Underreporting of meningococcal disease incidence in the Netherlands: Results from a capture-recapture analysis based on three registration sources with correction for false positive diagnoses

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-321

  De Greeff, Sabine C ^a   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^b   Dankert, Jacob ^b   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^c   Nagelkerke, Nico ^a   De Melker, Hester E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Environmental Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

capture recapture; correction for false positives; log linear model; meningococcal disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MONITORING; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; VACCINATION;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33646583810     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-0020-z     Document Type: Article

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