The tip of the iceberg: incompleteness of measles reporting during a large outbreak in The Netherlands in 2013-2014.
Average rating
Cast your vote
You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item.
When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
Star rating
Your vote was cast
Thank you for your feedback
Thank you for your feedback
Authors
Woudenberg, TWoonink, F
Kerkhof, J
Cox, K
Ruijs, W L M
van Binnendijk, R
de Melker, H
Hahné, S J M
Wallinga, J
Type
ArticleLanguage
en
Metadata
Show full item recordTitle
The tip of the iceberg: incompleteness of measles reporting during a large outbreak in The Netherlands in 2013-2014.Published in
Epidemiol Infect 2018; advance online publication (ahead of print)Publiekssamenvatting
Measles is a notifiable disease, but not everyone infected seeks care, nor is every consultation reported. We estimated the completeness of reporting during a measles outbreak in The Netherlands in 2013-2014. Children below 15 years of age in a low vaccination coverage community (n = 3422) received a questionnaire to identify measles cases. Cases found in the survey were matched with the register of notifiable diseases to estimate the completeness of reporting. Second, completeness of reporting was assessed by comparing the number of susceptible individuals prior to the outbreak with the number of reported cases in the surveyed community and on a national level.We found 307 (15%) self-identified measles cases among 2077 returned questionnaires (61%), of which 27 could be matched to a case reported to the national register; completeness of reporting was 8.8%. Based on the number of susceptible individuals and number of reported cases in the surveyed community and on national level, the completeness of reporting was estimated to be 9.1% and 8.6%, respectively. Estimating the completeness of reporting gave almost identical estimates, which lends support to the credibility and validity of both approaches. The size of the 2013-2014 outbreak approximated 31 400 measles infections.PMID
30298798ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0950268818002698
Scopus Count
Collections
Related articles
- Measles vaccine coverage estimates in an outbreak three years after the nation-wide campaign in China: implications for measles elimination, 2013.
- Authors: Ma C, Li F, Zheng X, Zhang H, Duan M, Yang Y, Hao L, Su Q, Rodewald L, Guo B, Xiao S, Wang H, Li L, Li J, Luo H, Gao L
- Issue date: 2015 Jan 22
- Study of a measles outbreak in Granada with preventive measures applied by the courts, Spain, 2010 to 2011.
- Authors: Navarro E, Mochón MM, Galicia MD, Marín I, Laguna J
- Issue date: 2013 Oct 24
- Measles outbreak investigation in Guji zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia.
- Authors: Belda K, Tegegne AA, Mersha AM, Bayenessagne MG, Hussein I, Bezabeh B
- Issue date: 2017
- Ongoing measles outbreak in Romania, 2011.
- Authors: Stanescu A, Janta D, Lupulescu E, Necula G, Lazar M, Molnar G, Pistol A
- Issue date: 2011 Aug 4
- Spotlight on measles 2010: Increased measles transmission in Ferrara, Italy, despite high vaccination coverage, March to May 2010: increased measles transmission in Ferrara, Italy, despite high vaccination coverage, March to May 2010.
- Authors: Cova M, Cucchi A, Turlà G, Codecà B, Buriani O, Gabutti G
- Issue date: 2010 Dec 16