Notifiable diseases in Sweden

A notifiable disease is one which that has to be reported to the government authorities as required by law. In Sweden, over 50 diseases are classified as notifiable[1]. The notifiable diseases come under four categories : notifiable, mandatory contact tracing required, dangerous to public health (allmänsfarliga) and dangerous to the society (samhällsfarliga)[2]. As per the Swedish law, notifiable diseases should be reported by the laboratories, doctor treating the patient or performing autopsy. The report is sent through an electronic system called SmiNet to the Public Health Agency of Sweden[3]. As of January 2018, the only three diseases classified as dangerous to society are small pox, Ebola and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) [2].

List of notifiable diseases

Disease	Notifiable	Contact tracing required	Dangerous to public health	Dangerous to the society	Reference
Anthrax	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Atypical mycobacterium infection	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Avian influenza A (H5N1)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Group A invasive infection	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Botulism	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Brucellosis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Campylobacteriosis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae infection	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Chlamydial infection	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Cholera	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Cryptosporidiosis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Dengue	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Diphtheria	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Ebola virus infection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[2]
Echinococcosis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Entamoeba histolytica infection	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli infection	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae infection	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Giardiasis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Gonorrhoea	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Hemophilus influenzae invasive disease	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Hepatitis A	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Hepatitis B	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Hepatitis C	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Hepatitis D	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Hepatitis E	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
HIV infection	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
HTLV 1 or 2 infection	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Influenza	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Legionella infection	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Leptospirosis	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Listeriosis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Malaria	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Measles	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Meningococcal disease, invasive	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Middle East respiratory syndrome	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Mumps	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Paratyphoid fever	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Pertussis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Plague	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Penumococcal invasive disease	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Pneumococcus with reduced susceptibility to Penicillin infection	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Poliomyelitis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Psittacosis/Ornithosis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Puumala virus infection (nephropthy epidemic)	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Q fever	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Rabies	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Rubella	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Salmonellosis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
SARS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[2]
Shigellosis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Smallpox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[2]
Syphilis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Tetanus	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Trichinellosis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Tuberculosis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Tularemia	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Typhoid fever	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Vancomycin resistant Enterococci infection	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Vibrio infection excluding Cholera	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]
Viral hemorrhagic fevers excluding dengue fever and nephropathia epidemics	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[2]
Viral meningoencephalitis	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Yellow fever	Yes	No	No	No	[2]
Yersiniosis	Yes	Yes	No	No	[2]

References

1. Sjödin, Annelie (8 March 2017). "Anmälningspliktiga sjukdomar - Vårdgivarwebben Västra Götalandsregionen". www.vgregion.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. "Notifiable diseases — Folkhälsomyndigheten" (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
3. "Surveillance of communicable diseases — Folkhälsomyndigheten" (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.