Assessment of the performance of a definition of a suspected measles case: implications for measles surveillance Evaluación de la utilidad de una definición de "caso sospechado de sarampión": implicaciones para la vigilancia de la enfermedad

Assessment of the performance of a definition of a suspected measles case: implications for measles surveillance Evaluación de la utilidad de una definición de "caso sospechado de sarampión": implicaciones para la vigilancia de la enfermedad

OBJECTIVE: To assess the performance, in Brazil, of the definition of a suspected measles case among patients with rash diseases that has been adopted in Brazil and many other countries. METHODS: From January 1994 to December 2003, patients with acute rash were seen at two large primary health care...

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Main Authors: Solange Artimos de Oliveira, Luiz Antonio Bastos Camacho, Antonio Carlos de Medeiros Pereira, Sérgio Setúbal, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2006-04-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Sarampión
exantema
diagnóstico diferencial
valor predictivo
vigilancia
Brasil
Measles
exanthema
diagnosis
differential
predictive value of tests
population
surveillance
Brazil
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