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Shigella surveillance in a large metropolitan area: assessment of a passive reporting system.

Author(s) -

A M Kimball,

S B Thacker,

M E Levy

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.70.2.164

Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , population , disease surveillance , metropolitan area , shigella sonnei , public health surveillance , shigella , public health , salmonella , pathology , biology , bacteria , genetics

A passive disease report card (DRC) surveillance system failed to detect an epidemic of diarrheal disease caused by a newly identified drug-resistant strain of Shigella sonnei. The DRC system inaccurately described both the population at risk and the geographic location of cases. Specific limitations of the DRC system, including problems of underreporting and ascertainment bias, were complicated by the absence of timely data analysis and feedback to providers.

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