A large community outbreak of waterborne giardiasis- delayed detection in a non-endemic urban area

Bibliographic Data

ID15360321
AuthorsKarin Nygård (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, corresponding author), Barbara Schimmer (0000-0002-0126-1021, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), Øystein Søbstad (Western Norway Regional Health Authority), Anna Walde (Norwegian Food Safety Authority), Ingvar Tveit, Nina Langeland (0000-0003-0278-1616, University of Bergen), Trygve Hausken (0000-0001-7080-8396, University of Bergen), Preben Aavitsland (0009-0001-1550-7715, Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
Year2006
Volume6
Issue1
Pages141-141
Publication date2006-05-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-6-141
PMID16725025
PMCIDPMC1524744
OpenAlexW1583845171
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited8

Late detection contributed to the large public health impact of this outbreak. Passive surveillance of laboratory-confirmed cases is not sufficient for timely detection of outbreaks with non-endemic infections

Biostatistics · Endemic diseases · Environmental health · Outbreak · Pathology · Public health · Waterborne diseases · Amoebic Infections and Treatments · Legionella and Acanthamoeba research · Medicine · Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics · Epidemiology · Virology