Kurkela, Satu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2911-3212
Puolakkainen, Mirja
Hokynar, Kati
Nieminen, Tea
Saxen, Harri
Mannonen, Laura
Pietikäinen, Risto
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiiri (-)
Academy of Finland (-)
Article History
Received: 9 April 2019
Accepted: 18 June 2019
First Online: 1 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study consisted of an outbreak investigation in which the municipality and the hospital district have the responsibility to take action against infectious diseases and the right to establish registers on a case-by-case basis, as defined in the Article 23§ of the Finnish Infectious Diseases Act, thus not requiring a separate ethical approval.