Training in communicable disease epidemiology: the contribution of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre of the Public Health Laboratory Service

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
N. S. Galbraith ◽  
C. L. R. Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
Disease Epidemiology ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Milkborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease, England and Wales, 1992–2000

2003 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. GILLESPIE ◽  
G. K. ADAK ◽  
S. J. O'BRIEN ◽  
F. J. BOLTON
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Intestinal Disease ◽  
Significant Morbidity ◽  
Infectious Intestinal Disease ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Unpasteurized Milk

From 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2000, 27 milkborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease (IID) were reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC). These outbreaks represented a fraction (2%) of all outbreaks of foodborne origin (N=1774) reported to CDSC, but were characterized by significant morbidity. Unpasteurized milk (52%) was the most commonly reported vehicle of infection in milkborne outbreaks, with milk sold as pasteurized accounting for the majority of the rest (37%). Salmonellas (37%), Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 (33%) and campylobacters (26%) were the most commonly detected pathogens, and most outbreaks were linked to farms (67%). This report highlights the importance of VTEC O157 as a milkborne pathogen and the continued role of unpasteurized milk in human disease.

scholarly journals Temporal cluster of wound botulism in the United Kingdom

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
S O’Brien ◽  
Alasdair Reid ◽  
A C de Benoist
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
Wound Botulism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Temporal Cluster ◽  
The United Kingdom

Five clinical cases of wound botulism have been reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health since the beginning of February 2002 (1,2).

scholarly journals Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT 14b in the United Kingdom - update

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (41) ◽  
Author(s):  
S O'Brien ◽  
L Ward ◽  
I. S.T. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Salmonella Enteritidis ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Enteric Pathogens ◽  
Onset Date ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Foreign Travel ◽  
The United Kingdom

One hundred and thirty four confirmed cases of Salmonella Enteritidis PT 14b (not known to be linked with foreign travel) have been reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in England (PHLS CDSC) by the PHLS Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens (LEP) since 26 September 2002 (1,2). The earliest onset is 3 September 2002 and the latest onset date reported so far is 1 October 2002 (figure). Eight people are known to have been admitted to hospital.

scholarly journals Upsurge in Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks in England and Wales, September to November 2002

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (49) ◽  
Author(s):  
S O'Brien ◽  
L Ward ◽  
R Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Salmonella Enteritidis ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Phage Type ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Late Death ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Death Cases

The biggest change in the epidemiology of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis in England and Wales since the emergence of S. Enteritidis phage type (PT) 4 in the 1980s has occurred during the autumn of 2002 (1,2). Since the beginning of September 2002, 19 outbreaks of S. Enteritidis have been reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in England (PHLS CDSC), compared with five during the same period in 2001. Almost 1000 people have been affected in these outbreaks, and there have been 10 deaths (all in people with underlying illnesses, and including one late death). Cases in three continuing outbreaks, affecting over 400 people, are distributed nationally. These are outbreaks of S. Enteritidis PT 14b (345 cases), S. Enteritidis PT 56 (31 cases) and S. Enteritidis PT 6d (resistant to ampicillin (Ampr)) (35 cases).

scholarly journals Latest prevalence data of HIV and hepatitis B and C infections in the UK in 2000 published

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (50) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Leiva
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Prevalence Data ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Communicable Disease Report

Transmission of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in the United Kingdom (UK) is continuing, according to the latest results from the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre’s unlinked anonymous prevalence monitoring programme published in the Communicable Disease Report (1-4).

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