Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This paper gives an overview of the experience on state and local health authority level that the German human surveillance system had so far in integrating the newly emerging disease SARS-CoV-2 into the existing surveillance framework. The magnitude of cases within a short time frame stretched the...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Schaten, Florian Burckhardt
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Schlütersche Fachmedien GmbH 2021-02-01
Series:Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift
Subjects:
covid-19
infectious disease surveillance
germany
Online Access:https://www.vetline.de/surveillance-and-disease-control-of-a-newly-emerging-disease-from-the-perspective-of-a-state-health
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spelling doaj-1f12ad8aebba4ec6b9c91a28c266b9982021-05-12T12:10:43ZdeuSchlütersche Fachmedien GmbHBerliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift1439-02992021-02-0113410.2376/1439-0299-2020-25Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemicKathrin Schaten0Florian Burckhardt1Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology (PAE), Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany and Federal State Agency for Consumer and Health Protection Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz, GermanyFederal State Agency for Consumer and Health Protection Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz, GermanyThis paper gives an overview of the experience on state and local health authority level that the German human surveillance system had so far in integrating the newly emerging disease SARS-CoV-2 into the existing surveillance framework. The magnitude of cases within a short time frame stretched the surveillance system at federal, state and local level. The electronic infectious disease notification system SurvNet@RKI has been flexible enough to adapt to the situation, but has limitations for large-scale contact tracing. Despite it being a zoonotic disease, a One Health approach has not been implemented yet. A formal evaluation of the German disease surveillance across administrative levels and technical capabilities as well as implementation of resulting recommendations would improve the response to similar situations in the future.https://www.vetline.de/surveillance-and-disease-control-of-a-newly-emerging-disease-from-the-perspective-of-a-state-healthcovid-19infectious disease surveillancegermany
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Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift
covid-19
infectious disease surveillance
germany
author_facet Kathrin Schaten
Florian Burckhardt
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title Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_short Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_full Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_fullStr Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a State Health Institute using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_sort surveillance and disease control of a newly-emerging disease from the perspective of a state health institute using the example of the sars-cov-2 pandemic
publisher Schlütersche Fachmedien GmbH
series Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift
issn 1439-0299
publishDate 2021-02-01
description This paper gives an overview of the experience on state and local health authority level that the German human surveillance system had so far in integrating the newly emerging disease SARS-CoV-2 into the existing surveillance framework. The magnitude of cases within a short time frame stretched the surveillance system at federal, state and local level. The electronic infectious disease notification system SurvNet@RKI has been flexible enough to adapt to the situation, but has limitations for large-scale contact tracing. Despite it being a zoonotic disease, a One Health approach has not been implemented yet. A formal evaluation of the German disease surveillance across administrative levels and technical capabilities as well as implementation of resulting recommendations would improve the response to similar situations in the future.
topic covid-19
infectious disease surveillance
germany
url https://www.vetline.de/surveillance-and-disease-control-of-a-newly-emerging-disease-from-the-perspective-of-a-state-health
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