Chronic Infections in Pregnant Patients
Infectious Disease Reporting

Pregnancy in a person chronically infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), or other reportable perinatally transmissible diseases shall be reported to the commissioner within one working day of knowledge of the pregnancy. Reporting is required even if the disease was reported prior to the pregnancy.

Modified 9/27/2024

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What and how to report
When to report 
Who is required to report
More about infectious disease reporting

What and how to report

• Report a pregnancy in a person with Zika; or a person chronically infected with hepatitis B, HIV, syphilis, or other reportable perinatally transmissible diseases.
  • Reporting Zika virus disease 
    • Arboviral Disease Case Report Form
      Zika or other arboviral disease can be reported on this form to the Minnesota Department of Health.
  • Reporting Hepatitis B and C
    • Reporting Perinatal Hepatitis B
      Cases of Perinatal Hepatitis B can be reported by completing either the Perinatal Hepatitis B Pregnancy Report or the Perinatal Hepatitis B Birth Report Form.
  • Reporting Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection,
    including Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
    • HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report Forms
      Use the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report Form to report perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
  • Reporting Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
    • Please call the Minnesota Department of Health by phone at 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414 to report Congenital Syphilis.

When to report

• Report within one working day of knowledge of the pregnancy.
• Reporting is required even if the disease was reported prior to the pregnancy.

Who is required to report

• Health care practitioners (health care facilities, medical laboratories, and in certain circumstances veterinarians and veterinary medical laboratories) are required to report disease to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) under Minnesota state law.
  • Unless previously reported, every licensed health care provider who provides care to any patient who has, is suspected of having, or has died from a reportable disease is required to report.
• Any person in charge of any institution, school, child care facility, or camp is also required to report disease to MDH.

More about infectious disease reporting

• Infectious Disease Reporting
  Find out which infectious diseases must be reported by law in Minnesota, who is required to report diseases, how each disease can be reported, and download the appropriate forms.