance Activity (July 27, 2010) Updated
  3. West Virginia Healthcare Assoicated Infections Plan (February 5, 2010)
  4. Weekly Reportable Disease Update (January 11, 2009)
  5. Rabies Updated Surveillance (July 22, 2010)
  6. Parent Resource Page (October 22, 2009)

 

Archived Updates

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

  

 

Page Last Updated: 07/28/2010

 

 

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