A5083546300- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Travel-related health issues
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
2022
Public Health England
2015-2020
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2019
University College London
2017-2019
Health Protection Scotland
2017
Abstract Detecting gastrointestinal (GI) infection transmission among men who have sex with (MSM) in England is complicated by a lack of routine sexual behavioural data. We investigated whether gender distributions might generate signals for increased GI pathogens MSM. examined the percentage male laboratory-confirmed patient-episodes patients no known travel history 10 infections public health interest between 2003 and 2013, stratified age region. An adult excess was observed Shigella spp....
Background: Malnutrition and mineral disparities has become increasingly common in patients with the end-stage renal disease treated hemodialysis (HD). Lack of nutritional knowledge is one most significant reasons for problems leading to improper practice causing several complications. The objectives study were asses nutrition knowledge, attitude, HD regarding diet, counsel on dietary guidelines determine association factors such as income education level management Patients. To assess diet....
SUMMARY Timely recruitment of population controls in infectious disease outbreak investigations is challenging. We evaluated the timeliness and cost using a market research panel as sampling frame for recruiting case-control study during an Salmonella Mikawasima UK 2013. deployed web-survey by email to targeted members (panel controls) parallel control team interviewing randomly selected public health staff telephone completing paper-based questionnaires (staff controls). Recruitment...
In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker the United Kingdom after returned from an treatment center Sierra Leone. The flew on 2 flights during early stages of disease. Follow-up 238 contacts showed no evidence secondary transmission virus.
On 30 May 2012, Surrey and Sussex Health Protection Unit was called by five nurseries reporting children staff with sudden onset vomiting approximately an hour after finishing their lunch that day. Over the following 24 h 50 further supplied same company reported cases of (182 children, 18 affected). Epidemiological investigations were undertaken in order to identify cause outbreak prevent cases. Investigations demonstrated a nursery-level attack rate 55 out 87 (63·2%, 95% confidence...
Abstract Established methods of recruiting population controls for case–control studies to investigate gastrointestinal disease outbreaks can be time consuming, resulting in delays identifying the source or vehicle infection. After an initial evaluation using online market research panel members as a study Salmonella outbreak 2013, this method was applied four further UK between 2014 and 2016. We used data from all five interviews with each control team provider review operational issues,...
Restaurant guides such as the Good Food Guide Top 50 create a hierarchy focussing on taste and sophistication. Safety is not explicitly included. We used restaurant associated outbreaks to assess evidence for safety.All foodborne disease in England reported national database from 2000 2014 were compare restaurants (2015) other registered food businesses using Public Health (PHE) outbreak database. Protection Teams also contacted identify any Among restaurants, regression analysis estimated...
Abstract For outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease, rapid identification the source is crucial to enable public health intervention and prevent further cases. Outbreak investigation comprises analyses exposure information from cases and, if required, undertaking analytical epidemiological studies. Hypothesis generation has been reliant on empirical knowledge exposures historically associated with a given pathogen. Epidemiology studies are resource-intensive prone bias, one reasons being...
<h3>Background</h3> Since 2011, an increase in Shigella flexneri has been observed men due to faecal-oral transmission associated with sexual contact between who have sex (MSM). Sexual history is not routinely collected for cases of gastrointestinal infections. <h3>Aims</h3> To use gender ratio detect greater than expected numbers infections MSM. <h3>Methods</h3> We examined annual male female ratios laboratory confirmed patient-episodes from those aged 16–65 years no known travel eight...
The 20th century has seen a huge change in both longevity as well social attitudes to ageing. increase life...