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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(19), p. 1646-1648, 2013

DOI: 10.3201/eid1910.130433

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Use of Primary Care Data for Detecting Impetigo Trends, United Kingdom, 1995–2010

Journal article published in 2013 by Laura J. Shallcross, Irene Petersen, Joe Rosenthal, Anne M. Johnson, Nick Freemantle ORCID, Andrew C. Hayward
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Abstract

Using a primary care database, we identified a major increase in impetigo in the United Kingdom during 1995–2010. Despite a doubled rate of primary care consultations, this increase was not identified by routine surveillance. Primary care databases are a valuable and underused source of surveillance data on infectious diseases.