Using facsimile cascade to assist case searching during a Q fever outbreak.
In September 2002, facsimiles were sent to 360 primary-care physicians alerting them to a local outbreak of Q fever. The physicians subsequently submitted serology samples on significantly more patients than in a previously comparable period in 2001. Facsimile cascade assists effective communication with primary-care physicians in an outbreak investigation.
Van Woerden
H C
HC
Department of Epidemiology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. vanwoerdenh1@cf.ac.uk
Evans
M R
MR
Mason
B W
BW
Nehaul
L
L
D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016636:Telefacsimile