[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya outbreak in Reunion: epidemiology and surveillance, 2005 to early January 2006

C Paquet, I Quatresous, JL Solet… - Weekly releases …, 2006 - eurosurveillance.org
C Paquet, I Quatresous, JL Solet, D Sissoko, P Renault, V Pierre, H Cordel, C Lassalle…
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Method The epidemiological surveillance system for chikungunya infections aims to
describe the characteristics of the outbreak, and make early identification of new
transmission clusters. It is based on data transmitted from mobile vector control teams, who
carry out active case finding based on information from cases notified through the network of
sentinel physicians, microbiology laboratories and general practitioners, and from patients
themselves. This surveillance is complemented by a surveillance of severe cases by …
Method
The epidemiological surveillance system for chikungunya infections aims to describe the characteristics of the outbreak, and make early identification of new transmission clusters. It is based on data transmitted from mobile vector control teams, who carry out active case finding based on information from cases notified through the network of sentinel physicians, microbiology laboratories and general practitioners, and from patients themselves. This surveillance is complemented by a surveillance of severe cases by hospitals.
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