National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System is a nationwide public health surveillance program in the United States that collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on certain infectious and non-infectious diseases to support disease control and prevention efforts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf disease surveillance program
public health surveillance system
abbreviation NNDSS
collectsDataOn infectious diseases
nationally notifiable conditions
non-infectious diseases
componentOf U.S. national public health surveillance infrastructure
country United States
dataFlow from states and territories to CDC
dataSource U.S. jurisdictions
local health departments
state health departments
territorial health departments
tribal health departments
dataType aggregate surveillance data
case-based surveillance data
dataUse evaluating public health interventions
identifying emerging health threats
informing vaccination policies
monitoring disease incidence
supporting preparedness and response activities
hasComponent data analysis and dissemination processes
data collection and reporting mechanisms
electronic disease surveillance systems
jurisdiction United States
managedBy CDC Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance
operator Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
outputs disease trend data
national surveillance reports
summary statistics
parentOrganization U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
purpose disease control
disease prevention
monitoring notifiable diseases
public health surveillance
relatedTo Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Nationally Notifiable Diseases list
scope nationwide
supports epidemiologic investigations
outbreak detection
policy development
public health decision-making
resource allocation
trend analysis
usesStandard CSTE/CDC surveillance case definitions
national notifiable disease case definitions

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