A Syndrome-Based Surveillance System for Infectious Diseases Among Asylum Seekers in Austrian Reception Centers, 2015-2018: Analysis of Reported Data.

Alphonse Nshimyiryo Karin Taus Lukas Richter Franz Allerberger Daniela Schmid

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2019)

The cooperation of the AGES with reception center health care staff, supported by the 2 involved ministries, was shown to be useful for syndromic surveillance of infectious diseases among asylum seekers. None of the identified alerts escalated to an outbreak.

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