Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany

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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Main Authors: Pernille Jorgensen, Matthias an der Heiden, Petra Kern, Irene Schöneberg, Gérard Krause, Katharina Alpers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Human alveolar echinococcosis
capture-recapture
surveillance
dispatch
Germany
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/6/07-1173_article

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