TY - JOUR AU - de Wit, Matty A.S. AU - Koopmans, Marion P.G. AU - Kortbeek, Laetitia M. AU - van Leeuwen, Nan J. AU - Bartelds, AAD I.M. AU - van Duynhoven, Yvonne T.H.P. T1 - Gastroenteritis in Sentinel General Practices, the Netherlands T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 82 SN - 1080-6059 AB - From 1996 to 1999, the incidence of gastroenteritis in general practices and the role of a broad range of pathogens in the Netherlands were studied. All patients with gastroenteritis who had visited a general practitioner were reported. All patients who had visited a general practitioner for gastroenteritis (cases) and an equal number of patients visiting for nongastrointestinal symptoms (controls) were invited to participate in a case-control study. The incidence of gastroenteritis was 79.7 per 10,000 person years. Campylobacter was detected most frequently (10% of cases), followed by Giardia lamblia (5%), rotavirus (5%), Norwalk-like viruses (5%) and Salmonella (4%). Our study found that in the Netherlands (population 15.6 million), an estimated 128,000 persons each year consult their general practitioner for gastroenteritis, slightly less than in a comparable study in 1992 to 1993. A pathogen could be detected in almost 40% of patients (bacteria 16%, viruses 15%, parasites 8%). KW - the Netherlands DO - 10.3201/eid0701.700082 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/1/70-0082_article ER - End of Reference