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Communicable Disease Epidemiology (CDE) is
responsible for statewide surveillance and investigation of 51 of the 65 notifiable
conditions in Washington State, as described in
Washington
Administrative Code 246-101. CDE activities include:
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Support for local health jurisdictions in
the investigation of individual cases and outbreaks of communicable
diseases
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Collection, analysis, and dissemination of
communicable disease information to identify disease trends,
including emerging infections
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Education and training for public health and
healthcare professionals on communicable disease prevention and
control
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Planning and response for public health
emergencies involving communicable diseases
For a list of notifiable conditions,
please see the
Notifiable Conditions site.
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Environmental Health
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