Infectious Disease Surveillance Program
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) Epidemiology and Response Division (ERD) is responsible for directing investigations of specified infectious diseases and outbreaks that may impact the public. NMDOH staff, including those with clinical licenses, epidemiologists, disease prevention specialists, and others coordinate investigations with partners from other state agencies, local environment departments, tribal nations and agencies that serve them, healthcare personnel, healthcare institutions, schools, day care centers, and others as indicated.
The ERD Infectious Disease Surveillance Program consists of a team of epidemiologists conducting daily surveillance of notifiable conditions and other conditions of public health importance for the entire State of New Mexico.
Please use the Notifiable Condition Reporting Form for reporting notifiable conditions to the New Mexico Department of Health (fax the report to (505) 827-0013).
Please refer to Notifiable Conditions and Diseases in New Mexico for guidance on reporting notifiable conditions.
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News Articles
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- Changes coming to New Mexico COVID-19 testing options (December 8, 2022)
- Department of Health investigates suspected wound botulism case (August 19, 2020)
- Department of Health reports first human hantavirus pulmonary syndrome case of 2020 (August 17, 2020)
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- COVID-19 Coronavirus Testing Now Available in New Mexico (March 3, 2020)
- Department of Health Reports Human Case of Plague in Santa Fe County (July 27, 2020)
- Free Testing for Persons Who Received Any Injections, (April 29, 2019)
Health Data
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- Infectious Disease (2021) Week 05/01/2021 (Infectious Disease)
- Infectious Diseases in New Mexico (2017 Annual Report) (Infectious Disease)
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- Infectious Disease (2023) Week 11/11/2023 (Infectious Disease)
- Infectious Disease (2023) Week 10/21/2023 (Infectious Disease)
- Infectious Disease (2023) Week 10/14/2023 (Infectious Disease)
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- Infectious Diseases in New Mexico (2011 Annual Report) (Infectious Disease)
- Infectious Diseases in New Mexico (2014 Annual Report) (Infectious Disease)
- Infectious Diseases in New Mexico (2016 Annual Report) (Infectious Disease)
Publications
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- CD Manual - Child Care Settings (General)
- Head Lice Factsheet (English)
- Piojos Factsheet (Spanish)
- Ringworm Factsheet (English)
- Tiña Factsheet (Spanish)
- Scabies Factsheet (English)
- Sarna Factsheet (Spanish)
- Fifth Disease Factsheet (English)
- Quinta Enfermedad (Spanish)
- Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease Factsheet (English)
- Enfermedad De Mano-Pie-Boca Factsheet (Spanish)
- Conjunctivitis Factsheet (English)
- Conjuntivitis Factsheet (Spanish)
- Acute Viral URI Factsheet (English)
- Infecciones Respiratorias Virales Agudas Factsheet (Spanish)
- Herpes Factsheet (English)
- Virus del Herpes Factsheet (Spanish)
- Impetigo Factsheet (English)
- Impétigo Factsheet (Spanish)
- Non-invasive Group A Streptococcus Factsheet (English)
- Estreptococo Grupo A No-invasivo Factsheet (Spanish)
- Viral Meningitis Factsheet (English)
- Meningitis Viral Factsheet (Spanish)
- CD Manual - Streptococcal Infections (Invasive Group B) (General)
- CD Manual – Pneumococcal Disease (General)
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- CD Manual - Monkey Bites - Herpes B virus (General)
- CD Manual - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (General)
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