Field epidemiology

Lab in a Bag: How we took diagnostics to the other side of the world during the hantavirus outbreak

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UKHSA microbiologists Clara Milroy and Kimberley Steeds, along with infection prevention and control expert Anthony Twyman, arrive in Saint Helena with the mobile laboratory

Last week, 3 of our colleagues packed a fully functioning laboratory into a set of flight cases and boarded a plane to one of the most remote islands on Earth. Saint Helena, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic …

Getting back on track to eliminating measles

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We have had some fantastic news recently.  More children have been vaccinated against measles and the number of measles infections has reduced. This means that we are getting back on track towards eliminating the disease. Measles has been relatively rare …