title: Why bother the New Jersey State Department of Health?
abstract: The reporting of communicable diseases is a legal and professional responsibility. Individual case reports can be an important piece in a medical puzzle, allowing public health officials to describe new diseases and modes of transmission so preventive measures can be developed and implemented.
authors.affiliation: NJDOH, Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control, Trenton, NJ 08625-0369.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Genese
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D010819:Physician's Role; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D013219:State Government