Dataset

Surveillance of infectious diseases in children by paediatricians and GPs (Pedisurv): Measles

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 measles cases.

Overview

Alternative Titles / Acronym
  • Pedisurv Measles
Keywords
measles paediatric surveillance pedisurv
Languages
en
Health Themes
measles (Q79793)
Health Categories
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Population Coverage
The population under study in Pedisurv are children below 15 living in Belgium. Measles cases are documented in this dataset.
Personal Data Categories
Age Gender Postal Code
Purposes

  • Purpose of Pedisurv surveillance is to monitor infectious diseases (notably measles) 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

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage
Start
Update Frequency
DAILY
Metadata Dates
Issued:
Modified:

Spatial Information

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

Additional Information

Dataset Types
Personal Data
Applicable Legislation
HDAB
Contact Points
Conforms To
Version
HDBP0300
In Series
  • http://sciensanofdp.darwinproject.be:8080/dataset/8549af18-69ec-409e-9e7b-6c5265f05662
Structured Identifiers

Qualified Relations 1

Role Relation
- https://www.sciensano.be/en/surveillance-infectious-diseases-children-pedisurv

Distributions & Resources

HDA data request form

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

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Publication Info
License cc-zero1.0
Technical Details
File Size 15 bytes
Standards & Languages
Languages en
Conforms To
Distribution Profile
Direct Links
Access URL https://www.hda.belgium.be/en/data_request
measles
paediatric surveillance
pedisurv