Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany

We estimated the total number of human alveolar echinococcosis cases in Germany from 2003 through 2005 using the multiple source capture-recapture method. We found a 3-fold higher incidence of the disease than that shown by national surveillance data. We propose a revision of the reporting system to...

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Autores principales: Jorgensen, Pernille, an der Heiden, Matthias, Kern, Petra, Schöneberg, Irene, Krause, Gérard, Alpers, Katharina
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.071173
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author Jorgensen, Pernille
an der Heiden, Matthias
Kern, Petra
Schöneberg, Irene
Krause, Gérard
Alpers, Katharina
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description We estimated the total number of human alveolar echinococcosis cases in Germany from 2003 through 2005 using the multiple source capture-recapture method. We found a 3-fold higher incidence of the disease than that shown by national surveillance data. We propose a revision of the reporting system to increase case ascertainment.
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spelling pubmed-26003102009-01-13 Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany Jorgensen, Pernille an der Heiden, Matthias Kern, Petra Schöneberg, Irene Krause, Gérard Alpers, Katharina Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We estimated the total number of human alveolar echinococcosis cases in Germany from 2003 through 2005 using the multiple source capture-recapture method. We found a 3-fold higher incidence of the disease than that shown by national surveillance data. We propose a revision of the reporting system to increase case ascertainment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2600310/ /pubmed/18507906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.071173 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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an der Heiden, Matthias
Kern, Petra
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Krause, Gérard
Alpers, Katharina
Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany
title Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany
title_full Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany
title_fullStr Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany
title_full_unstemmed Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany
title_short Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany
title_sort underreporting of human alveolar echinococcosis, germany
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600310/
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