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Michelle Kirian
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Epidemiologist, San Francisco Department of Public Health. Her contributions to SAGE Publications' Encyclopedia of Epidemiology (2008) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

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Notifiable disease, any of various health conditions that, upon detection, are required to be reported to public health authorities. For certain diseases, namely those of an infectious nature, mandatory disease reporting plays a critical role in preventing and controlling the spread of disease in…
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