Surveillance of HCV infection in the Netherlands

S Chaves; M A Widdowson; A Bosman

doi:10.2807/esm.08.05.00411-en

Surveillance of HCV infection in the Netherlands

S Chaves, M A Widdowson, A Bosman

Institute of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

Two surveillance systems exist in the Netherlands to monitor hepatitis C (HCV) infections. Aggregated weekly laboratory data have been available since 1990. In 1999, HCV infection became a notifiable disease. Data showed the number of reported cases has remained stable. Male cases predominated (66%), mainly between age 15 to 54. Injecting drug use was the main route of transmission (64%). Despite its added value, the notifiable system should include more clinical data to better scrutinize future changes in transmission patterns.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	8
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	108-113
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1560-7917
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.08.05.00411-en
Publication status	Published - 2003

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Disease Notification/statistics & numerical data
Female
Hepacivirus/isolation & purification
Hepatitis C/epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands/epidemiology

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