1.
Health Place
; 15(1): 333-9, 2009 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18706849
ABSTRACT
Infectious intestinal disease (IID) surveillance data are an under-utilised information source on illness geography. This paper uses a case study of cryptosporidiosis in England and Wales to demonstrate how these data can be converted into area-based rates and the factors underlying illness geography investigated. Ascertainment bias is common in surveillance datasets, and we develop techniques to investigate and control this. Rural areas, locations with many livestock and localities with poor water treatment had elevated levels of cryptosporidiosis. These findings accord with previous research validating the techniques developed. Their use in future studies investigating IID geography is therefore recommended.
Subject(s)
Cryptosporidiosis/etiology , Dysentery/etiology , Population Surveillance , Cluster Analysis , Cryptosporidiosis/epidemiology , England/epidemiology , Humans , Wales/epidemiology , Water Supply
2.
Article
in Spanish
| WHO IRIS
| ID: who-74818
Subject(s)
Atmospheric Pressure , Meteorological Concepts , Disease Transmission, Infectious , Climate , Disease Vectors , Malaria , Culicidae , Arboviruses , Diarrhea
3.
Geneva; World Health Organization; 1999. 48 p. ilus. (WHO/SDE/PHE/99.4).
Monography
in English
| PAHO
| ID: pah-30981
4.
Geneva; World Health Organization; 1999. (WHO/SDE/PHE/99.4).
in English
| WHO IRIS
| ID: who-65995
Subject(s)
Atmospheric Pressure , Meteorological Concepts , Climate , Communicable Diseases , Disease Outbreaks
5.
Geneva; World Health Organization; 1996. (WHO/EHG/96.7).
in English
| WHO IRIS
| ID: who-62989