Infectious and Communicable Diseases
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How It's Tracked
The New Jersey Department of Health and local public health departments depend on reports of diseases and conditions of public health concern to protect the health of all New Jersey residents.- Guidelines for how, when, and why to report a disease are available on the NJDOH Communicable Disease Service website.
- HIV/AIDS, STDs, and tuberculosis cases are reported directly to the NJDOH Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services.
- All other communicable diseases are reported to NJDOH through local health departments.
- Mortality: Death certificates are a fundamental source of demographic, geographic, and cause-of-death information.
Other Data Resources
New Jersey Department of Health
- Communicable Disease Service
- HIV, STD, and TB Services
- Vector-Borne Diseases Dashboard (Mosquitoes and Ticks)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- AtlasPlus (HIV, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB data)
- COVID Data Tracker
- FluView Interactive
- Healthy People 2030
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
- Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions