Completeness of communicable disease reporting, North Carolina, USA, 1995-1997 and 2000-2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-29

  Sickbert Bennett, Emily E ^a   Weber, David J ^a   Poole, Charles ^a   MacDonald, Pia D M ^a   Maillard, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CASE FINDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS A; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 78650985204     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.100660     Document Type: Article

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