TY - JOUR AU - Jorgensen, Pernille AU - an der Heiden, Matthias AU - Kern, Petra AU - Schöneberg, Irene AU - Krause, Gérard AU - Alpers, Katharina T1 - Underreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 6 SP - 935 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We estimated the total number of human alveolar echinococcosis cases in Germany from 2003 through 2005 using the multiple source capture-recapture method. We found a 3-fold higher incidence of the disease than that shown by national surveillance data. We propose a revision of the reporting system to increase case ascertainment. KW - Human alveolar echinococcosis KW - capture-recapture KW - surveillance KW - dispatch KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1406.071173 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/6/07-1173_article ER - End of Reference