title: New methodology for estimating the burden of infectious diseases in Europe.
abstract: Mirjam Kretzschmar and colleagues describe the BCoDE project, which uses a pathogen-based incidence approach to better estimate the infectious disease burden in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment-RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. mirjam.kretzschmar@rivm.nl
authors.forename: Mirjam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kretzschmar
authors.forename: Marie-Josée J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mangen
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jahn
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fèvre
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Longhi
authors.forename: Taavi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Arie H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Havelaar
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cassini
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kramarz
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D018563:Disease Notification; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*