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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): Who is at risk?

Posted by: Richard Pebody, Posted on: 10 June 2015 - Categories: Health Protection

Whether you’re a health professional, a regular traveller to the Middle East, or you're planning to visit the region for Hajj and Umrah, you may have heard of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or "MERS". The risk of contracting the virus remains …

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A body of evidence: field epidemiology in PHE

Posted by: Isabel Oliver, Posted on: 22 January 2014 - Categories: Field epidemiology, Health Protection, Protecting the country's health

...example of a investigation that is typical of the sort of issues that we face. This outbreak of gastrointestinal illness made the BBC News. (See a full report of the...

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