notifiable diseases in sweden notifiable diseases in sweden a notifiable disease is one which that has to be reported to the government authorities as required by law. in sweden, over 50 diseases are classified as notifiable. the notifiable diseases come under four categories : notifiable, mandatory contact tracing required, dangerous to public health (allmänsfarliga) and dangerous to the society (samhällsfarliga). as per the swedish law, notifiable diseases should be reported by the laboratories, doctor treating the patient or performing autopsy. the report is sent through an electronic system called sminet to the public health agency of sweden. as of january 2018, the only three diseases classified as dangerous to society are small pox, ebola and severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars). list of notifiable diseases diseasenotifiablecontact tracing requireddangerous to public healthdangerous to the societyreference anthraxyesyesyesno atypical mycobacterium infectionyesnonono avian influenza a (h5n1)yesyesyesno beta-hemolytic streptococcus group a invasive infectionyesnonono botulismyesyesnono brucellosisyesyesnono campylobacteriosisyesyesyesno carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae infectionyesyesnono chlamydial infectionyesyesnono cholerayesyesyesno cryptosporidiosisyesyesnono dengueyesnonono diphtheriayesyesyesno ebola virus infectionyesyesyesyes echinococcosisyesyesnono entamoeba histolytica infectionyesyesnono enterohemorrhagic e. coli infectionyesyesyesno extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) producing enterobacteriaceae infectionyesnonono giardiasisyesyesyesno gonorrhoeayesyesyesno hemophilus influenzae invasive diseaseyesnonono hepatitis ayesyesyesno hepatitis byesyesyesno hepatitis cyesyesyesno hepatitis dyesyesyesno hepatitis eyesyesyesno hiv infectionyesyesyesno htlv 1 or 2 infectionyesyesyesno influenzayesnonono legionella infectionyesyesnono leptospirosisyesnonono listeriosisyesyesnono malariayesnonono measlesyesyesnono meningococcal disease, invasiveyesnonono methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infectionyesyesyesno middle east respiratory syndromeyesyesnono mumpsyesyesnono paratyphoid feveryesyesyesno pertussisyesyesnono plagueyesyesyesno penumococcal invasive diseaseyesnonono pneumococcus with reduced susceptibility to penicillin infectionyesyesyesno poliomyelitisyesyesyesno psittacosis/ornithosisyesyesnono puumala virus infection (nephropthy epidemic)yesnonono q feveryesnonono rabiesyesyesyesno rubellayesyesnono salmonellosisyesyesyesno sarsyesyesyesyes shigellosisyesyesyesno smallpoxyesyesyesyes syphilisyesyesyesno tetanusyesnonono trichinellosisyesyesnono tuberculosisyesyesyesno tularemiayesnonono typhoid feveryesyesyesno vancomycin resistant enterococci infectionyesyesnono variant creutzfeldt-jakob diseaseyesnonono vibrio infection excluding cholerayesyesnono viral hemorrhagic fevers excluding dengue fever and nephropathia epidemicsyesyesyesno viral meningoencephalitisyesnonono yellow feveryesnonono yersiniosisyesyesnono