Purposes

The epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, the knowledge of the distribution of their etiological agents.

Institutions that intervene

MSC, Autonomous Communities

General description (main variables)

Etiological agent, disease, diagnostic criteria, age, sex. By complete listing.

Collective

Clinical samples that are processed in laboratories.

Frequency of data collection

Semanal.

Breakdown

Provincial.

Budgetary credits necessary for its finance in the four-year period 2005-2008  (in thousands euros)

1,128.90