Enhanced Surveillance of Hepatitis C
Enhanced Surveillance of Hepatitis C
The methods for data collection and analysis have been described previously in the paper Enhanced surveillance of hepatitis B in the EU, 2006 – 2012 in this edition.
Countries were formally requested to follow the 2012 EU hepatitis C case definitions for reporting at the European level (text box), but data were still accepted if defined using other case definitions.
Acute and chronic hepatitis C infections were distinguished using the following criteria.
The map included in the results shows the overall notification rates of hepatitis C cases across EU/EEA countries. Countries were included in the data analysis, if their surveillance system were known to capture data on both acute and chronic cases, even if a large proportion of cases were classified as 'unknown'. Whilst there are limitations to this approach, it provides more complete data for comparison across countries.
Materials and Methods
The methods for data collection and analysis have been described previously in the paper Enhanced surveillance of hepatitis B in the EU, 2006 – 2012 in this edition.
Countries were formally requested to follow the 2012 EU hepatitis C case definitions for reporting at the European level (text box), but data were still accepted if defined using other case definitions.
Acute and chronic hepatitis C infections were distinguished using the following criteria.
The map included in the results shows the overall notification rates of hepatitis C cases across EU/EEA countries. Countries were included in the data analysis, if their surveillance system were known to capture data on both acute and chronic cases, even if a large proportion of cases were classified as 'unknown'. Whilst there are limitations to this approach, it provides more complete data for comparison across countries.