The use of syndromic surveillance to monitor the incidence of arthropod bites requiring healthcare in England, 2000-2013: A retrospective ecological study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2251-2259

  Newitt, S ^a   Elliot, A J ^a   Morbey, R ^a   Durnall, H ^b   Pietzsch, M E ^a   Medlock, J M ^a   Leach, S ^a   Smith, G E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod bite; climate change; mosquito; syndromic surveillance; temperature; tick

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTHROPOD BITE; ARTICLE; BITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUMMER; TELEPHONE; TEMPERATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TICK BITES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TICK BITES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976621783     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816000686     Document Type: Article

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