Is passive surveillance always insensitive? An evaluation of shigellosis surveillance in Oklahoma.
The authors studied the reporting of shigellosis in Oklahoma to evaluate the sensitivity of the state-based passive surveillance system for shigellosis. They found that passive surveillance for shigellosis can be more sensitive than has been previously observed. Laboratory-based reporting was found to be far superior to reporting by physicians.
D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D009825:Oklahoma; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity