Notice to Readers: Addition of Novel Influenza A Virus Infections to
the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 2007
On January 9, 2007, the Executive Committee of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) approved
an interim position statement, adding novel influenza A virus infections* to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance
System (NNDSS) (1). This issue of
MMWR adds novel influenza A virus infection to Table I (Provisional cases of
infrequently reported notifiable diseases, United States). The addition of this infection to NNDSS is expected to facilitate the following:
1) timely identification and confirmation of cases, 2) timely reporting of cases to CDC, and 3) early initiation of
appropriate health responses to human infections with novel influenza A viruses that might have pandemic potential.
These infections must be reported immediately to the World Health Organization under the revised International
Health Regulations (IHR) approved by the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2005
(2). The revised regulations will take effect
in the United States on June 15, 2007. CDC is collaborating with partners to develop plans to implement the revised IHR
by that date.
World Health Organization. Revision of the international health regulations. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2005. Available
at http://www.who.int/csr/ihr/IHRWHA58_3-en.pdf.
* Defined as human infections with influenza A viruses that are different from currently circulating human influenza H1 and H3 viruses.
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