The potential impact of media reporting in syndromic surveillance: an example using a possible Cryptosporidium exposure in North West England, August to September 2015.

This study has further highlighted the potential for media-driven bias in syndromic surveillance, and the challenges in disentangling true increases in community infection from those driven by media reporting.
PMID: 27762208 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Euro Surveill - October 12, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Elliot AJ, Hughes HE, Astbury J, Nixon G, Brierley K, Vivancos R, Inns T, Decraene V, Platt K, Lake I, O'Brien SJ, Smith GE Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research