Evaluation of the national surveillance of Legionnaires' disease in Norway, 2008-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Norway, Legionnaires' disease is reportable upon clinical suspicion to public health authorities and mandatorily notifiable through the Norwegian surveillance system for communicable diseases (MSIS) for both clinicians and laboratories. In the summer of 2017, several European countries reported high notification rates for Legionnaires' disease, which was not observed in Norway. We evaluated MSIS to assess if it meets its objectives of detecting cases and trends in incidence of Legionnaires' disease.

Methods

We retrieved MSIS data from 2008 to 2017 and calculated timeliness as days from sampling to notification, and internal completeness for key variables as the proportion of observations with a value. Where possible, we assessed internal validity on the presenc

SUBMITTER: Wolff C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889696 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature