About the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Often called “the voice of CDC,” the MMWR series is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations.

MMWR readership predominantly consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, and laboratorians.

The data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. Inquiries regarding the MMWR series, including material to be considered for publication, should be directed to:

Editor
MMWR Series
Mailstop E-90
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA 30333

or to mmwrq@cdc.gov.

E-mail manuscripts submitted for publication consideration should be sent to editorsmmwr@cdc.gov.

The MMWR series of publications is identifiable by the following ISSN numbers:

Publication	ISSN	eISSN*
MMWR Weekly	0149-2195	1545-861X
MMWR Recommendations and Reports	1057-5987	1545-8601
MMWR Surveillance Summaries	1546-0738	1545-8636

*Electronic version of the publication

All material in the MMWR series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.