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Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team References

  

  1. Triple-S. Assessment of syndromic surveillance in Europe. The Lancet 2011; 378 (Issue 9806):1833 - 34.
  2. Kara EO, Elliot AJ, Bagnall H, Foord DG, Pnaiser R, Osman H, Smith GE, Olowokure B. Absenteeism in schools during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic: a useful tool for early detection of influenza activity in the community? Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Oct 21:1-9
  3. Smith S, Smith G, Olowokure B, Ibbotson S, Foord D, Maguire H, Pebody R, Charlett A, Hippisley-Cox J, Elliot A. Early spread of the 2009 infuenza A(H1N1) pandemic in the United Kingdom - use of local syndromic data, May-August 2009. Euro Surveill 2011;16.
  4. R.G. Pebody RH, G. Kafatos, M. Chamberland, C. Campbell, J.S. Nguyen-Van-Tam, E. McLean, N. Andrews, P.J. White, E. Wynne-Evans, J. Green, J. Ellis, T. Wreghitt, S. Bracebridge, C. Ihekweazu, I. Oliver, G. Smith, C. Hawkins, M. Zambon, N. Phin, J.M. Watson); Imperial College, London (P.J. White); Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK (R. Salmon); Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland (B. Smyth); and Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland (J. McMenamin). Use of Antiviral Drugs to Reduce Household Transmission of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United Kingdom. Emerg Infect Dis 2011;17.
  5. Harcourt SE, Smith GE, Elliot AJ, Pebody R, Charlett A, Ibbotson S, Regan M, Hippisley-Cox J. Use of a large general practice syndromic surveillance system to monitor the progress of the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic 2009 in the UK. Epidemiol Infect 2011:1-6.
  6. Evans, B., Charlett, A., Powers, C., McLean, E., Zhao, H., Bermingham, A., Smith, G., Wreghitt, T., Andrews, N., Pebody, R. and Watson, J. M. (2011), Has estimation of numbers of cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 in England in 2009 provided a useful measure of the occurrence of disease?. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00259.x
  7. Smith S, Elliot AJ, Mallaghan C, Modha D, Hippisley-Cox J, Large S, Regan M, Smith GE. Value of syndromic surveillance in monitoring a focal waterborne outbreak due to an unusual Cryptosporidium genotype in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, June - July 2008. Euro Surveill 2010;15:19643.
  8. O'Brien SJ, Rait G, Hunter PR, Gray JJ, Bolton FJ, Tompkins DS, McLauchlin J, Letley LH, Adak GK, Cowden JM, Evans MR, Neal KR, Smith GE, Smyth B, Tam CC, Rodrigues LC. Methods for determining disease burden and calibrating national surveillance data in the United Kingdom: the second study of infectious intestinal disease in the community (IID2 study). BMC Med Res Methodol 2010;10:39.
  9. McLean E, Pebody R et al. Epidemiological report of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the UK; April 2009 - May 2010. 2010.
  10. McLean E, Pebody RG, Campbell C, Chamberland M, Hawkins C, Nguyen VANTJS, Oliver I, Smith GE, Ihekweazu C, Bracebridge S, Maguire H, Harris R, Kafatos G, White PJ, Wynne-Evans E, Green J, Myers R, Underwood A, Dallman T, Wreghitt T, Zambon M, Ellis J, Phin N, Smyth B, McMenamin J, Watson JM. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in the UK: clinical and epidemiological findings from the first few hundred (FF100) cases. Epidemiol Infect 2010:1-11.
  11. Loveridge P, Cooper D, Elliot AJ, Harris J, Gray J, Large S, Regan M, Smith GE, Lopman B. Vomiting calls to NHS Direct provide an early warning of norovirus outbreaks in hospitals. J Hosp Infect 2010;74:385-93.
  12. Fleming DM, Verlander NQ, Elliot AJ, Zhao H, Gelb D, Jehring D, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS. An assessment of the effect of statin use on the incidence of acute respiratory infections in England during winters 1998-1999 to 2005-2006. Epidemiol Infect 2010;138:1281-8.
  13. Fleming DM, Andrews NJ, Elllis JS, Bermingham A, Sebastianpillai P, Elliot AJ, Miller E, Zambon M. Estimating Influenza vaccine effectiveness using routinely collected laboratory data. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010;64:1062-7.
  14. Elliot AJ, Singh N, P. L, Harcourt S, Smith S, Pnaiser R, Kavanagh K, Robertson C, Ramsay CN, McMenamin J, Kibble A, Murray V, Ibbotson S, Catchpole M, McCloskey B, Smith GE. Syndromic surveillance to assess the potential public health impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash plume across the United Kingdom, April 2010. Euro Surveill 2010;15:pii=19583.
