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A Case-Control Study to Estimate the Effectiveness of Maternal Pertussis Vaccination in Protecting Newborn Infants in England and Wales, 2012–2013 by Dabrera, Gavin, Amirthalingam, Gayatri, Andrews, Nick, Campbell, Helen, Ribeiro, Sonia, Kara, Edna, Fry, Norman K., Ramsay, Mary

“…Background. Infants with pertussis infection are at risk of severe clinical illness and death. Several countries, including the United Kingdom, have introduced…”
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HOSTED—England’s Household Transmission Evaluation Dataset: preliminary findings from a novel passive surveillance system of COVID-19 by Hall, JA, Harris, RJ, Zaidi, A, Woodhall, SC, Dabrera, G, Dunbar, JK

“…Abstract Background  Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is an important component of the community spread of the pandemic. Little is known about the factors…”
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Hospitalisation and mortality risk of SARS-COV-2 variant omicron sub-lineage BA.2 compared to BA.1 in England by Webster, H. H., Nyberg, T., Sinnathamby, M. A., Aziz, N. Abdul, Ferguson, N., Seghezzo, G., Blomquist, P. B., Bridgen, J., Chand, M., Groves, N., Myers, R., Hope, R., Ashano, E., Lopez-Bernal, J., De Angelis, D., Dabrera, G., Presanis, A. M., Thelwall, S.

“…The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 became the globally dominant variant in early 2022. A sub-lineage of the Omicron variant (BA.2) was identified in England in…”
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Inequalities associated with emergence of Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (B.1.617.2) in England: awareness for future variants by Leeman, D., Campos-Matos, I., Dabrera, G.

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Timeliness and completeness of laboratory-based surveillance of COVID-19 cases in England by Clare, T., Twohig, K.A., O'Connell, A.-M., Dabrera, G.

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate completeness and timeliness of the rapidly developed surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…”
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Legionellosis incidents associated with spa pools, England, 2002–2018 by Dabrera, G., Naik, F., Phin, N.

“…Spa pools (SPs) pose risks of Legionella infection for users and bystanders. We searched the National Enhanced Legionella Surveillance System for reported…”
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Thunderstorm asthma: an overview of the evidence base and implications for public health advice by Dabrera, G, Murray, V, Emberlin, J, Ayres, J G, Collier, C, Clewlow, Y, Sachon, P

“…Thunderstorm asthma is a term used to describe an observed increase in acute bronchospasm cases following the occurrence of thunderstorms in the local…”
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Risk of hospitalisation or death in households with a case of COVID-19 in England: an analysis using the HOSTED data set by Hall, J.A., Harris, R.J., Zaidi, A., Dabrera, G., Dunbar, J.K.

“…To determine whether household contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have an increased risk of hospitalisation or death. We used the HOSTED data set of index…”
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Rapid rise in COVID-19 among young people in England – learning for the future by Twohig, K.A., Zaidi, A., Campos-Matos, I., Hope, R., Hall, J., Chudasama, D., Sinnathamby, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Dabrera, G., Mohammed, H.

“…We determined the age and sociodemographic distribution of COVID-19 cases between January and September 2020 to identify the group with the highest incidence…”
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Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy in preventing influenza infection in infants, England, 2013/14 by Dabrera, G, Zhao, H, Andrews, N, Begum, F, Green, Hk, Ellis, J, Elias, K, Donati, M, Zambon, M, Pebody, R

“…In this study we used the screening method to estimate the effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy in preventing influenza virus…”
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Completeness of case ascertainment and availability of environmental data in Legionnaires’ disease enhanced surveillance in England, 2012-2014 by Naik, F, Chandler, K, Rehman, Y, Dabrera, G

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Six-year experience of detection and investigation of possible Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus cases, England, 2012–2018 by Zhao, H., ParryFord, F., Dabrera, G., Sinnathamby, M., Ellis, J., Dunning, J., Osman, H., Machin, N., Pebody, R.

“…Surveillance for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been undertaken in the UK since September 2012. This study describes the surveillance outcomes in…”
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Investigating lead poisoning in children--could surveillance help? by Dabrera, G, Sampson, B, Ruggles, R, Leonardi, G

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COVID-19: public health management of the first two confirmed cases identified in the UK by Holden, B., Quinney, A., Padfield, S., Morton, W., Coles, S., Manley, P., Wensley, A., Hutchinson, C., Lillie, P. J., Duncan, C. J. A., Schmid, M. L., Li, A., Foster, K., Anaraki, S., Dabrera, G., Zambon, M., Hughes, G. J., Gent, M.

“…We report key learning from the public health management of the first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 identified in the UK. The first case imported, and the…”
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Selection of population controls for a Salmonella case-control study in the UK using a market research panel and web-survey provides time and resource savings by MOOK, P., KANAGARAJAH, S., MAGUIRE, H., ADAK, G. K., DABRERA, G., WALDRAM, A., FREEMAN, R., CHARLETT, A., OLIVER, I.

“…Timely recruitment of population controls in infectious disease outbreak investigations is challenging. We evaluated the timeliness and cost of using a market…”
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) outbreaks: protection and management of exposed people in Europe, 2014/15 and 2016 by Adlhoch, Cornelia, Brown, Ian H, Angelova, Svetla G, Bálint, Ádám, Bouwstra, Ruth, Buda, Silke, Castrucci, Maria R, Dabrera, Gavin, Dán, Ádám, Grund, Christian, Harder, Timm, van der Hoek, Wim, Krisztalovics, Katalin, Parry-Ford, Frances, Popescu, Rodica, Wallensten, Anders, Zdravkova, Anna, Zohari, Siamak, Tsolova, Svetla, Penttinen, Pasi

“…Introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus A(H5N8) into Europe prompted animal and human health experts to implement protective measures to…”
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Association between use of proton pump inhibitors and non-typhoidal salmonellosis identified following investigation into an outbreak of Salmonella Mikawasima in the UK, 2013 by FREEMAN, R., DABRERA, G., LANE, C., ADAMS, N., BROWNING, L., FOWLER, T., GORTON, R., PETERS, T., MATHER, H., ASHTON, P., DALLMAN, T., GODBOLE, G., TUBIN-DELIC, D., CHARLETT, A., FISHER, I., ADAK, G. K.

“…In November 2013, national public health agencies in England and Scotland identified an increase in laboratory-confirmed Salmonella Mikawasima. The role of…”
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Evaluation of the surveillance system for undiagnosed serious infectious illness (USII) in intensive care units, England, 2011 to 2013 by Dabrera, G, Said, B, Kirkbride, H

“…Emerging infections are a potential risk during mass gathering events due to the congregation of large numbers of international travellers. To mitigate this…”
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Timeliness of electronic reporting and acceptability of public health follow-up of routine nonparatyphoidal and nontyphoidal Salmonella infections, London and South East England, 2010 to 2011 by Severi, E, Dabrera, G, Boxall, N, Harvey-Vince, L, Booth, L, Balasegaram, S

“…Nonparatyphoidal and nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) infections are major causes of food poisoning in England. Diagnostic laboratories and clinicians have a…”
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Cold weather threats to health: how does Europe prepare? by Dabrera, G, Murray, V, Carmichael, C

“…The health effects of cold weather have been recognised in the medical literature. There is evidence that after the coldest temperatures occur, deaths from…”
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