Notifiable diseases in the United States

The notifiable diseases in the United States are diseases that health professionals are legally required to report to public health authorities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) monitors these reports to track and control disease outbreaks. This list includes various infectious and non-infectious conditions that could pose significant public health concerns.

Notifiable Diseases List (USA)

Notifiable diseases in the United States are diseases that health professionals are legally required to report to public health authorities. The reporting allows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies to monitor and control outbreaks, understand trends, and formulate public health policies. This list includes a variety of infectious diseases that could pose significant public health concerns.

List of Notifiable Diseases

This list provides an overview of diseases that are required to be reported in the United States, alongside brief descriptions of each.

Anthrax

• Anthrax - A serious bacterial illness caused by Bacillus anthracis that can affect the skin, lungs, and gastrointestinal tract.

Arboviral Diseases

• Arboviral Diseases - A group of viral diseases transmitted by arthropods, such as mosquitoes and ticks. These include:
  • Chikungunya Virus Disease
  • Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Disease
  • West Nile Virus Disease
  • Zika Virus Disease

Babesiosis

• Babesiosis - A parasitic disease transmitted by ticks, similar to malaria, affecting red blood cells.

Botulism

• Botulism - A rare but serious condition caused by toxins produced by Clostridium bot

Anthrax

• Anthrax - a serious disease caused by bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that forms spores. There are three types of anthrax: skin (cutaneous), lungs (inhalation), and digestive (gastrointestinal).

Arboviral diseases

• Arboviral diseases - illnesses caused by arboviruses, which are transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, or other arthropods. They include neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive diseases, such as:
  • California serogroup virus diseases
  • Chikungunya virus disease
  • Eastern equine encephalitis virus disease
  • Powassan virus disease
  • Saint louis encephalitis virus disease
  • West nile virus disease
  • Western equine encephalitis virus disease

Babesiosis

• Babesiosis - a disease caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells. It is usually transmitted by a tick bite.

Botulism

• Botulism - a rare but serious illness caused by a toxin that attacks the body's nerves. It can lead to difficulty breathing, muscle paralysis, and even death.
  • Botulism, foodborne
  • Botulism, infant
  • Botulism, wound
  • Botulism, other

Brucellosis

• Brucellosis - an infectious disease caused by bacteria from the genus brucella. It spreads from animals to people, typically through unpasteurized dairy products or direct contact with infected animals.

Campylobacteriosis

• Campylobacteriosis - an infection by campylobacter bacteria, often causing diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps.

Candida auris

• Candida auris - a multidrug-resistant yeast causing severe infections, especially in hospitalized patients.

Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae

• Carbapenemase producing carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (cp-cre) - a family of germs that are difficult to treat because they have high levels of resistance to antibiotics.
  • CP-CRE, Enterobacter spp.
  • CP-CRE, Escherichia coli (E. coli)
  • CP-CRE, Klebsiella spp.

Chancroid

• Chancroid - a bacterial sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.

Chlamydia trachomatis infection

• Chlamydia trachomatis infection - a common sexually transmitted infection that may not cause symptoms and can lead to serious reproductive problems if left untreated.

Cholera

• Cholera - an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium vibrio cholerae.

Coccidioidomycosis

• Coccidioidomycosis - also known as valley fever, it is a fungal infection caused by coccidioides organisms.

Congenital syphilis

• Congenital syphilis - syphilis passed from mothers to newborns during pregnancy or birth, leading to severe illness in babies.
  • Syphilitic stillbirth

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• covid-19 - an infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus, SARS-COV-2.

Cryptosporidiosis

• Cryptosporidiosis - a diarrheal disease caused by the microscopic parasite cryptosporidium.

Cyclosporiasis

• Cyclosporiasis - an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic parasite cyclospora cayetanensis.

Dengue virus infections

• Dengue virus infections - a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection.
  • Dengue
  • Dengue-like illness
  • Severe Dengue

Diphtheria

• Diphtheria - a serious bacterial infection affecting the mucous membranes of the throat and nose.

Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis

• Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis - bacterial illnesses transmitted by ticks that cause flu-like symptoms.
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection
  • Ehrlichia ewingii infection
  • Undetermined human ehrlichiosis/anaplasmosis

Giardiasis

• Giardiasis - an intestinal infection caused by the parasite giardia lamblia, resulting in diarrhea and abdominal discomfort.

Gonorrhea

• Gonorrhea - a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that, if untreated, may cause infertility.

Hemophilus influenzae, invasive disease

• Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease - a bacterial infection that can cause a range of serious illnesses, particularly in children under five years of age.

Hansen's disease

• Hansen's disease - also known as leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by mycobacterium leprae, primarily affecting the skin and nerves.

Hantavirus infection

• Hantavirus infection - viral infections transmitted by rodents, which can lead to severe respiratory illness or hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal

• Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal - a severe condition characterized by hemolytic anemia, acute kidney failure, and low platelet count, often triggered by e. Coli infection.

