Communicable diseases prioritized for surveillance and epidemiological research: Results of a standardized prioritization procedure in Germany, 2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Balabanova, Yanina ^a   Gilsdorf, Andreas ^a   Buda, Silke ^a   Burger, Reinhard ^a   Eckmanns, Tim ^a   Gärtner, Barbara ^b   Groß, Uwe ^c   Haas, Walter ^a   Hamouda, Osamah ^a   Hübner, Johannes ^d   Jänisch, Thomas ^e   Kist, Manfred ^f   Kramer, Michael H ^g   Ledig, Thomas ^h   Mielke, Martin ^a   Pulz, Matthias ⁱ   Stark, Klaus ^a   Suttorp, Norbert ^j   Ulbrich, Uta ^k   Wichmann, Ole ^a   Krause, Gérard ^a   more..

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g AIDS and Prevention of Epidemics   (Germany)

^h Family Practice Dr Thomas Ledig und Jansen Rolf ^*  (Germany)

ⁱ Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^j CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^k Dortmund Regional Health Authorities   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD;

CAMPYLOBACTER; HANTAVIRUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GERMANY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 80053512670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025691     Document Type: Article

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