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A sentinel network of microbiological laboratories as a tool for surveillance of infectious diseases in Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. Walckiers ,
A. Stroobant ,
E. Yourassowsky ,
J. Lion  and
R. Cornelis
D. Walckiers
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Wytsmanstreet 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
A. Stroobant
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Wytsmanstreet 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
E. Yourassowsky
Affiliation:
Brugmann Hospital, Pl. Van Gehuchten 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium
J. Lion
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Wytsmanstreet 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
R. Cornelis
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Wytsmanstreet 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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In the development of a surveillance programme for infectious diseases in Belgium, a national network of microbiological laboratories has been responsible, since February 1983, for the weekly registration of certain pathogenic agents. Thus, the main epidemiological features of a selected number of infections in Belgium can be characterized.

Type
Special Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 106 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 297 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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