Hepatitis

• Hepatitis a, acute - a highly contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis a virus.
• Hepatitis b, acute - a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis b virus.
• Hepatitis b, chronic - a long-term infection with the hepatitis b virus.
• Hepatitis b, perinatal virus infection - hepatitis b infection in newborns, transmitted from the mother during childbirth.
• Hepatitis c, acute - a liver disease caused by the hepatitis c virus, usually transmitted through blood-to-blood contact.
• Hepatitis c, chronic - a long-term infection with the hepatitis c virus.
• Hepatitis c, perinatal infection - hepatitis c infection in newborns, transmitted from the mother during childbirth.

HIV infection

• HIV infection - a virus that damages the immune system and weakens the body's ability to fight everyday infections and disease.

Influenza-associated pediatric mortality

• Influenza-associated pediatric mortality - deaths in children associated with lab-confirmed influenza infection.

Invasive pneumococcal disease

• Invasive pneumococcal disease - a range of illnesses caused by the bacterium streptococcus pneumoniae, which can lead to serious infections like meningitis and bacteremia.

Legionellosis

• Legionellosis - a respiratory disease caused by legionella bacteria, most commonly resulting in a severe form of pneumonia known as legionnaires' disease.

Leptospirosis

• Leptospirosis - a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals, caused by bacteria of the genus leptospira.

Listeriosis

• Listeriosis - a serious infection caused by the germ listeria monocytogenes, usually contracted from eating contaminated food.

Lyme disease

• Lyme disease - an infectious disease caused by borrelia bacteria, transmitted to humans through the bite of infected black-legged ticks.

Malaria

• Malaria - a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by plasmodium parasites.

Measles

• Measles - a highly contagious viral disease that is characterized by a distinct rash and fever, and can lead to serious complications.

Meningococcal disease

• Meningococcal disease - a serious illness caused by the bacterium neisseria meningitidis that can lead to meningitis (infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord) and bloodstream infections (septicemia).

Mumps

• Mumps - a viral disease characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, fever, and muscle aches.

Novel influenza a virus infections

• Novel influenza a virus infections - influenza infections caused by new influenza a virus strains that have the potential to cause disease in humans.

Pertussis

• Pertussis (whooping cough) - a highly contagious respiratory disease known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe.

Plague

• Plague - an infectious disease caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis.

Poliomyelitis

• Poliomyelitis, paralytic - a viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis.
• Poliovirus infection, nonparalytic - a poliovirus infection that does not lead to paralysis.

Psittacosis

• Psittacosis - also known as parrot fever, a bacterial disease associated with birds that can present as a severe pneumonia in humans.

Q fever

• Q fever - a disease caused by the bacteria coxiella burnetii that can affect the lungs, liver, heart, and other parts of the body.
  • Q fever, acute
  • Q fever, chronic

Rabies

• Rabies, animal - a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals, usually through a bite.
• Rabies, human - a deadly viral infection that is mainly spread by infected animals.

Rubella

• Rubella - a contagious viral infection best known by its distinctive red rash.
• Rubella, congenital syndrome - birth defects that result from a mother being infected with rubella during pregnancy.

Salmonella infections

• Salmonella paratyphi infection (salmonella enterica serotypes paratyphi a, b [tartrate negative], and c [s. Paratyphi])
• Salmonella typhi infection (salmonella enterica serotype typhi)
• Salmonellosis - an infection with salmonella bacteria, typically resulting in gastroenteritis.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus disease

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus disease - a serious form of pneumonia caused by a virus now known as sars-cov.

Shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli

• Shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli - a group of bacteria that can cause severe foodborne disease.

Shigellosis

• Shigellosis - an infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria called shigella.

Smallpox

• Smallpox - a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus, which has now been eradicated.

Spotted fever rickettsiosis

• Spotted fever rickettsiosis - a group of diseases spread by ticks that can cause a range of symptoms including fever, rash, and headache.

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

• Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome - a severe disease associated with certain types of streptococcus bacteria.

Syphilis

• Syphilis - a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium treponema pallidum.
  • Syphilis, primary
  • Syphilis, secondary
  • Syphilis, early non-primary non-secondary

Tetanus

• Tetanus

Viral hemorrhagic fevers

• • crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus
  • Ebola virus
  • Lassa virus
  • Lujo virus
  • Marburg virus
  • new world arenavirus – guanarito virus
  • new world arenavirus – junin virus
  • new world arenavirus – machupo virus
  • new world arenavirus – sabia virus
• Yellow fever

Zika virus

• Zika virus disease and zika virus infection
  • zika virus disease, congenital
  • zika virus disease, non-congenital
  • zika virus infection, congenital
  • zika virus infection, non-congenital

Others

• Toxic shock syndrome (other than streptococcal)
• Trichinellosis
• Tuberculosis
• Tularemia
• vancomycin-intermediate staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
• Varicella
• varicella deaths
• Vibriosis

Notifiable non-infectious diseases

• Cancer
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• lead, elevated blood levels
  • lead, elevated blood levels, children (<16 years)
  • lead, elevated blood levels, adult (≥16 years)
• pesticide-related illness and injury, acute
• Silicosis

Notifiable outbreaks

1. foodborne disease outbreak
2. waterborne disease outbreak

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