The rates reported by Chagas disease have intensified as a result of the determining factors for disease. In this sense, with arrival Covid-19 in Brazil, several notifiable diseases were neglected, influencing disease, where cases left aside, if it not great importance during peak period pandemic. Consequently, lack notification resulted making individuals more vulnerable to acquiring and devel...

CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and state health departments collect data on laboratory-reported adult blood lead levels (BLLs). This report presents data on elevated BLLs among employed adults (defined as persons aged ≥16 years) in the United States for 1994-2013. This report is a part of the Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbrea...

The authors describe an adapted method, originally developed for infectious disease resource allocation, for prioritizing infectious diseases for inclusion in a Pacific island nation's National Notifiable Diseases List. Using a process that was systematic, transparent, objective, and addressed multiple criteria, a panel of stakeholders judged candidate diseases against 12 objective criteria and...

OBJECTIVE To provide formulas for estimating notifiable disease reporting volume from 'meaningful use' electronic laboratory reporting (ELR). METHODS We analyzed two years of comprehensive ELR reporting data from 15 metropolitan hospitals and laboratories. Report volumes were divided by population counts to derive generalizable estimators. RESULTS Observed volume of notifiable disease repor...