Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Diseases which must, by law, be reported to governmental authorities by medical practitioners are called notifiable diseases or reportable diseases. United States Notifiable diseases in the United States used to vary according to individual state's laws. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CSTE also produced a list of nationally notifiable diseases which health officials should report to the CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). A uniform criteria for disease reporting to the NNDSS was introduced in 1990. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Anthrax Botulism Brucellosis Chancroid Chlamydia trachomatis, genital infections Cholera Coccidioidomycosis Cryptosporidiosis Diphtheria Encephalitis, California serogroup Encephalitis, eastern equine Encephalitis, St. Louis Encephalitis, western equine Escherichia coli O157:H7 Gonorrhea Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease Hansen disease (leprosy) Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis, C/non-A, non-B HIV infection, pediatric Legionellosis Lyme disease Malaria Measles Meningococcal disease Mumps Pertussis Plague Poliomyelitis, paralytic Psittacosis Rabies, animal Rabies, human Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rubella Rubella, congenital syndrome Salmonellosis Shigellosis Streptococcal disease, invasive Group A Streptococcus pneumoniae, drug-resistant invasive disease Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome Syphilis Syphilis, congenital Tetanus Toxic-shock syndrome Trichinosis Tuberculosis Typhoid fever Yellow fever Not notifiable, but recommended for surveillance: Amebiasis Aseptic meningitis Bacterial meningitis, other Campylobacter infection Cyclospora infection Dengue fever Ehrlichiosis Genital herpes (herpes simplex virus) Genital warts Giardiasis Granuloma inguinale Leptospirosis Listeriosis Lymphogranuloma venereum Mucopurulent cervicitis Nongonococcal urethritis Pelvic inflammatory disease Rheumatic fever Tularemia Varicella (chickenpox) Source: public domain resource CDC document "Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance" ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/rr/rr4610.pdf United Kingdom Anthrax Cholera Diphtheria Dysentery Encephalitis, acute Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning Haemorrhagic fever, viral Hepatitis, viral Leptospirosis Malaria Meningitis Meningoccal septicaemia (without meningitis) Mumps Ophthalmia neonatorum Paratyphoid fever Plague Poliomyelitis, acute Rabies Relapsing fever Rubella Scarlet fever Tetanus Tuberculosis (TB) Typhoid fever Typhus Whooping cough Yellow fever Source: National Health Service web site at http://www.nhsatoz.org/pls/hfht/docs/FOLDER/HFH_CONTENT/ATOZ/NOTIFIABLE+DISEASES+AND+RIDDOR.HTM This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.