Establishing and validating syndromic surveillance of gastrointestinal infections using routine emergency department data, Germany, 2019-2023.

ABSTRACT: Gastrointestinal infections in Germany account for 24.5 million outpatient visits annually. To enhance outbreak detection and trend monitoring, we developed and validated a syndrome definition for syndromic surveillance of gastrointestinal infections in emergency departments. We selected presenting complaints (Canadian Emergency Department Information System) and diagnoses (ICD-10) to develop the syndrome definition. Validation involved cross-correlation analysis of syndromic and laboratory-based surveillance trends (norovirus-gastroenteritis, rotavirus-gastroenteritis, campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis notifications). We included emergency departments from the German AKTIN registry with continuous data transmission (01/2019-06/2023). Our novel syndrome definition combined complaints (d

SUBMITTER: Baum JHJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12583625 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature