Disease surveillance has been part of public health protection since the investigation of the Bubonic Plague in Europe. In the United States, national reporting began with:
1. The national reporting of morbidity cases in 1925
2. Mortality and Morbidity weekly in 1961
3. Plague surveillance among the early colonists
4. Food poisoning surveillance during World War 1
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National reporting began in 1925 with reporting of morbidity cases.
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