Performance of rubella suspect case definition: implications for surveillance Acurácia da definição de caso suspeito de rubéola: implicações para vigilância

• Main Authors: Solange Artimos de Oliveira (Author), Luiz Antonio Bastos Camacho (Author), Antonio Carlos de Medeiros Pereira (Author), Marília Mattos Bulhões (Author), Angélica Fortes Aguas (Author), Marilda Mendonça Siqueira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the performance of the rubella suspect case definition among patients with rash diseases seen at primary care units. METHODS: From January 1994 to December 2002, patients with acute rash, with or without fever, were seen at two large primary health care units and at a public gen...