Sensitivity of the Dengue Surveillance System in Brazil for Detecting Hospitalized Cases.

• Main Authors: Giovanini Evelim Coelho (Author), Priscila Leite Leal (Author), Matheus de Paula Cerroni (Author), Ana Cristina Rocha Simplicio (Author), João Bosco Siqueira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We evaluated the sensitivity of the dengue surveillance system in detecting hospitalized cases in ten capital cities in Brazil from 2008 to 2013 using a probabilistic record linkage of two independent information systems hospitalization (SIH-SUS) adopted as the gold standard and surveillance (SINAN)...