Comparing laboratory surveillance with the notifiable diseases surveillance system in South Africa

Comparing laboratory surveillance with the notifiable diseases surveillance system in South Africa

Highlights • The South African laboratory and notification surveillance systems were compared. • For the three tracer diseases, fewer cases were notified than laboratory confirmed. • Completeness, stability, and representativeness were higher for the laboratory system. • The sensitivity of the notif...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of infectious diseases 2017-06, Vol.59 (C), p.141-147
Hauptverfasser: Benson, F.G, Musekiwa, A, Blumberg, L, Rispel, L.C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Completeness
Disease Notification - methods
Female
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease
Laboratories
Male
Measles - diagnosis
Meningitis, Meningococcal - diagnosis
Notifiable diseases surveillance system
Population Surveillance - methods
Pulmonary/Respiratory
Representativeness
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and positive predictive value
South Africa
Stability
Typhoid Fever - diagnosis
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • The South African laboratory and notification surveillance systems were compared. • For the three tracer diseases, fewer cases were notified than laboratory confirmed. • Completeness, stability, and representativeness were higher for the laboratory system. • The sensitivity of the notification system was low for one of the tracer diseases. • The positive predictive value of the notification system was acceptable for the three tracer diseases.
ISSN:1201-9712
1878-3511
DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2017.03.007