Vaccinating healthcare workers against influenza to protect the vulnerable—is it a good use of healthcare resources?: a systematic review of the evidence and an …

A Burls, R Jordan, P Barton, B Olowokure, B Wake… - Vaccine, 2006 - Elsevier
Influenza causes substantial mortality in high-risk groups despite targeted vaccination
programmes. This paper considers whether it is worth vaccinating healthcare workers (HCWs) …

School closures and influenza: systematic review of epidemiological studies

C Jackson, E Vynnycky, J Hawker, B Olowokure… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To review the effects of school closures on pandemic and seasonal influenza
outbreaks. Design Systematic review. Data sources MEDLINE and EMBASE, reference lists of …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic use and resistance in emerging economies: a situation analysis for Viet Nam

…, M Larsson, S Escalante, B Olowokure… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance is a major contemporary public health threat. Strategies
to contain antimicrobial resistance have been comprehensively set forth, however in …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of school closures on influenza outbreaks and pandemics: systematic review of simulation studies

C Jackson, P Mangtani, J Hawker, B Olowokure… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background School closure is a potential intervention during an influenza pandemic and
has been investigated in many modelling studies. Objectives To systematically review the …

Universal vaccination of children against influenza: are there indirect benefits to the community?: a systematic review of the evidence

…, M Connock, E Albon, A Fry-Smith, B Olowokure… - Vaccine, 2006 - Elsevier
We present a systematic review of the effectiveness of vaccinating healthy children to protect
others. Primary studies were identified by searching standard electronic databases, internet …

Trends in sexually transmitted infections (other than HIV) in older people: analysis of data from an enhanced surveillance system

AT Bodley-Tickell, B Olowokure, S Bhaduri… - Sexually transmitted …, 2008 - sti.bmj.com
Objective: This study examines the distribution of selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
in older people (aged ⩾45 years) attending genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics in the …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): Knowledge, attitudes, practices and sources of information among physicians answering a SARS fever hotline service

JF Deng, B Olowokure, SC Kaydos-Daniels, HJ Chang… - Public health, 2006 - Elsevier
In June 2003, Taiwan introduced a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) telephone
hotline service to provide concerned callers with rapid access to information, advice and …

[HTML][HTML] Social deprivation and hospital admission for respiratory infection:: an ecological study

JI Hawker, B Olowokure, F Sufi, J Weinberg, N Gill… - Respiratory …, 2003 - Elsevier
Study objective: To examine the relationship between social deprivation and risk of hospital
admission for respiratory infection. Methods and subjects: Ecological study using hospital …

Multiple outbreaks of Salmonella braenderup associated with consumption of iceberg lettuce

…, S Pooransingh, JI Hawker, B Olowokure - International Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to describe the findings from an outbreak investigation following
several apparently unrelated community outbreaks of gastroenteritis. Epidemiological, …

International flight‐related transmission of pandemic influenza A (H 1 N 1) pdm09: an historical cohort study of the first identified cases in the U nited K ingdom

…, R Pebody, G Smith, B Olowokure… - Influenza and other …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Transporting over two billion passengers per year, global airline travel has the
potential to spread emerging infectious diseases, both via transportation of infectious cases …