  15. Elliot AJ. Syndromic surveillance in the Health Protection Agency. Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report 2010;17.
  16. Johnson BF, Wilson LE, Ellis J, Elliot AJ, Barclay WS, Pebody RG, McMenamin J, Fleming DM, Zambon MC. Fatal cases of influenza A in childhood. PLoS One 2009;4:e7671.
  17. Harper L, Johnson P, Loveridge P, Little T, Rainey M, Murray V, Strodder A, Balasegaram S. A multiagency approach: the Chancery Lane fire. In: Murray AM, editor. Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report. London: Health Protection Agency, 2009.
  18. Elliot AJ, Powers C, Thornton A, Obi C, Hill C, Simms I, Waight P, Maguire H, Foord D, Povey E, Wreghitt T, Goddard N, Ellis J, Bermingham A, Sebastianpillai P, Lackenby A, Zambon M, Brown D, Smith GE, Gill ON. Monitoring the emergence of community transmission of influenza A/H1N1 2009 in England: a cross sectional opportunistic survey of self sampled telephone callers to NHS Direct. BMJ 2009;339:b3403.
  19. Elliot AJ, Fleming DM. Common respiratory infections diagnosed in general practice. In: Eccles R, Weber O, editors. Common Cold. Basel: Birkhauser, 2009:47-75.
  20. Elliot A. Syndromic surveillance: the next phase of public health monitoring during the H1N1 influenza pandemic? Euro Surveill 2009;14.
  21. Cooper DL, Verlander NQ, Elliot AJ, Joseph CA, Smith GE. Can syndromic thresholds provide early warning of national influenza outbreaks? J Public Health (Oxf) 2009;31:17-25.
  22. Elliot A, Smith G. Primary care: the cornerstone of public health surveillance. RCGP News 2008 June 4.
  23. Pebody RG, Hippisley-Cox J, Harcourt S, Pringle M, Painter M, Smith G. Uptake of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in at-risk populations in England and Wales 1999-2005. Epidemiol Infect 2008;136:360-9.
  24. Meyer N, McMenamin J, Robertson C, Donaghy M, Allardice G, Cooper D. A multi-data source surveillance system to detect a bioterrorism attack during the G8 Summit in Scotland. Epidemiol Infect 2008;136:876-85.
  25. Smith G, Hippisley-Cox J, Harcourt S, Heaps M, Painter M, Porter A, Pringle M. Developing a national primary care-based early warning system for health protection--a surveillance tool for the future? Analysis of routinely collected data. J Public Health (Oxf) 2007;29:75-82.
  26. Olowokure B, Clark L, Elliot AJ, Harding D, Fleming A. Mumps and the media: changes in the reporting of mumps in response to newspaper coverage. J Epidemiol Community Health 2007;61:385-8.
  27. Harris JP, Jit M, Cooper D, Edmunds WJ. Evaluating rotavirus vaccination in England and Wales. Part I. Estimating the burden of disease. Vaccine 2007;25:3962-70.
  28. Coupland C, Harcourt S, Vinogradova Y, Smith G, Joseph C, Pringle M, Hippisley-Cox J. Inequalities in uptake of influenza vaccine by deprivation and risk group: time trends analysis. Vaccine 2007;25:7363-71.
  29. Cooper DL, Smith GE, Edmunds WJ, Joseph C, Gerard E, George RC. The contribution of respiratory pathogens to the seasonality of NHS Direct calls. J Infect 2007;55:240-8.
  30. Smith S, Smith GE, Heatlie H, Bashford JN, Ashcroft DM, Verlander NQ, Duckworth GJ, Mason B, Smyth B, Maxwell S. Reducing variation in antibacterial prescribing rates for 'cough/cold' and sore throat between 1993 and 2001: regional analyses using the general practice research database. Public Health 2006;120:752-9.
  31. Smith GE, Cooper DL, Loveridge P, Chinemana F, Gerard E, Verlander N. A national syndromic surveillance system for England and Wales using calls to a telephone helpline. Euro Surveill 2006;11:220-4.
  32. Simms I, Fleming DM, Lowndes CM, Smith GE, Chapman RS. Surveillance of sexually transmitted diseases in general practice: a description of trends in the Royal College of General Practitioners Weekly Returns Service between 1994 and 2001. Int J STD AIDS 2006;17:693-8.
  33. McNulty CA, Bowen J, Foy C, Gunn K, Freeman E, Tompkins D, Ejidokun T, Donald I, Smith GE. Urinary catheterization in care homes for older people: self-reported questionnaire audit of catheter management by care home staff. J Hosp Infect 2006;62:29-36.
