title: [The validity of the system of obligatory disease declaration for the epidemiologic surveillance of meningococcal meningitis].
abstract: In Spain meningococcic meningitis is a disease of obligatory declaration which is declared under the name of "Meningococcic infection". In this section other process are also included with the declaration being made under suspicion, with no knowledge of the degree of fulfillment and the significance of the official data. To know this the clinical history of meningitis patients of all the hospitals in Aragon from January 1985 to December 1988 were reviewed comparing the results with those from the system of obligatory disease declaration. The degree of fulfillment for meningococcic meningitis was 90% with the annual rates of incidence of meningococcic meningitis being 1.11 to 2.13 fold higher, according to hospitalary data, higher than the rates of the obligatory disease declaration system.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurologia, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ara
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: García Mata
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arribas
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Errea
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertol
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernando
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Validez del sistema de enfermedades de declaración obligatoria para la vigilancia epidemiológica de la meningitis meningocócica.