title: Communicable disease reporting: why?
authors.affiliation: Communicable Disease Control Section, Tennesseee Department of Health and Environment, Nashville.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gateley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology