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Value of syndromic surveillance in monitoring a focal waterborne outbreak due to an unusual Cryptosporidium genotype in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, June - July 2008.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 19 Aug 2010
Smith S, Elliot A J, Mallaghan C, Modha D, Hippisley-Cox J, Large S, Regan M, Smith G E
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The United Kingdom (UK) has several national syndromic surveillance systems. The Health Protection Agency (HPA)/NHS Direct syndromic surveillance system uses pre-diagnostic syndromic data from a national telephone helpline, while the HPA/QSurveillance national surveillance system uses clinical diagnosis data extracted from general practitioner (GP)-based clinical information systems. Data from both of these...
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