Dataset

Surveillance of infectious diseases in children by paediatricians and GPs (Pedisurv): Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)

Since October 2002, Sciensano’s Epidemiology of infectious diseases department has coordinated since the surveillance network PediSurv. Approximately 350 clinicians (pediatricians in Belgium and general practitioners in Brussels) participate voluntary in the network and collect monthly demographic, clinical and microbiological data from a series of severe and/or rare infectious diseases in children <15 years of age. This dataset is a register of acute flaccid paralysis cases.

Overview

Alternative Titles / Acronym
  • Pedisurv AFP
Keywords
paediatric surveillance pedisurv acute flaccid paralysis
Languages
en
Health Categories
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Population Coverage
The population under study in Pedisurv are children below 15 living in Belgium. Cases of acute flaccid paralysis are documented in this dataset.
Personal Data Categories
Gender Age Range Postal Code
Purposes

  • Purpose of Pedisurv surveillance is to monitor infectious diseases in children (15 and under) based on a network of paeditricians.

Provenance
  • This dataset comes from a data collection via the healthdata.be platform. Records are transmitted by paediatricians or paediatric services of the participating hospitals.
Landing Pages
Documentation

Spatial Information

Geographic Coverage
  • BE
NUTS Codes
http://data.europa.eu/nuts/code/BE

Additional Information

Dataset Types
Personal Data
Applicable Legislation
Legal Basis

  • Loi portant création de Sciensano

    Source
HDAB
Contact Points
Conforms To
Version
HDBP0303
In Series
  • http://sciensanofdp.darwinproject.be:8080/dataset/8549af18-69ec-409e-9e7b-6c5265f05662
Structured Identifiers

Distributions & Resources

HDA data request form

https://www.hda.belgium.be/en/data_request

Restricted en
Publication Info
License cc-zero1.0
Standards & Languages
Languages en
Conforms To
Distribution Profile
Direct Links
Access URL https://www.hda.belgium.be/en/data_request
paediatric surveillance
pedisurv
acute flaccid paralysis