Effect of surveillance method on reported characteristics of Lyme disease, Connecticut, 1996-2007.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 18(2): 242-7, 2012 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22304873
ABSTRACT
To determine the effect of changing public health surveillance methods on the reported epidemiology of Lyme disease, we analyzed Connecticut data for 1996-2007. Data were stratified by 4 surveillance methods and compared. A total of 87,174 reports were received that included 79,896 potential cases. Variations based on surveillance methods were seen. Cases reported through physician-based surveillance were significantly more likely to be classified as confirmed; such case-patients were significantly more likely to have symptoms of erythema migrans only and to have illness onset during summer months. Case-patients reported through laboratory-based surveillance were significantly more likely to have late manifestations only and to be older. Use of multiple surveillance methods provided a more complete clinical and demographic description of cases but lacked efficiency. When interpreting data, changes in surveillance method must be considered.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença de Lyme
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Vigilância da População
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article