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. 1991 Apr;106(2):297–303. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800048445

A sentinel network of microbiological laboratories as a tool for surveillance of infectious diseases in Belgium.

D Walckiers 1, A Stroobant 1, E Yourassowsky 1, J Lion 1, R Cornelis 1
PMCID: PMC2271998  PMID: 2019299

Abstract

In the development of a surveillance programme for infectious diseases in Belgium, a national network of microbiological laboratories has been responsible, since February 1983, for the weekly registration of certain pathogenic agents. Thus, the main epidemiological features of a selected number of infections in Belgium can be characterized.

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