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Infectious diseases

Colourised SEM of MRSA bacteria, magnified 4780x, courtesy CDC.

The Health Protection Agency publishes several regular reports about infectious diseases and their consequences for human health in the UK.

Choose from the left menu to view HPA's prominent annual and periodical publications about infectious diseases.

  • National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training
    To enable those in charge of designing and running local immunisation courses to ensure that all core areas of knowledge and competency are covered by providing guidelines and a curriculum around which to structure the training they provide.
    Added/updated: 17 August 2009
  • Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training
    The Core Curriculum lays out the essential core topics which should be incorporated into all immunisation training.
    Added/updated: 17 August 2009