Incidence and etiology of hemolytic-uremic syndrome in children in Norway, 1999–2008 – a retrospective study of hospital records to assess the sensitivity of surveillance

Table 1 Diarrhea-associated HUS cases in children in Norway notified and identified in children in Norway

Identified by/Year	1999-2006	2007-2008	Total
MSIS	20	5	25
Medical records	33	5	38
Proportion reported to surveillance	61%	100%	66%

Cases of diarrhea-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome in children <16 years of age reported to the Norwegian Communicable Disease Surveillance System (MSIS) and identified through medical record search, Norway 1999–2008.

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