For health care practitioners

• Disease reporting form (pdf) for health-care practitioners
• Patient specimen (pdf) submission procedures
• Brief WNV summary for health-care practitioners (pdf)
• CDC Guidelines for the evaluation of infants born to mothers infected with West Nile virus during pregnancy: MMWR, February 27, 2004

For county health departments

• WNV investigative guidelines (pdf)
• WNV case report form (pdf)
• Patient specimen (pdf) submission procedures
• Recommended guidance for reporting West Nile viremic blood donors (pdf) to state and/or local public health departments and reporting donors who subsequently develop West Nile virus illness to blood collection facilities (Drafted: June 16, 2003)

Bird specimen submission and testing

• Bird sampling and testing for West Nile virus (pdf)
• Bird specimen submission guidelines and form (pdf)
• Updated bird form only (pdf)

Horse specimen submission and testing

• Horse specimen submission guidelines and form (pdf)
  Contact the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture (503-986-4760) for more information before submitting samples
• WNV information for veterinarians (pdf)

See our disease reporting page for information on how to report and for telephone numbers of local health departments.

On weekends and holidays, call 971-673-1111 to reach the State Health Department doctor on call.