STD surveillance 2019

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of STD Prevention.

Four STDs are nationally notifiable conditions: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid. STD control programs in state, local, and territorial health departments (also referred to as jurisdictions) collect case reports for these conditions using case definitions developed by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and CDC. Health departments voluntarily provide STD case data to the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC for national surveillance efforts. HIV, which can be sexually transmitted, is also a nationally notifiable condition; national data for trends in diagnosed HIV are available here: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance.html National data collection for gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid began in 1941; however, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid became nationally notifiable in 1944. Data collection for chlamydia began in 1984 and chlamydia was made nationally notifiable in 1995; however, chlamydia was not reportable in all 50 states and the District of Columbia until 2000. For more information on nationally notifiable conditions, please refer to the NNDSS website: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/

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National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)

Annual Reports

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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection