Table 4. Comparison among outbreaks, 2001–2005, Germany*.
Characteristic | Linked to notifiable pathogens | Linked to nonnotifiable pathogens | No link to any specific pathogen |
---|---|---|---|
No. outbreaks | 30,578 | 155 | 772 |
Median duration, d | 3 | 9 | 4 |
Median no. cases per outbreak (minimum, maximum) | 3 (2,527) | 8 (2,153) | 10 (2,110) |
Median duration from report of first case until outbreak report filed at local health department, d | 26,597 | 154 | 772 |
Median duration between filing of outbreak report at local health department until arrival of report at RKI, d | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Median duration from report of first case until outbreak report arrives at RKI, d | 2 | 2 | 3 |
*RKI, Robert Koch Institute.