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The MMWR series of publications is published by the Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
In the United States, requirements for reporting diseases are mandated by state laws or regulations, and the list of reportable diseases in each state differs. In October 1990, in collaboration with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, CDC published a report entitled Case Definitions for Public Health Surveillance (MMWR 1990;39[No. RR-13]) (hereafter referred to as the "1990 Report"), which, for the first time, provided uniform criteria for reporting cases. The 1990 report, containing the original case definitions, is available for download as a .pdf file. Download RR3913 now (size approximately 310,000 bytes). Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - available here.
The 1990 Report was revised and published in 1997 to provide updated uniform criteria* for state health department personnel to use when reporting notifiable diseases to CDC. The 1997 updates were published in a report entitled Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance (MMWR 1997;46[No. RR-10]) (hereafter referred to as the "1997 Report"). Case definitions for some infectious conditions not designated as nationally notifiable are also included in this report. Some of these conditions may have been nationally notifiable or may become so; definitions are included here to facilitate interpretation of data for these diseases. These conditions may be reportable in some states. The 1997 Report may be downloaded as a .pdf file. Download RR4610 now (size approximately 469,000 bytes). Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - available here.
CDC has not published another summary report of surveillance case definitions for infectious diseases since the 1997 Report. To facilitate interpretation of historical surveillance data, this web site contains hot links to new and revised case definitions for infectious diseases that were developed after the 1997 Report was published, as well as to case definitions contained in the 1990 and 1997 Reports. Some of these surveillance case definitions are also available as position statements on the CSTE website.
For the most current information on procedures for reporting the occurrence of communicable diseases nationally, please see the Manual of Procedures for Reporting Nationally Notifiable Diseases to CDC (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1995) (requests for this manual should be sent to the following e-mail address: soib@cdc.gov ). Note that the list of notifiable diseases varies by state, as reporting is mandated only at the state level.
The list of Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases for the current year and recent previous years is available at the following site : http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/PHS/infdis.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Case definitions for infectious conditions under public health surveillance. MMWR 1997;46(No. RR-10).
Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Copies can be purchased from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9325. Telephone: (202) 512-1800.
* These case definitions were developed in collaboration with epidemiologists at CDC and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE). They were approved by a full vote of the CSTE membership and also endorsed for use by the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors (ASTPHLD).
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