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Notice to Readers: Mid-Year Addition of Influenza-Associated
Pediatric Mortality to the List of Nationally Notifiable Diseases, 2004
Beginning October 1, 2004, CDC added influenza-associated
pediatric mortality (i.e., among persons aged <18 years)
to the list of conditions voluntarily reportable to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
(1). This action is based on recommendations developed collaboratively by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and CDC and approved at the 2004 CSTE annual meeting
(2). The goals of surveillance and recommended methods
for surveillance are described in the 2004 CSTE position statement for
influenza-associated pediatric mortality (2). The
CSTE-recommended public health surveillance case definition for this condition has been added to the NNDSS case
definitions website (3).
States may begin reporting data for this condition in week 40 (week ending October 9, 2004). The results will be
published in the MMWR Table I beginning the week ending
October 16, 2004. Each week, MMWR Table I
presents updated cumulative year-to-date incidence for low-incidence nationally notifiable diseases
(4).
References
CDC. Revised table of nationally notifiable infectious diseases, 2004. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2004. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/phs/infdis2004r.htm.
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. Position statement 04-ID-04: influenza-associated pediatric mortality; 2004. Atlanta, GA:
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; 2004. Available at
http://www.cste.org/ps/2004pdf/04-ID-04-final.pdf.
CDC. Table I: Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending September 25, 2004 (38th
Week). Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2004. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5338md.htm#tab1.
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