Hepatitis A surveillance: sensitivity of two information sources

Hepatitis A surveillance: sensitivity of two information sources

The frequency of mild forms of hepatitis A, especially in children, could lead to underreporting. The objective of the study was to investigate the sensitivity of two surveillance systems, mandatory Statutory Disease Reports and the Microbiological Reporting System of Catalonia, using capture-recapt...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC infectious diseases 2018-12, Vol.18 (1), p.633-633, Article 633
Hauptverfasser: Carmona, Gloria, Vilaró, Marta, Ciruela, Pilar, Jané, Mireia, Giralt, Lluis, Ruiz, Laura, Hernández, Sergi, Domínguez, Àngela
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Sprache:eng
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Automation
Capture-recapture
Capture-recapture studies
Care and treatment
Catalonia
Catalunya
Children
Confidence intervals
Efficiency
Estimated incidence
Health care
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Infants
Infectious diseases
Information sources
Laboratories
Medical personnel
Methods
Patients
Practice
Public health
Regression analysis
Sensitivity
Sex
Statistical analysis
Statistical methods
Surveillance systems
Systematic review
Working groups
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Zusammenfassung:The frequency of mild forms of hepatitis A, especially in children, could lead to underreporting. The objective of the study was to investigate the sensitivity of two surveillance systems, mandatory Statutory Disease Reports and the Microbiological Reporting System of Catalonia, using capture-recapture techniques. The study was conducted in Catalonia between 2011 and 2015. Hepatitis A cases reported to two independent surveillance systems were included: Statutory Disease Reports (SDR) and Microbiological Reporting System of Catalonia (MRS). The variables collected were: age, sex, year of declaration, size of municipality (
ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-018-3552-4