Revista panamericana de salud pública = Pan American journal of public health
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Rev. Panam. Salud Publica · Apr 2006
Comparative StudyAssessment of the performance of a definition of a suspected measles case: implications for measles surveillance.
To assess the performance, in Brazil, of the definition of a suspected measles case among patients with rash diseases that has been adopted in Brazil and many other countries. ⋯ Our results show that the suspected measles case definition adopted in Brazil is extremely sensitive for measles surveillance among patients with rash diseases. However, the high false-positive rates that were found may result in a substantial number of other rash diseases being misclassified as measles, leading to the misdirection of control measures and increases in their cost.