Syndromic surveillance to assess the potential public health impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash plume across the United Kingdom, April 2010

A J Elliot; N Singh; P Loveridge; S Harcourt; S Smith; R Pnaiser; K Kavanagh; C Robertson; C N Ramsay; J McMenamin; A Kibble; V Murray; S Ibbotson; M Catchpole; B McCloskey; G E Smith

Syndromic surveillance to assess the potential public health impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash plume across the United Kingdom, April 2010

Euro Surveill. 2010 Jun 10;15(23):19583.

Authors

A J Elliot¹, N Singh, P Loveridge, S Harcourt, S Smith, R Pnaiser, K Kavanagh, C Robertson, C N Ramsay, J McMenamin, A Kibble, V Murray, S Ibbotson, M Catchpole, B McCloskey, G E Smith

Affiliation

¹ Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Health Protection Agency, Birmingham, United Kingdom. alex.elliot@hpa.org.uk

PMID: 20546694

Abstract

The Health Protection Agency and Health Protection Scotland used existing syndromic surveillance systems to monitor community health in the UK following the volcanic eruption in Iceland in April 2010.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Disaster Planning / methods
Environmental Monitoring / methods*
Epidemiological Monitoring
Humans
Iceland / epidemiology
Population Surveillance / methods*
Public Health / methods*
Respiration Disorders / epidemiology
Respiration Disorders / etiology
United Kingdom / epidemiology
Volcanic Eruptions / adverse effects*