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SUMMARY:Estimating the burden of infectious diseases in Europe: the BCoDE 
 approach - Professor Mirjam Kretzschmar\, University Medical Center Utrech
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DTSTART:20170317T130000Z
DTEND:20170317T140000Z
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CONTACT:Rosa Attwood
DESCRIPTION:Most estimates of disease burden due to infectious diseases fo
 cus on the impact of acute infections and do not fully capture the effect
 s of (long-term) sequelae. To provide evidence-based and comparable estima
 tes\, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)\, the 
 Dutch National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)\, and
  other institutions collaborated in the Burden of Communicable Diseases in
  Europe (BCoDE) project.\n\nDALYs were estimated through an incidence- and
  pathogen-based approach. The main data source for incidence of acute dise
 ase was the (age- and sex-specific) number of cases notified to The Europe
 an Surveillance System (TESSy) between 2009 and 2013. Alternative methods 
 for estimating incidence were used when necessary. The availability and qu
 ality of TESSy data were assessed across reporting years and countries\, a
 nd notified cases were averaged to one year and corrected for under-estima
 tion. Disability weights were derived from a European study following prot
 ocols established for the Global Burden of Disease project. Calculation of
  DALYs was performed with the BCoDE software toolkit without applying time
  discounting and age-weighting.\n\nAt this lecture\, Mirjam Kretzschmar\, 
 University Medical Center Utrecht\, The Netherlands\, and Center for Infec
 tious Disease Control\, RIVM\, The Netherlands\, will present some results
  on burden of infectious diseases in Europe and in the Netherlands. \n\nCh
 aired by Dr Anne Presanis\, MRC Biostatistics Unit.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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