Can near real-time monitoring of emergency department diagnoses facilitate early response to sporadic meningococcal infection? - prospective and retrospective evaluations
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Meningococcal infection causes severe, rapidly progressing illness and reporting of cases is mandatory in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The NSW Department of Health operates near real-time Emergency Department (ED) surveillance t...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2010-10-01
|
Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/309 |