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Notifiable diseases in Switzerland

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A notifiable disease is one which the law requires to be reported to government authorities. In Switzerland, the Federal Office of Public Health is in charge of tracking the notifiable diseases.[1]

List of notifiable diseases in Switzerland

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This is the list of notifiable diseases in Switzerland for 2020.[1]

Notifiable diseases in Switzerland
Disease Pathogen
Anthrax Bacillus anthracis
Botulism Clostridium botulinum
Brucellosis Brucella spp.
Campylobacteriosis Campylobacter spp.
Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae
Chikungunya fever Chikungunya virus
Chlamydiosis Chlamydia trachomatis
Cholera Vibrio cholerae
Creutzfeldt Jakob disease prions
Dengue fever Dengue virus
Diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae and other toxin-producing corynebacteria
Ebola Ebola virus
EHEC infection EHEC
Tick-borne encephalitis TBE virus
Yellow fever Yellow fever virus
Gonorrhoea Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Haemophilus influenzae - diseases, invasive
Hanta fever Hanta virus
Hepatitis A Hepatitis A virus
Hepatitis B Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis C Hepatitis C virus
Hepatitis E Hepatitis E virus
AIDS HIV virus
Influenza new subtype Influenza A virus HxNy (potentially pandemic)
Influenza seasonal flu Influenza viruses
Crimean-Congo fever Crimean Congo virus
Lassa fever Lassa virus
Legionnaires' disease Legionella spp.
Listeriosis Listeria monocytogenes
Malaria Plasmodium spp.
Marburg fever Marburg virus
Measles Measles virus
Meningococcal diseases, invasive Neisseria meningitidis
MERS MERS Coronavirus
Plague Yersinia pestis
Pneumococcal disease, invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae
Smallpox Smallpox virus
Q fever Q fever virus
Polio Polio virus
Rubella Rubella virus
Salmonellosis Salmonella spp.
Shigellosis Shigella spp.
Syphilis Treponema pallidum
Tetanus Clostridium tetani
Rabies Rabies virus
Trichinosis Trichinella spiralis
Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Tularemia Francisella tularensis
Typhoid/ Paratyphoid fever Salmonella typhi/paratyphi
West Nile fever West Nile virus
Zika virus infection Zika virus

References

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  1. ^ a b FOPH, Federal Office of Public Health. "Notifiable communicable diseases and pathogens 2020". www.bag.admin.ch. Retrieved 26 February 2021.