Acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in Catalonia, 2015-21

Dataset about acute gastroenteritis outbreaks reported between January 2017 and December 2021 in Catalonia, a region in Northeast of Iberian Peninsula with a population of 7,543,825 inhabitants in January 2018.
Data was collected by technicians from the Epidemiological Surveillance Services of the Catalan Public Health Agency and the Barcelona Public Health Agency
The etiological confirmation of outbreaks was carried out by collecting stool samples and their subsequent microbiological analysis at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital laboratory or at the Barcelona Public Health Agency laboratory. In outbreaks in which viral aetiology was suspected, real-time RT-PCR was performed to identify the presence of enteric viruses.

本数据集收录了2017年1月至2021年12月期间在伊比利亚半岛东北部的加泰罗尼亚地区报告的急性胃肠炎疫情，该地区在2018年1月拥有7543825名居民。数据由加泰罗尼亚公共卫生局及巴塞罗那公共卫生局流行病学监测服务的技术人员收集。疫情的病原学确认通过收集粪便样本并在瓦尔德赫罗纳大学医院实验室或巴塞罗那公共卫生局实验室进行后续的微生物学分析来完成。在疑似病毒性病因的疫情中，执行实时逆转录聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）以鉴定肠道病毒的存在。