2013-05523. Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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Proposed Project

National Disease Surveillance Program (OMB No. 0920-0009 Expiration 4/30/2013)—Revision—National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

Formal surveillance of 16 separate reportable diseases has been ongoing to meet the public demand and scientific interest in accurate, consistent, epidemiologic data. These ongoing disease reports include: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), Cyclosporiasis, Dengue, Hantavirus, Kawasaki Syndrome, Legionellosis, Lyme disease, Malaria, Plague, Q Fever, Reye Syndrome, Tickborne Rickettsial Disease, Trichinosis, Tularemia, Typhoid Fever, and Viral Hepatitis. Case report forms from state and territorial health departments enable CDC to collect demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of cases of these diseases. We are requesting changes to the Legionellois form that will allow CDC to better detect potential clusters and outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease and to monitor changing epidemiological trends by collecting a greater level of detail for each legionellosis case. The burden to the respondents should be minimally affected by these proposed changes.

The purpose of the proposed study is to direct epidemiologic investigations, identify and monitor trends in reemerging infectious diseases or emerging modes of transmission, to search for possible causes or sources of the diseases, and develop guidelines for prevention and treatment. The data collected will also be used to recommend target areas most in need of vaccinations for selected diseases and to determine development of drug resistance. Because of the distinct nature of each of the diseases, the number of cases reported annually is different for each. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total burden requested is 11,447 hours.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

Type of respondent	Form name	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average burden per response (in hrs)
Epidemiologist	CJD	20	2	20/60
Epidemiologist	Cyclosporiasis	55	10	15/60
Epidemiologist	Dengue	55	182	15/60
Epidemiologist	Hantavirus	46	3	20/60
Epidemiologist	Kawasaki Syndrome	55	8	15/60
Epidemiologist	Legionellosis	23	12	20/60
Epidemiologist	Lyme Disease	52	385	10/60
Epidemiologist	Malaria	55	20	15/60
Epidemiologist	Plague	11	1	20/60
Epidemiologist	Q Fever	55	1	10/60
Epidemiologist	Reye Syndrome	50	1	20/60
Epidemiologist	Tick-borne Rickettsia	55	18	10/60
Epidemiologist	Trichinosis	25	1	20/60
Epidemiologist	Tularemia	55	2	20/60
Epidemiologist	Typhoid Fever	55	6	20/60
Epidemiologist	Viral hepatitis	55	200	25/60

Dated: February 28, 2013.

Ron A. Otten,

Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.