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John Astbury
Researcher at Public Health England
Publications - 4
Citations - 619
John Astbury is an academic researcher from Public Health England. The author has contributed to research in topics: Monkeypox virus & Monkeypox. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 85 citations.
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Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, United Kingdom, October 2018
Aisling Vaughan,Emma Aarons,John Astbury,Tim Brooks,Meera Chand,P J Flegg,Angela Hardman,Nick Harper,Richard Jarvis,Sharon Mawdsley,Mark McGivern,Dilys Morgan,Gwyn Morris,Grainne Nixon,Catherine O’Connor,Ruth Palmer,Nick Phin,D Ashley Price,Katherine Russell,Bengü Said,Matthias Schmid,Roberto Vivancos,Amanda L. Walsh,William Welfare,Jennifer Wilburn,Jake Dunning +25 more
TL;DR: In September 2018, monkeypox virus was transmitted from a patient to a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom and 4 patients survived; all patients survived.
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Two cases of monkeypox imported to the United Kingdom, September 2018
Aisling Vaughan,Aisling Vaughan,Emma Aarons,John Astbury,Sooria Balasegaram,Mike B.J. Beadsworth,Mike B.J. Beadsworth,Charles R. Beck,Charles R. Beck,Meera Chand,Meera Chand,Meera Chand,Catherine O’Connor,Jake Dunning,Jake Dunning,Sam Ghebrehewet,Nick Harper,Ruth Howlett-Shipley,Chikwe Ihekweazu,Michael Jacobs,Lukeki Kaindama,Parisha Katwa,Saye Khoo,Saye Khoo,Lucy E Lamb,Lucy E Lamb,Sharon Mawdsley,Dilys Morgan,Ruth Palmer,Nick Phin,Katherine Russell,Bengü Said,Andrew J. H. Simpson,Roberto Vivancos,Roberto Vivancos,Michael Wade,Amanda L. Walsh,Jennifer Wilburn +37 more
TL;DR: The epidemiology and the public health response for the first diagnosed cases of monkeypox outside the African continent since 2003 are described.
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Campylobacter outbreak associated with raw drinking milk, North West England, 2016.
TL;DR: The findings highlighted several important lessons, including that the current testing regime in England for unpasteurised milk is not fit for purpose and that the required warning label should include additional wording, underscoring the risk to vulnerable groups.
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The potential impact of media reporting in syndromic surveillance: an example using a possible Cryptosporidium exposure in North West England, August to September 2015.
Alex J. Elliot,Helen E Hughes,John Astbury,Grainne Nixon,Kate Brierley,Roberto Vivancos,Thomas Inns,Valerie Decraene,Katherine Platt,Iain R. Lake,Sarah J. O'Brien,Gillian E. Smith +11 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the increases reported by syndromic surveillance of cases of gastroenteritis and diarrhoea likely resulted from changes in healthcare seeking behaviour driven by the intense local and national media coverage of the potential health risks during the BWN.