作者
Nicole A Hoff, Reena H Doshi, Brian Colwell, Benoit Kebela-Illunga, Patrick Mukadi, Mathias Mossoko, Jean-Jacque Muyembe-Tamfum, Emile Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Jamie Lloyd-Smith, Anne W Rimoin
发表日期
2017
期刊
International journal of tropical disease & health
卷号
25
期号
2
出版商
NIH Public Access
简介
Objective
Evaluating the effectiveness of a surveillance system, and how it improves over time has significant implications for disease control and prevention. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) was implemented to estimate the burden of disease, monitor changes in disease occurrence, and inform resource allocation. For this effort we utilized national passive surveillance data from DRC’s IDSR to explore reporting trends of human monkeypox (MPX) from 2001 to 2013.
Methods
We obtained surveillance data on MPX cases occurring between January 2001 and December 2013 from the DRC Ministry of Health (MoH). Phases of the surveillance system, yearly trends in reporting and estimated incidence for MPX were analyzed using SAS v9. 2 and Health Mapper.
Results
Between 2001 and 2013, three discrete surveillance phases were identified that …
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