An evaluation of the sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance for poliovirus infection in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

World Health Organization (WHO) targets for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, including the notification of a minimum rate of AFP among children, are used to assess the adequacy of AFP surveillance for the detection of poliovirus infection. Sensitive surveillance for poliovirus infection in both developed and developing countries is essential to support global disease eradication efforts. We applied recently developed methods for the quantitative evaluation of disease surveillance systems to evaluate the sensitivity of AFP surveillance for poliovirus infection in Australia.

Methods

A scenario tree model which accounted for administrative region, age, population immunity, the likelihood of AFP, and the probability of notification and stool sampling was us

SUBMITTER: Watkins RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2761398 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature