Electronic outbreak surveillance in Germany: A first evaluation for nosocomial norovirus outbreaks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hauri, Anja M ^a   Westbrock, Hans Jürgen ^a   Claus, Herman ^b   Geis, Steffen ^a,b   Giernat, Siegfried ^c   Forßbohm, Michael ^c   Uphoff, Helmut ^a  

^a Hesse State Health Office   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Public Health Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VALIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME;

NOROVIRUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952396575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017341     Document Type: Article

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