The KIzSS network, a sentinel surveillance system for infectious diseases in day care centers: study protocol

BMC Infectious Diseases

Wilfrid van Pelt²  Henriette A Smit¹  Marianne AB van der Sande¹  Erwin Duizer³  Laetitia M Kortbeek³  Anna MD Kooistra-Smid⁴  Carolien M de Jager²  Ingrid HM Friesema²  Harold Noel¹  Remko Enserink¹ 

[1] Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands;Center for Infectious Disease Control (Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands;Center for Infectious Disease Control (Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands;Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Department of Research and Development, Groningen, The Netherlands

关键词: Study design;    Surveillance;    Public health;    Infectious disease;    Day care;   

Others  :  1159632
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2334-12-259

 received in 2012-04-13, accepted in 2012-10-02,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Day care-associated infectious diseases are widely recognized as a public health problem but rarely studied. Insights into their dynamics and their association with the day care setting are important for effective decision making in management of infectious disease control. This paper describes the purpose, design and potential of our national multi-center, day care-based sentinel surveillance network for infectious diseases (the KIzSS network). The aim of the KIzSS network is to acquire a long-term insight into the syndromic and microbiological aspects of day care-related infectious diseases and associated disease burden and to model these aspects with day care setting characteristics.

Methods/design

The KIzSS network applies a prospective cohort design, following day care centers rather than individual children or staff members over time. Data on infectious disease symptoms and related morbidity (children and staff), medical consumption, absenteeism and circulating enteric pathogens (children) are collected on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Every two years, a survey is performed to assess the characteristics of participating day care centers.

Discussion

The KIzSS network offers a unique potential to study infectious disease dynamics in the day care setting over a sustained period of time. The created (bio)databases will help us to assess day care-related disease burden of infectious diseases among attending children and staff and their relation with the day care setting. This will support the much needed development of evidence-based and pragmatic guidelines for infectious disease control in day care centers.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Enserink et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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