Analysis of timeliness of infectious disease reporting in the Netherlands
Open Access
- 30 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 11 (1) , 409
Abstract
Timely reporting of infectious disease cases to public health authorities is essential to effective public health response. To evaluate the timeliness of reporting to the Dutch Municipal Health Services (MHS), we used as quantitative measures the intervals between onset of symptoms and MHS notification, and between laboratory diagnosis and notification with regard to six notifiable diseases.Keywords
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