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Table 2 Distribution of case examples in different groups of participants

From: Reliability of case definitions for public health surveillance assessed by Round-Robin test methodology

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Local health departments in West German States

Set A

Set B

Set C

Set D

Salmonellosis *

Salmonellosis *

Salmonellosis *

Salmonellosis *

Hepatitis B

Measles+

Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Disease (CJD)+

Meningococcal meningitis

Hepatitis C

Adenovirus conjunctivitis

Pathogenic E. coli enteritis

Influenza

Tuberculosis+

Polio+

EHEC** (enterohaemorrhagic E. coli)

Haemorrhagic fever

Local health departments in East German States

Set E

Set F

Set G

Set H

Like Set A, plus:

Like Set B, plus:

Like Set C, plus:

Like Set D, plus:

Pneumococcal disease*

Borreliosis*

Rubella*

Viral meningitis*

  1. Four different case examples were presented for each disease:
  2. * The Salmonella case examples consisted of two case examples of Salmonella enterica spp., 1 case example of Salmonella Paratyphi and one case example of a salmonellosis-like enteric disease without identified pathogen.
  3. ** The EHEC case examples consisted in three case examples of EHEC and one case example of enterohaemorrhagic shigellosis.
  4. + Diseases for which classification A-E are reportable to the next public health level; for all other diseases only classifications B-E are reportable to the next level.
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