Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection.

Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection.
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2017 Dec 01;41(4):E295-E307
Authors: Britton PN, Bag SK, Booy R, Sharpe C, Owen KB, Zhao J, Irwin MJ, Jones C
Abstract
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a leading cause of encephalitis and pneumonia in children. Active surveillance identified a cluster of children with suspected encephalitis associated with M.pneumoniae in NSW during July, 2015. An investigation that cross validated encephalitis surveillance with ED pneumonia surveillance and senitenal reference laboratory data revealed probable epidemic M.pneumoniae disease activity in Sydney during 2015.
PMID: 29864383 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research