Notifiable diseases
According the Communicable Diseases Act and the Communicable Diseases Ordinance a number of diseases are notifiable in Sweden.
The notifiable diseases also fall into different categories: subject to mandatory contact tracing, dangerous to public health and dangerous to society.
| Disease | Notifiable | Subject to mandatory contact tracing | Dangerous to public health | Dangerous to society |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthrax | X | X | X | |
| Atypical mycobacteria infection | X | |||
| Avian influenza A(H5N1) | X | X | X | |
| Beta-hemolytic streptococcus Group A invasive infection | X | |||
| Botulism | X | X | ||
| Brucellosis | X | X | ||
| Campylobacteriosis | X | X | X | |
| Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infection | X | X | ||
| Chlamydial infection | X | X | X | |
| Cholera | X | X | X | |
| COVID-19 | X | |||
| Cryptosporidiosis | X | X | ||
| Dengue fever | X | |||
| Diphtheria | X | X | X | |
| Ebola virus infection | X | X | X | X |
| Echinococcosis | X | X | ||
| Entamoeba histolytica infection | X | X | ||
| Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC) infection | X | X | X | |
| Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae infection | X | |||
| Giardiasis | X | X | X | |
| Gonorrhoea | X | X | X | |
| Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease | X | |||
| Hepatitis A | X | X | X | |
| Hepatitis B | X | X | X | |
| Hepatitis C | X | X | X | |
| Hepatitis D | X | X | X | |
| Hepatitis E | X | X | X | |
| HIV infection | X | X | X | |
| HTLV I or II infection | X | X | X | |
| Influenza | X | |||
| Legionella infection | X | X | ||
| Leptospirosis | X | |||
| Listeriosis | X | X | ||
| Malaria | X | |||
| Marburg virus disease | X | X | X | X |
| Measles | X | X | ||
| Meningococcal disease, invasive | X | |||
| Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection | X | X | X | |
| Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – MERS | X | X | ||
| Mpox | X | X | X | |
| Mumps | X | X | ||
| Paratyphoid fever | X | X | X | |
| Pertussis | X | X | ||
| Plague | X | X | X | |
| Pneumococcal invasive disease | X | |||
| Pneumococcus with reduced susceptibility to penicillin infection | X | X | X | |
| Poliomyelitis | X | X | X | |
| Psittacosis/Ornithosis | X | X | ||
| Puumala virus infection (nephropathia epidemica) | X | |||
| Q fever | X | |||
| Rabies | X | X | X | |
| Rotavirus infection | X | |||
| Rubella | X | X | ||
| Salmonellosis | X | X | X | |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – SARS | X | X | X | X |
| Shigellosis | X | X | X | |
| Smallpox | X | X | X | X |
| Syphilis | X | X | X | |
| Syfilis | X | X | X | |
| Tetanus | X | |||
| Trichinellosis | X | X | ||
| Tuberculosis | X | X | X | |
| Tularaemia | X | |||
| Typhoid fever | X | X | X | |
| Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection | X | X | ||
| Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | X | |||
| Vibrio infection, excluding cholera | X | X | ||
| Viral haemorrhagic fevers, excluding dengue fever and nephropathia epidemica (see Ebola virus infection) |
X | X | X | |
| Viral meningoencephalitis | X | |||
| Yellow fever | X | |||
| Yersiniosis | X | X |