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Two epidemiologic patterns of norovirus outbreaks: surveillance in England and wales, 1992-2000Benjamin A Lopman
Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom
Emerg Infect Dis 9:71-7. 2003..A distinct outbreak pattern in health-care institutions suggests a combination of host, virologic, and environmental factors that mediate these divergent epidemiologic patterns...- Viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Europe, 1995-2000Ben A Lopman
Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, England
Emerg Infect Dis 9:90-6. 2003..We review these differences within the context of the sources of outbreak surveillance information, clinical definitions, and structures of the outbreak surveillance systems... - A summertime peak of "winter vomiting disease": surveillance of noroviruses in England and Wales, 1995 to 2002Ben A Lopman
Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
BMC Public Health 3:13. 2003..Gastroenteritis caused by Norovirus infection has been described as a highly seasonal syndrome, often referred to as "winter vomiting disease"... - Linking healthcare associated norovirus outbreaks: a molecular epidemiologic method for investigating transmissionBen A Lopman
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
BMC Infect Dis 6:108. 2006..Here, we present a combined molecular and statistical method for assessing:1) whether observed clusters provide evidence of local transmission and2) the probability that anecdotally|linked outbreaks truly shared a transmission event... - Deaths from norovirus among the elderly, England and WalesJohn P Harris
Centre for Infections, GEZI, Health Protection Agency, London, UK
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1546-52. 2008..5%-18.5%) of deaths caused by noninfectious intestinal disease were associated with norovirus. An estimated 80 deaths each year in this age group may be associated with norovirus infection... - Epidemiology and cost of nosocomial gastroenteritis, Avon, England, 2002-2003Ben A Lopman
Health Protection Agency, London, UK
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1827-34. 2004..Outbreaks were contained faster (7.9 vs. 15.4 days, p = 0.0023) when units were rapidly closed to new admissions (<4 days). Implementing control measures rapidly may be effective in controlling outbreaks... - Clinical manifestation of norovirus gastroenteritis in health care settingsBen A Lopman
Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
Clin Infect Dis 39:318-24. 2004..This increased duration of acute illness should be considered when implementing measures to prevent transmission in hospital settings... - Hospital admissions due to norovirus in adult and elderly patients in EnglandThomas Haustein
Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London, England
Clin Infect Dis 49:1890-2. 2009..3% and 0.1% of emergency admissions among elderly and adult patients, respectively, at times of peak activity. These admissions pose a risk for subsequent nosocomial infection outbreaks... - Disease risks from foods, England and Wales, 1996-2000Goutam K Adak
Environmental and Enteric Diseases Department, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London NW9 5EQ, UK
Emerg Infect Dis 11:365-72. 2005..Reducing the impact of indigenous foodborne disease is mainly dependent on controlling the contamination of chicken... - Diversity of noroviruses cocirculating in the north of England from 1998 to 2001Chris I Gallimore
Enteric, Respiratory and Neurological Virus Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Specialist and Reference Microbiology Division, Health Protection Agency, Colindale London
J Clin Microbiol 42:1396-401. 2004..Outbreaks in hospitals and nursing homes were more likely to be caused by genogroup II strain Grimsby or Girlington (P < 0.0001) than by other genogroup II or I strains...