학술논문
Timeliness of Surveillance during Outbreak of Shiga Toxin--producing Escherichia coli Infection, Germany, 2011.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*VEROCYTOTOXINS
*ESCHERICHIA coli
*HEMOLYTIC-uremic syndrome
*DISEASE outbreaks
*DISEASE prevalence
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ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
In the context of a large outbreak of Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli O104:H4 in Germany, we quantified the timeliness of the German surveillance system for hemolytic uremic syndrome and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli notifiable diseases during 2003-2011. Although reporting occurred faster than required by law, potential for improvement exists at all levels of the information chain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]