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Appendix IX. Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the United States
Public health officials at state health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborate in determining which diseases should be nationally notifiable (see Table, p 871). The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, with advice from the CDC, makes recommendations annually for additions and deletions to the list of nationally notifiable diseases. A disease may be added to the list as a new pathogen emerges, or a disease may be deleted as its incidence decreases. However, reporting of nationally notifiable diseases
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