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Foodborne Outbreak Surveillance Publications

eFOSS reports

eFOSS newsletter No 3 (PDF, 831 KB)

eFOSS newsletter No 2 (PDF, 329 KB)

eFOSS newsletter No 1 (PDF, 296 KB)

Journal papers from the scheme

Gormley, F.J., Little, C.L., Chalmers, R.M., Rawal, N. and Adak, G.K. Zoonotic transmission of Cryptosporidium at petting farm visits in England and Wales: A reminder of the risk. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2011; 17:151-152.

Gormley, F.J., Little, C.L., Rawal, N., Gillespie, I.A., LeBaigue, S. and Adak, G.K. A seventeen-year review of foodborne outbreaks- describing the continuing decline in England and Wales. Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Aug 9:1-12. [Epub ahead of print].

 Little, C.L., Gormley, F.J., Rawal, N. and Richardson, J.F. A recipe for disaster: Outbreaks of campylobacteriosis associated with poultry liver pâté in England and Wales. Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Dec;138(12):1691-4. Epub 2010 Aug 23.

Little CL, Gillespie IA. Prepared salads and public health. J. Appl. Microbiol. 2008 ;205(6): 1729-43.

Hughes, C., Gillespie, I. A., O'Brien, S. J., & The Breakdowns in Food Safety Group 2007, Foodborne transmission of infectious intestinal disease in England and Wales, 1992-2003, Food Control; 18: 766-722.

Gillespie IA, O'Brien SJ, Adak GK, Ward LR, and Smith HR. Foodborne general outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 4 infection, England and Wales, 1992-2002: where are the risks? Epidemiol Infect 2005; 133: 795-801.

Adak, G. K., Meakins, S. M., Yip, H., Lopman, B. A., & O'Brien, S. J. , Disease risks from foods, England and Wales, 1996-2000, Emerg Infect Dis 2005;11 (3): 365-72.

Gillespie IA, Adak GK, O'Brien SJ, Bolton FJ. Milkborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease, England and Wales, 1992-2000. Epidemiol Infect. 2003;130(3):461-8.

Lopman BA, Adak GK, Reacher MH, Brown DW. Two epidemiologic patterns of norovirus outbreaks: surveillance in England and wales, 1992-2000. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 ;9(1):71-7

Meakins SM, Adak GK, Lopman BA, O'Brien SJ. General outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease (IID) in hospitals, England and Wales, 1992-2000. J Hosp Infect 2003 ;53(1):1-5

Adak GK, Long SM, O'Brien SJ. Trends in indigenous foodborne disease and deaths, England and Wales: 1992 to 2000. Gut 2002;51(6):832-41

Long S, Adak GK, O'Brien SJ, Gillespie IA. General outbreaks of Infectious Intestinal Disease linked with salad vegetables and fruit, England & Wales, 1992-2000. Commun Dis Public Health 2002; 5(2): 101-5

Frost JF, Gillespie IA, O'Brien SJ. Public health implications of campylobacter outbreaks in England and Wales, 1995-1999: epidemiological and microbiological investigations. Epidemiol Infect 2002;128:111-8

O'Brien SJ, Elson R, Gillespie IA, Adak GK, Cowden JM. Surveillance of foodborne outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in England and Wales 1992-1999: contributing to evidence-based food policy? Public Health 2002; 116: 75-80

Smerdon WJ, Adak GK, O'Brien SJ, Gillespie IA, Reacher M. General outbreaks of Infectious Intestinal Disease linked with red meats, England and Wales, 1992 to 1999. Commun Dis Public Health 2001; 4(4): 259-67

Gillespie IA, O'Brien SJ, Adak GK. General outbreaks of Infectious Intestinal Diseases linked with private residences in England & Wales, 1992-9: questionnaire study. BMJ 2001; 323(7321): 1097-8

Kessel AS, Gillespie IA, O'Brien SJ, Adak GK, Humphrey TJ, Ward LR. General outbreaks of Infectious Intestinal Disease linked with poultry, England and Wales, 1992 to 1999. Commun Dis Public Health 2001; 4(3): 171-7

Gillespie IA, Adak GK, O'Brien SJ, Brett MM, Bolton FJ. General outbreaks of Infectious Intestinal Disease associated with Fish and Shellfish, England & Wales, 1992-1999. Commun Dis Public Health 2001; 4(2): 117-23