Surveillance (Varicella)
Case Reporting by States Declines
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 15th, 1999
A low number of states reported cases of varicella during 1997, and reporting from participating states was incomplete, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia ("Evaluation of Varicella Reporting to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System - United States, 1972-1997, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report [MMWR], January 29, 1999;48(3):55-58).
The CDC report described changes in the annual reported incidence of varicella from 1972 to 1997. The agency also addressed the need for...
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