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notifiable /no·ti·fi·a·ble/ (no″tĭ-fi´ah-b'l) necessary to be reported to a government health agency.
notifiable
Etymology: L, nota, mark, facere, to make
pertaining to certain conditions, diseases, and events that must, by law, be reported to a governmental agency, such as birth, death, smallpox, certain other communicable diseases, and certain violations of public health regulations.

notifiable [no″tĭ-fi´ah-b'l]
necessary to be reported to the board of health.
notifiable disease one required to be reported to federal, state, or local health officials when diagnosed, because of infectiousness, severity, or frequency of occurrence.

notifiable
necessary to be reported to the relevant government authority. Said of individual diseases.


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As dengue fever is a legally notifiable disease in China, the researchers were able to retrieve the monthly incidence of dengue fever from the Notifiable Infectious Disease Report System in the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
It is a notifiable health and safety issue which is currently being investigated.
Such reporting complements the National Electronic Diseases Surveillance System, established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2001 to enable local and state health departments to send electronic data to CDC for public health monitoring of notifiable conditions nationwide.
 
 
 
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