Assessing the sensitivity and representativeness of the Belgian Sentinel Network of Laboratories using test reimbursement data

Table 1 Diagnosis tests by pathogen in the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance nomenclature (INAMI-RIZIV)

Pathogen	Diagnosis test	Nomenclature number
		Ambulatory	Hospital
Borrelia	Search for anti-Borrelia IgG antibodies	551132	551143
	Search for anti-Borrelia IgM antibodies^a	552134	552145
	Search for anti-Borrelia IgG antibodies, in CSF^a	552156	552160
	Search for anti-Borrelia IgM antibodies, in CSF^a	552171	552182
	Search for anti-Borrelia IgG antibodies, immunoblot confirmation test^a	552193	552204
	Search for anti-Borrelia IgM antibodies, immunoblot confirmation test^a	552215	552226
	Search for anti-Borrelia IgG antibodies in CSF, immunoblot confirmation test^a	552230	552241
	Search anti-Borrelia IgM antibodies in CSF, immunoblot confirmation test^a	552252	552263
Chlamydia trachomatis	Chlamydia culture	550675	550686
	Chlamydia molecular amplification	550255	550266
Cryptosporidium	Search for cryptosporidium in stool, after enrichment	549872	549883
Neisseria gonorrhoeae	Gonorrhoeae molecular amplification	550911	550922
	Aerobic culture	550395	550406
Hepatitis A	Search for anti-Hepatitis A IgM antibodies, non-isotopic method	551353	551364
	Search for anti-Hepatitis A IgG antibodies	551375	551386
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	Search for anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM antibodies	551891	551902
	Search for anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgG antibodies	551213	551224
Rotavirus	Rotavirus diagnosis, for children younger than 2 years old	552311	552322
Salmonella/Shigella/Yersinia/Campylobacter	Stool test	549835	549846
Syphilis (treponema pallidum)	Serodiagnosis of treponema	552716	552720

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