Coverage of the national surveillance system for human Salmonella infections, Belgium, 2016-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The surveillance of human salmonellosis in Belgium is dependent on the referral of human Salmonella isolates to the National Reference Center (NRC). Knowledge of current diagnostic practices and the coverage of the national Salmonella surveillance system are important to correctly interpret surveillance data and trends over time, to estimate the true burden of salmonellosis in Belgium, and to evaluate the appropriateness of implementing whole-genome sequencing (WGS) at this central level.

Methods

The coverage of the NRC was defined as the proportion of all diagnosed human Salmonella cases in Belgium reported to the NRC and was assessed for 2019 via a survey among all licensed Belgian medical laboratories in 2019, and for 2016-2020 via a capture-recapture study u

SUBMITTER: Van Goethem N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389443 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature