Past studies
Find information about previous studies with BPSU over its history. This includes the key findings, as well as any publications associated with the study. These display in order of the study's start date, and you can use the filter to find by category or start date.
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Drowning and near drowning
To determine the pattern of drowning and near drowning of children in Britain and identify means of prevention.
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Neonatal herpes 1
This study was set up to estimate the incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in the British Isles, and to document the outcome of neonatal infection. Paediatricians reported cases of neonatal HSV through the active reporting scheme of the British Paediatric Association Surveillance Unit.
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Kawasaki disease 1
To describe the epidemiology or Kawasaki disease in the British Isles and to monitor trends in incidence; to provide a database onto which more specific studies can be mounted.
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Haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome (HSES)
The aetiopathogenesis of haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome (HSES) remains unclear and after concern that a novel environmental agent was the cause, the British Paediatric Association and the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in 1983 initiated surveillance of this condition in the British Isles. After 1986 cases were ascertained via the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit 'active' reporting scheme.
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome 1
This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in children and to include a measure of severe morbidity and mortality. The study also aimed to estimate the proportion of HUS caused by Vero cytotoxin producing E. coli (VTEC) of all serogroups.
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Lowe syndrome
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X-linked anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLAED)
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis 1 (SSPE)
To monitor of incidence of Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
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Reye’s syndrome
To describe the epidemiological and clinical features of Reye syndrome in the British Isles, to monitor long term trends and to provide a database for detailed clinical, laboratory, and aetiological studies.
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AIDs / HIV (HIV infection and vertical HIV exposure)
National surveillance of HIV infection and vertical HIV exposure was carried out by the NSHPC and covered all infants born to HIV positive women in the UK and Ireland, as well as all children diagnosed with HIV (regardless of country of birth) before the age of 16. The BPSU provided case notifications to the NSHPC, facilitating data collection for national HIV paediatric surveillance. Data collected contributed to a wide range of epidemiological and clinical analyses and publications, including assessments of the impact of antenatal screening and the uptake of interventions in pregnancy and the monitoring of developments in the management of infected and exposed children.
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