Analysis of timeliness of infectious disease reporting in the Netherlands

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...

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Main Authors: Kretzschmar Mirjam EE, Swaan Corien M, Reijn Elisabeth, van Steenbergen Jim E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/409