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953648

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6034
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
Several different sources of data, including statutory notifications, were used to identify cases of acute bacterial meningitis in childhood in a defined population. Only half the cases of meningococcal meningitis and less than one quarter of ofther types of bacterial meningitis had been notified. Notified cases differed from the remainder with respect to causative organism, age, outcome, and type of hospital of admission. Thus notifications are an unreliable measure of incidence for this disease, and studies of infectious disease based on notified cases alone should be interpreted with considerable reserve. It is suggested that infectious-disease surveillance should be both clinical and microbiological and that data from different sources need to co-ordinated. The reason for reporting each disease (or organism) should be specified and and reviewed periodically.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0007-1447
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Completeness of statutory notification for acute bacterial meningitis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article