Notice to Readers
Revision of Tables I, II, and III (Notifiable Diseases)
Beginning with this issue, the following changes, recommended
by
the Conference of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, have been
made in the notifiable diseases reportable to CDC:
Toxic-shock syndrome has been added to Table I and to the
third page of Table III.
2. Brucellosis has been moved to Table II (Notifiable
diseases
of low frequency).
3. The listing for botulism in Table II now includes
foodborne,
infant, and other botulism.
4. Measles cases are identified either as indigenous or
imported
in Table I and on the second page of Table III.
5. Chickenpox has been reinstated for annual reporting.
6. Only the cumulative (year-to-date) totals will be printed
in
Table III for malaria, meningococcal infections, typhoid fever, and
Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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