Since 18 August 2011, 17 cases of travel-associated Legionnaires' disease have been reported. They were tourists from five European countries who had stayed in five accommodation sites in Lazise, Italy. The dates of symptom onset ranged from 18 July to 25 August 2011. Control measures were implemented and no further cases associated with stays at the sites have been reported after disinfection....

A marked increase in case fatality has been observed among reported cases of invasive group B streptococcal infections (GBS) in infants younger than 90 days old (thereafter referred to as ‘infant’) in Norway since the beginning of 2006. Twenty four cases of GBS in infants were reported to the Norwegian communicable disease notification system (MSIS) between 1 January and 21 July, and eight case...

BACKGROUND Infectious disease burden is commonly assessed using notification data. Using retrospective record linkage in Western Australia, we described how well notification data captures laboratory detections of influenza, pertussis and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). METHODS We linked data from the Western Australian Notifiable Infectious Diseases Database (WANIDD) and the PathWest La...

Anecdotally expressed concern over the military/civilian interface regarding infectious disease notification, and the current review of procedures in both civilian and military settings prompted this study. Its aim was to quantify knowledge of doctors involved in the provision of care to Army personnel and their dependants in the United Kingdom regarding infectious disease reporting and make re...

proper education and notification of patients undergoing heart valve replacement is of paramount importance. the past decade has witnessed a growing interest in the use of modern, advanced technologies in medicine and patient education. this study aimed to introduce an education-notification application for patients undergoing heart valve replacement. research was carried out in two phases of s...

BACKGROUND Patient-reported outcomes are vital in informing randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and health-care interventions and policies from the patient's perspective. However, participant non-response may introduce bias and can affect the generalisability of the trial. This study evaluates two interventions aimed at increasing response rates to postal questionnaires within a large, UK-wide ...

A complete understanding of the epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis is complicated by imperfect diagnostic methods and incomplete recognition, testing and notification of the disease. It is generally agreed that notification rates represent an under-reporting of actual incidence. However, Australia has improved surveillance for pertussis since the early 1990s and currently has the highest repo...