A5090453548- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
UK Health Security Agency
2022
Public Health England
2015-2021
This study aims to estimate pertussis vaccine uptake in pregnant women England, describe timing of delivery and examine variations uptake.Cross-sectional survey delivering maternity units England. Variation described according geography, maternal age, ethnicity parity as reported by the midwife completing survey.A total 1325 surveys were returned, 85% which (1128) contained information about vaccination. Vaccine was 61.8% (95% CI: 56.8-66.5) higher White British ethnic group than any other...
A case-control study was conducted to investigate an outbreak of 46 cases cryptosporidiosis in visitors a petting farm England. Details exposures on the were collected for 38 and 39 controls, recruited through snowball sampling. Multivariable logistic regression identified that 5·5 times more likely than controls have eaten without washing their hands [95% confidence interval (CI) 1·51-19·9, P = 0·01] 10 less report being informed risk infection arrival (odds ratio 0·10, 95% CI 0·01-0·71,...
When SARS-CoV-2 Omicron emerged in 2021, S gene target failure enabled differentiation between and the dominant Delta variant. In England, where surveillance (SGTS) was already established, this led to rapid identification (within ca 3 days of sample collection) possible cases, alongside real-time modelling growth. SGTS key public health action (including case incident management), we share applied insights on how when use SGTS.
SUMMARY We investigated the epidemiology and characterization of isolates Staphylococcus aureus within Yorkshire Humber (YH) region in UK. In July 2015, each laboratory YH ( n = 14) was assigned two consecutive days during which all clinical S. were collected. Isolates tested for antibiotic susceptibilities presence genes encoding methicillin resistance mec A C), Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) luk S-PV), efflux-mediated chlorhexidine qac A); also characterized by spa -types. Minimum...
Abstract In April 2018, Public Health England was notified of cases Shigella sonnei who had eaten food from three different catering outlets in England. The outbreaks were initially investigated as separate events, but whole-genome sequencing (WGS) showed they caused by the same strain. investigation included analyses epidemiological data, chain and microbiological examination samples. WGS used to determine phylogenetic relatedness antimicrobial resistance profile outbreak Ultimately, 33...
There is a need for innovative methods to investigate outbreaks of food-borne infection linked produce with complex distribution network. The investigation large outbreak