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. 2008 Jun;14(6):935-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1406.071173.

Underreporting of human alveolar echinococcosis, Germany

Pernille Jorgensen  1 , Matthias an der Heiden, Petra Kern, Irene Schöneberg, Gérard Krause, Katharina Alpers
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Underreporting of human alveolar echinococcosis, Germany

Pernille Jorgensen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jun.

Abstract

We estimated the total number of human alveolar echinococcosis cases in Germany from 2003 through 2005 using the multiple source capture-recapture method. We found a 3-fold higher incidence of the disease than that shown by national surveillance data. We propose a revision of the reporting system to increase case ascertainment.

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Venn diagram illustrating the distribution of confirmed first-diagnosis human alveolar echinococcosis cases from 2003 through 2005 in Germany by source and number of matches between sources. Data as of March 2007. RKI, Robert Koch Institute; EER, European Echinococcosis Registry; PAS, pathologists’ survey.
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