Evaluation of the national surveillance system for invasive meningococcal disease, Italy, 2015-2018.

Evaluation of the national surveillance system for invasive meningococcal disease, Italy, 2015-2018.

Enhanced laboratory-based surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Italy was only assessed indirectly by numerically comparing surveillance data cases with hospital discharge records (HDR). In this study, we evaluated the completeness, timeliness and sensitivity of the IMD surveillanc...

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Main Authors: Xanthi D Andrianou, Flavia Riccardo, Maria Grazia Caporali, Cecilia Fazio, Arianna Neri, Paola Vacca, Luigina Ambrosio, Patrizio Pezzotti, Paola Stefanelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244889

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