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Disease Notification MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Disease Notification
Tree Number(s)
E05.318.362
N06.850.520.373
N06.850.780.200.262
Unique ID
D018563
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018563
Annotation
for reporting occur of contagious dis: do not confuse with MANDATORY REPORTING, reporting of "suspected incidence of abuse & neglect"; IM GEN only; NIM with specific dis IM
Scope Note
Notification or reporting by a physician or other health care provider of the occurrence of specified contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV infections to designated public health agencies. The United States system of reporting notifiable diseases evolved from the Quarantine Act of 1878, which authorized the US Public Health Service to collect morbidity data on cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever; each state in the US has its own list of notifiable diseases and depends largely on reporting by the individual health care provider. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
Entry Version
DIS NOTIF
Entry Term(s)
Exposure Notification
Infectious Disease Reporting
Notification, Disease
Previous Indexing
Communicable Disease Control (1966-1994)
See Also
Mandatory Reporting
Public MeSH Note
95
History Note
95
Date Established
1995/01/01
Date of Entry
1994/04/19
Revision Date
2019/05/24
Disease Notification Preferred
Exposure Notification Related
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