Guidelines for prevention and control of group A streptococcal infection in acute healthcare and maternity settings in the UK

Jane A. Steer, Theresa Lamagni, Brendan Healy, +20

Journal of Infection

NursingPreventive MedicineHealthcare-associated InfectionPatient SafetyPediatrics +9

Increase in scarlet fever notifications in the United Kingdom, 2013/2014

Rebecca Guy, Christopher Williams, Neil Irvine, +11

Eurosurveillance

Infectious Disease EpidemiologyUsual Seasonal LevelsPreventive MedicineEpidemic IntelligenceEmerging Infectious Diseases +13

Hepatitis A outbreak predominantly affecting men who have sex with men in Northern Ireland, October 2008 to July 2009

O Sfetcu, Neil Irvine, S. L. NGUI, +2

Eurosurveillance

Hepatitis DVaccinationHepatologyVirus EpidemiologyViral Hepatitis +13

Short-term evolution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 between two food-borne outbreaks

Lauren A. Cowley, Timothy J. Dallman, Stephen Fitzgerald, +8

Microbial Genomics

<i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovar Agona European outbreak associated with a food company

Nathalie Nicolay, L Thornton, Suzanne Cotter, +14

Epidemiology and Infection

Serious pneumococcal disease outbreak in men exposed to metal fume – detection, response and future prevention through pneumococcal vaccination

Judith Ewing, Lynsey Patterson, Neil Irvine, +8

Vaccine

VaccinationPneumococcal VaccinationMedicineEnvironmental HealthHuman Exposure +6

Spotlight on measles 2010: Ongoing measles outbreak in Northern Ireland following an imported case, September-October 2010

R Smithson, Neil Irvine, Craig P. Hutton, +2

Eurosurveillance

VaccinationMeasles 2010Virus EpidemiologyOngoing MeaslesNorthern Ireland +9

A multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Agona, February - August 2008

D O’Flanagan, Martin Cormican, P McKeown, +7

Eurosurveillance

GastroenterologyDisease OutbreakUnited KingdomTraveler DiarrheaPathogen Transmission +16

Outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease at a Belfast shipyard in men exposed to welding fumes, Northern Ireland, April–May 2015: preliminary report

Lynsey Patterson, Neil Irvine, Amanda Wilson, +3

Eurosurveillance

Belfast ShipyardInvasive Pneumococcal DiseaseHealthcare-associated InfectionNorthern IrelandRespiratory Infection +7