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...

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Main Authors: Zheng Wei, Muscatello David J, O'Toole Libby, Churches Tim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/309