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2009-01-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Selection Tool for Foodborne Norovirus Outbreaks

Verhoef, Linda; Kroneman, Annelies; Duynhoven, Yvonne van; Boshuizen, Hendriek; Pelt, Wilfrid van; Koopmans, Marion; Koch, Judith; Schreier, Eckart; Stark, Klaus

Detection of pathogens in the food chain is limited mainly to bacteria, and the globalization of the food industry enables international viral foodborne outbreaks to occur. Outbreaks from 2002 through 2006 recorded in a ...
2006-04-01Zeitschriftenartikel

SurvNet@RKI - A multistate electronic reporting system for communicable diseases

Faensen, Daniel; Claus, Hermann; Benzler, Justus; Ammon, Andrea; Pfoch, Thomas; Breuer, T.; Krause, Gérard

In 2001 Germany implemented a new electronic reporting system for surveillance of notifiable infectious diseases (SurvNet@RKI). The system is currently being used in all 431 local health departments (LHD), the 16 state ...
2010-08-19Zeitschriftenartikel

Varicella vaccination coverage of children under two years of age in Germany

Reuss, Annicka; Feig, Marcel; Kappelmayer, Lutz; Siedler, Anette; Eckmanns, Tim; Poggensee, Gabriele

Background: Since July 2004, routine varicella vaccination is recommended by the German Standing Vaccination Committee in Germany. Health Insurance Funds started to cover vaccination costs at different time points between ...