Early outbreak detection by linking health advice line calls to water distribution areas retrospectively demonstrated in a large waterborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Sweden.
Pär BjelkmarAnette HansenCaroline SchönningJakob BergströmMargareta LöfdahlMarianne LebbadAnders WallenstenGörel AllestamStephan StenmarkJohan LindhPublished in: BMC public health (2017)
We conclude that an earlier detection of the outbreak by linking calls to a health advice line to water distribution areas could have limited the outbreak substantially.