Communicable Disease (CD) Control Program is responsible for review of and case management, and/or contact follow up for all reportable contagious diseases and conditions in Sutter County. It also provides education and information regarding all contagious diseases such as TB, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), airborne transmitted diseases, and food-borne illness. Communicable Disease Programs fight the spread of contagious diseases in Sutter County. We work to contain diseases by:

• Investigating who is sick and who else might get sick
• Offering vaccines
• Educating health providers and the public
• Collecting data on diseases

We also play a critical role in planning how to protect people in case of a public health emergency such as a flu pandemic.

For information on reporting Notifiable Diseases and Conditions in Sutter County as required by California Regulation use the link below.

• Reporting Notifiable Diseases and Conditions

The Ebola virus outbreak in Africa is on the watch list in the United States. While the possibility of infected persons entering the U.S. remains low, federal, state and local health departments and healthcare professionals and hospitals across the country are informed about Ebola and what to do if there is a suspected case. Healthcare and public health are on alert for any potential cases in the United States brought in by travel.

For more information about Ebola virus and the preparations to protect against Ebola, go to the CDC Ebola webpage.

• Ebola Fact Sheet - English 
• Ebola Fact Sheet - Spanish 

Staphylococcus aureus (staph) are bacteria that many healthy people carry on their skin or in their nose. Staph can sometimes cause serious infections like pneumonia, blood, or joint infections, and deep skin infections.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of staph that is not killed by penicillin and similar antibiotics. It causes skin infections especially among school children. Students, faculty and staff at schools should be sensitive to the possibility of disease transmission.

The California Department of Public Health has released information to address the concerns of the educational community in California about MRSA.

• Skin Infections and MRSA Information for California Schools 
• A Parent's Guide to MRSA in California  [English]
• A Parent's Guide to MRSA in California  [Spanish - Español]

It is West Nile Virus (WNV) season in Sutter County. Check out useful sources of information about WNV for you and your family:

• Sutter-Yuba Mosquito Vector Control District
• CDC’s West Nile Virus webpage
• California Department of Public Health’s WNV webpage