Evaluating measles surveillance using laboratory-discarded notifications of measles-like illness during elimination

Wang, Yung-HsuanAndrews, Ross MKelly, HLambert, Stephen2015-12-100950-2688http://hdl.handle.net/1885/39538For jurisdictions implementing measles elimination strategies, a minimum surveillance benchmark of 1/100 000 population per year measles-like illness (MLI) cases initially notified, but then rejected based on laboratory testing was proposed. We used thisKeywords: measles vaccine; adolescent; adult; age distribution; aged; article; Australia; child; disease surveillance; epidemic; health care quality; health survey; human; infant; infection control; laboratory diagnosis; laboratory test; major clinical study; measlEvaluating measles surveillance using laboratory-discarded notifications of measles-like illness during elimination200710.1017/S095026880700828X2015-12-09