Tag: Surveillance

This report summarises findings from the surveillance of cases of elevated blood lead in children (aged 0 to 17 years) and adults over the age of 65 in Wales from […]

Epidemiology Meningococcal disease The majority of meningococcal infections occur in infants less than five years of age, with a peak incidence in those under 1 year of age. There is […]

Epidemiology Measles has been notifiable in England and Wales since 1940, and notifications varied between 160,000 and 800,000 cases per year, the peaks occurring in two-year cycles. Before the introduction […]

Epidemiology Before the introduction of the vaccine rotavirus was the main cause of hospitalisation for gastroenteritis in infants in the UK. In the UK an estimated 300,000 episodes of rotavirus gastroenteritis occured […]