SurvStat@RKI – a web-based solution to query surveillance data in Germany

In Germany, since 2001, more than 50 infectious diseases or pathogens have been notifiable under the Infektionsschutzgesetz. Case based data are compiled at the Robert Koch Institute in a central database. By October 2003, this database held 860,000 case records and is currently growing by 300,000 cases per year.