 Countries:
Switzerland
Name
Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit (SPSU)
Website
www.bag.admin.ch/infekt/melde/spsu/d/index.htm
(German) www.bag.admin.ch/infekt/melde/spsu/f/index.htm
(French)
Year established
1995
Association
Swiss Paediatric Association
Federal Office of Public Health
Population under 15 years
1.3 million
General information
Report cards are circulated to a willing paediatrician (n=45) at each
of the 38 paediatric teaching clinics representing about 250 hospital
or clinic-based paediatricians (i.e. not to those delivering primary
care) and covering a total child population of 1.3 million children.
The response rate for the initial cards was 100% in each year, and 96-98%
for the complementary questionnaires.
Conditions studied
The ten conditions under surveillance in 2003 were:
acute flaccid paralysis, acute rheumatic fever, congenital rubella
syndrome, haemolytic uraemic syndrome, neonatal herpes simplex, intussusception,
neural tube defects, severe RSV infections, shaken baby syndrome and
varicella/zoster.
Six studies have been completed:
congenital toxoplasmosis (1995-98, 21 cases), cystic periventricular
leukomalacia (1996-97), haemolytic uraemic syndrome (1997-03, 114 cases),
tick-borne encephalitis (2000-02, 23 cases), varicella/zoster (2000-03,
235 cases) and vitamin K deficiency bleeding (1995-00, 19 late-onset
cases).
Current studies include:
acute flaccid paralysis, acute rheumatic fever, congenital rubella
syndrome, haemolytic uraemic syndrome, intussusception, neonatal herpes
simplex, neural tube defect, severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
infections, shaken baby syndrome.
Contact
Dr. Hanspeter Zimmermann
Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
3003 Bern, Switzerland
Tel: 4131 323 8710 Fax: 4131 323
8795
Email: hans-peter.zimmermann@bag.admin.ch
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