Notification of measles

Heterogeneity in regional notification patterns and its impact on aggregate national case notification data: the example of measles in Italy

BACKGROUND A monthly time series of measles case notifications exists for Italy from 1949 onwards, although its usefulness is seriously undermined by extensive under-reporting which varies strikingly between regions, giving rise to the possibility of significant distortions in epidemic patterns seen in aggregated national data. RESULTS A corrected national time series is calculated using an a...

Measles surveillance in Qatar, 2008: quality of surveillance data and timeliness of notification.

Disease surveillance systems require that data are complete and submitted on time so that effective prevention and control measures can be initiated promptly. Qatar is in the elimination phase of measles control. A retrospective review of records was conducted in Qatar to evaluate the timeliness of notification and completeness of measles surveillance data. All the notification and investigatio...

Estimating the measles effective reproduction number in Australia from routine notification data.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the measles effective reproduction number (R) in Australia by modelling routinely collected notification data. METHODS R was estimated for 2009-2011 by means of three methods, using data from Australia's National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. Method 1 estimated R as 1 - P, where P equals the proportion of cases that were imported, as determined from data on pla...

Excessive Attenuation of Measles Virus as a Possible Cause of Failure in Measles Immunization

ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING ON MEASLES CASE-BASED SURVEILLANCE FOR DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND NOTIFICATION OFFICERS (DSNOs) IN OSUN STATE

BACKGROUND Poor knowledge among Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers (DSNOs) as a result of high staff turnover has been identified as a major reason for sub-optimal surveillance performance in Osun State. Training aimed at strengthening the measles surveillance sub-system of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) was thus conducted for DSNOs in the state in May, 2006...