Caldwell G G, Heath C W
Public Health Rep. 1982 Nov-Dec;97(6):579-82.
In a pilot study to explore the feasibility of surveillance of cases of infectious mononucleosis, data were collected on 8,258 positive specimens. These specimens had been submitted to six State laboratories--Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin--during a 2-year period. April 1974-March 1976. Case reporting varied in completeness and geographic coverage. Data concerning case occurrence, by age, sex, and race of patients and month of specimen collection, confirmed previous observations regarding the descriptive epidemiology of the disease. The results indicated that the public health usefulness of extensive surveillance of infections mononucleosis laboratory tests is limited.
在一项探索传染性单核细胞增多症病例监测可行性的试点研究中，收集了8258份阳性标本的数据。这些标本在1974年4月至1976年3月的两年期间被提交给了六个州的实验室——康涅狄格州、佐治亚州、爱荷华州、南卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州和威斯康星州。病例报告的完整性和地理覆盖范围各不相同。关于病例发生情况的数据，包括患者的年龄、性别、种族以及标本采集月份，证实了先前关于该疾病描述性流行病学的观察结果。结果表明，对传染性单核细胞增多症实验室检测进行广泛监测对公共卫生的作用有限。
