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Notifiable disease
A disease that, when diagnosed, requires health providers (usually by law) to report to state or local public health officials. Notifiable diseases are of public interest by reason of their contagiousness, severity, or frequency. For more information, see: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System [NNDSS].
(Also see: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System [NNDSS]).