Communicable Disease Program

The Communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit  is responsible for developing statewide disease investigation protocols and accompanying materials, collaborating with the Office of Analytics to maintain weekly surveillance of communicable disease trends within Nevada, and providing recommendations to reduce communicable disease transmission and associated negative outcomes. 

Additional responsibilities include serving as the primary contact for internal partners, local health authorities and other external partners for guidance and consultation related to communicable diseases, as well as leading the statewide respiratory virus surveillance efforts monitoring influenza, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other viral respiratory pathogens.