title: Using facsimile cascade to assist case searching during a Q fever outbreak.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. vanwoerdenh1@cf.ac.uk
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Van Woerden
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nehaul
mesh_terms: D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016636:Telefacsimile