  34. Leonardi GS, Hajat S, Kovats RS, Smith GE, Cooper D, Gerard E. Syndromic surveillance use to detect the early effects of heat-waves: an analysis of NHS direct data in England. Soz Praventivmed 2006;51:194-201.
  35. Hippisley-Cox J, Smith S, Smith G, Porter A, Heaps M, Holland R, Fenty J, Harcourt S, George R, Charlett A, Pebody RG, Painter M. QFLU: new influenza monitoring in UK primary care to support pandemic influenza planning. Euro Surveill 2006;11:E060622 4.
  36. Elliot AJ, Cross KW, Smith GE, Burgess IF, Fleming DM. The association between impetigo, insect bites and air temperature: a retrospective 5-year study (1999-2003) using morbidity data collected from a sentinel general practice network database. Fam Pract 2006;23:490-6.
  37. Cooper DL, Verlander NQ, Smith GE, Charlett A, Gerard E, Willocks L, O'Brien S. Can syndromic surveillance data detect local outbreaks of communicable disease? A model using a historical cryptosporidiosis outbreak. Epidemiol Infect 2006;134:13-20.
  38. Cooper D, Arnold E, Smith G, Hollyoak V, Chinemana F, Baker M, O'Brien S. The effect of deprivation, age and sex on NHS Direct call rates. Br J Gen Pract 2005;55:287-91.
  39. Smith GE, Smith S, Heatlie H, Bashford JN, Hawker J, Ashcroft D, Millson D, Verlander NQ, Warren R. What has happened to antimicrobial usage in primary care in the United Kingdom since the SMAC report? - description of trends in antimicrobial usage using the General Practice Research Database. J Public Health (Oxf) 2004;26:359-64.
  40. Harcourt SE, Edwards DE, Fleming DM, Smith RL, Smith GE. How representative is the population covered by the RCGP spotter practice scheme? Using Geographical Information Systems to assess. J Public Health (Oxf) 2004;26:88-94.
  41. Cooper DL, Smith G, Baker M, Chinemana F, Verlander N, Gerard E, Hollyoak V, Griffiths R. National symptom surveillance using calls to a telephone health advice service--United Kingdom, December 2001-February 2003. MMWR 2004;53:179-83.
  42. Cooper D, Chinemana F. NHS Direct derived data: an exciting new opportunity or an epidemiological headache? J Public Health (Oxf) 2004;26:158-60.
  43. Smith S, Smith G, Heatlie H, Bashford J, Ashcroft D, Millson D. Head lice diagnosed in general practice in the West Midlands between 1993 and 2000: a survey using the General Practice Research Database. Commun Dis Public Health 2003;6:139-43.
  44. Fleming D, Harcourt S, Smith G. Influenza and adult hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in England 1989-2001. Commun Dis Public Health 2003;6:231-7.
  45. Cooper DL, Smith GE, O'Brien SJ, Hollyoak VA, Baker M. What can analysis of calls to NHS direct tell us about the epidemiology of gastrointestinal infections in the community? J Infect 2003;46:101-5.
  46. Baker M, Smith GE, Cooper D, Verlander NQ, Chinemana F, Cotterill S, Hollyoak V, Griffiths R. Early warning and NHS Direct: a role in community surveillance? J Public Health Med 2003;25:362-8.
  47. Fleming DM, Smith GE, Charlton JR, Charlton J, Nicoll A. Impact of infections on primary care--greater than expected. Commun Dis Public Health 2002;5:7-12.
  48. Cooper DL, Smith GE, Hollyoak VA, Joseph CA, Johnson L, Chaloner R. Use of NHS Direct calls for surveillance of influenza--a second year's experience. Commun Dis Public Health 2002;5:127-31.
  49. Chapman RS, Smith GE, Warburton F, Mayon-White RT, Fleming DM. Impact of NHS Direct on general practice consultations during the winter of 1999-2000: analysis of routinely collected data. BMJ 2002;325:1397-8.
  50. Harcourt SE, Smith GE, Hollyoak V, Joseph CA, Chaloner R, Rehman Y, Warburton F, Ejidokun OO, Watson JM, Griffiths RK. Can calls to NHS Direct be used for syndromic surveillance? Commun Dis Public Health 2001;4:178-82.
  51. Fleming DM, Watson JM, Nicholas S, Smith GE, Swan AV. Study of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in the elderly in the epidemic of 1989-90 using a general practice database. Epidemiol Infect 1995;115:581-9.

 


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