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This volume contains final figures on the reported incidence of notifiable diseases for 1978 as well as selected data on non-notifiable conditions of special interest. The first section of this summary contains morbidity and mortality information for each of the 46 currently reportable conditions. Tables in this section contain the number of cases of notifiable diseases reported to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) during the past 10 years, and for 1978 describe the distribution of cases by age, month, and geographic location. The second section of this volume includes additional epidemiologic information regarding 36 reportable conditions. The third section contains data about other conditions of special interest. The data from all these sections come either from annual summary reports or case-investigation forms, which are completed by state and territorial health departments as well as from other sources. Finally, a brief historical summary of morbidity reporting and surveillance in the United States is contained in this volume. ; Foreward -- Historical development of national morbidity reporting and surveillance in the United States -- Sources of data -- -- Section 1. Summary of notifiable diseases in the United States -- Reported cases by year, 1968-1978 -- Reported case rates by year, 1968-1978 -- Reported deaths by year, 1968-1977 -- Reported cases by month, 1978 -- Reported cases by age, 1978 -- Reported cases by geographic division and by state, 1978 -- -- Section 2. Additional analysis of notifiable diseases in the United States (statistical tables, graphs, maps, and narratives for each of 36 notifiable conditions are grouped in alphabetical order in this section) -- -- Section 3. Conditions of special interest -- Cases optionally reported by certain states, 1978 -- Deaths from special acute conditions by year, 1968-1977 -- Abortion -- Lead poisoning -- Pneumonia and influenza (deaths in 121 selected cities) -- Reye syndrome -- Index -- State epidemiologists ; Cover title. ; ""September 1979." ; Includes index.

European Diphtheria Surveillance Network: Participant (Portugal) - Paula Lavado (Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, INSA) ; On 17 March 2011, 37 disease and surveillance experts met in Stockholm for the first annual meeting of the European Diphtheria Surveillance Network (EDSN). Discussed topics included the lack of appropriate treatment with diphtheria antitoxin, the increasing susceptibility to the disease of older people, and the importance of the resumption of seroprevalence studies. ; Executive summary: The first annual meeting of the European Diphtheria Surveillance Network (EDSN, formerly known as DIPNET) was attended by 37 disease experts nominated for the epidemiologic and laboratory surveillance of diphtheria at the national level in the European Union Member States and Norway. The coordination of the network's surveillance activities had been transferred to ECDC in March 2010. EDSN covers infections caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans and integrate s epidemiologic and laboratory surveillance of these infections in all 27 European Union and three European Economic Area Member States. National surveillance data is transmitted from the participating countries to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) database hosted at ECDC. Although diphtheria is relatively uncommon in the European Region, the original WHO elimination target for this disease (elimination of indigenous diphtheria from the Region by the year 2000) has still not been met. Transmission continues in several countries, notably Latvia, Ukraine, the Russian Federation and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Sporadic cases are still being reported in several European Union Member States. As a consequence, there is an ongoing risk of epidemic diphtheria returning to the European Region. High immunisation coverage must be sustained, adult booster coverage should be increased, and surveillance and laboratory capacity should be maintained in all countries. The EDSN meeting provided a good opportunity to meet other European disease experts, learn from experiences in the Member States, and discuss how to develop and strengthen collaboration between different partners within the surveillance network. The conclusions of the discussion are summarised on page seven. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control will bring forward issues that require agreement at a higher administrative level (for example the national surveillance contact points, EU Network Committee) and work towards implementing the suggested improvements. ; N/A

Description based on: 1980. ; "Purchase order 51629." ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. for -1977 issued by National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health; 1978-1979 by Center for Disease Control, Bureau of Health Education; 1980- jointly by Center for Health Promotion and Education, and Office on Smoking and Health.