Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
G G van Rijckevorsel (
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Citation style for this article: van Rijckevorsel GG. Authors? reply: Rabid puppy-dog imported into the Netherlands from Morocco via Spain, February 2012 . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(12)
ii=20125. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20125
Date of submission: 21 March 2012 <HR>
To the editor: The additional information from the Spanish Health Authorities is much appreciated. In their letter the Spanish Health Authorities express their concerns about the informal channels used by the Amsterdam Public Health Service in tracing three persons living in Spain (Contacts 1, 2 and 3). In their opinion access to the personal details of these contacts was denied because of Dutch national laws prohibiting such disclosure of information. However, Dutch national laws do allow Public Health Services to reveal personal data to third parties, but only with the approval of the involved contact, or when contacts cannot otherwise be reached. Also, in case of direct health emergency this law can be overruled. (?)
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 12, 22 March 2012
Letters
Authors? reply: Rabid puppy-dog imported into the Netherlands from Morocco via Spain, February 2012
Letters
Authors? reply: Rabid puppy-dog imported into the Netherlands from Morocco via Spain, February 2012
G G van Rijckevorsel (
- Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Citation style for this article: van Rijckevorsel GG. Authors? reply: Rabid puppy-dog imported into the Netherlands from Morocco via Spain, February 2012 . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(12)
ii=20125. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20125 Date of submission: 21 March 2012 <HR>
To the editor: The additional information from the Spanish Health Authorities is much appreciated. In their letter the Spanish Health Authorities express their concerns about the informal channels used by the Amsterdam Public Health Service in tracing three persons living in Spain (Contacts 1, 2 and 3). In their opinion access to the personal details of these contacts was denied because of Dutch national laws prohibiting such disclosure of information. However, Dutch national laws do allow Public Health Services to reveal personal data to third parties, but only with the approval of the involved contact, or when contacts cannot otherwise be reached. Also, in case of direct health emergency this law can be overruled. (?)