Oral Fluid Testing for Pertussis, England and Wales, June 2007–August 2009 by Helen Campbell, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Norman K. Fry, David Litt, Timothy G. Harrison, Karen Wagner, Natasha S. Crowcroft, Elizabeth Miller

“…For routine follow-up of notified, nonconfirmed, clinically diagnosed pertussis cases, use of an oral fluid test was pilot tested in England and Wales during June 2007–August 2009. During that period, 1,852 cases of pertussis were confirmed by established laboratory methods and another 591 by oral fluid testing only. …”
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Is NHS dentistry in crisis? 'Traffic light' maps of dentists distribution in England and Wales by Phillipps Guy, Boulos Maged

“…These results confirm recent media reports of a shortage of NHS dentists in various parts of England and Wales.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Suitable programmes are urgently needed to increase the numbers of NHS dentists across England and Wales. …”
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Creating a typology of parishes in England and Wales: Mining 1881 census data by Kevin Schürer, Tatiana Penkova

“…The paper presents the application of principal component analysis and cluster analysis to historical individual level census data in order to explore social and economic variations and patterns in household structure across mid-Victorian England and Wales. Principal component analysis is used in order to identify and eliminate unimportant attributes within the data and the aggregation of the remaining attributes. …”
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Spatial and temporal data to study residential heat decarbonisation pathways in England and Wales by Alexandre Canet, Meysam Qadrdan, Nick Jenkins, Jianzhong Wu

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Vertical integration of GP practices with acute hospitals in England and Wales: rapid evaluation by Manbinder Sidhu, Jack Pollard, Jon Sussex

“…Objectives: Our aim was to (1) understand the rationale for, and early impact of, vertical integration in the NHS in England and Wales and (2) develop a theory of change for vertical integration. …”
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Mortality attributable to influenza in England and Wales prior to, during and after the 2009 pandemic. by Helen K Green, Nick Andrews, Douglas Fleming, Maria Zambon, Richard Pebody

“…Very different influenza seasons have been observed from 2008/09-2011/12 in England and Wales, with the reported burden varying overall and by age group. …”
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Perceptions of Victims of Historically Reported Sexual Offences: Insights from England and Wales by Colin Rogers

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Sam Lucy, Andrew Reynolds (éd.), Burial in Early Medieval England and Wales by Élisabeth Lorans

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PHLS Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance, England and Wales: Emerging Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae by David C.E. Speller, Alan P. Johnson, Barry D. Cookson, Pauline Waight, Robert C. George

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Creating a typology of parishes in England and Wales: Mining 1881 census data by Kevin Schürer, Tatiana Penkova

“…The paper presents the application of principal component analysis and cluster analysis to historical individual level census data in order to explore social and economic variations and patterns in household structure across mid-Victorian England and Wales. Principal component analysis is used in order to identify and eliminate unimportant attributes within the data and the aggregation of the remaining attributes. …”
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Socioeconomic deprivation, urban-rural location and alcohol-related mortality in England and Wales by Pearson Tim, Maheswaran Ravi, Erskine Sally, Gleeson Dermot

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>An ecological study design was used with data from 8797 standard table wards in England and Wales. The methodology included using the Carstairs Index as a measure of socioeconomic deprivation at the small-area level and the national harmonised classification system for urban and rural areas in England and Wales. …”
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Railway suicide in England and Wales 2000–2013: a time-trends analysis by Anna K. Taylor, Duleeka W. Knipe, Kyla H. Thomas

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Leaving home in 19th century England and Wales: A spatial analysis by Joseph Day

“…<b>Objective</b>: This paper aims to accurately measure the leaving home process across England and Wales in 1881 at a high spatial resolution and to analyse the determinants of regional disparities in the leaving home process. …”
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Modelling non-stationary flood frequency in England and Wales using physical covariates by Duncan S. Faulkner, Sean Longfield, Sarah Warren, Jonathan A. Tawn

“…The methods are illustrated by application to a set of 375 river gauges across England and Wales. We find annual rainfall to be a useful covariate at many gauges, sometimes in conjunction with a time-based covariate. …”
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The Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in England and Wales over A Ten-Year Period by Louise Marie Evans, Michael Stechman, David Owens

“…This study examined the trend in incidence of thyroid cancer in England and Wales. Materials and Methods A retrospective study, using the HES database over the period 2000-2010. …”
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Two Epidemiologic Patterns of Norovirus Outbreaks: Surveillance in England and Wales, 1992–2000 by Ben Lopman, Goutam K Adak, Mark Reacher, David W.G. Brown

“…In the period 1992–2000, the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre collected standardized epidemiologic data on 1,877 general outbreaks of Norovirus (formerly “Norwalk-like virus”) infection in England and Wales. Seventy-nine percent of general outbreaks occurred in health-care institutions, i.e., hospitals (40%) and residential-care facilities (39%). …”
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Born into Care: characterising newborn babies and infants in care proceedings in England and Wales by Bachar Alrouh, Karen Broadhurst, Lucy Griffiths, Rhodri Johnson, Linda Cusworth, Stuart Bedston, Ashley Akbari, Kerina Jones, David Ford

“…Methods/approach Data was extracted from case management records produced by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) England and Wales. Records were first restructured to link infants to legal order outcome data and birth mother records. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 vaccination in prisons in England and Wales: a metapopulation model by Ciara V. McCarthy, Oscar O’Mara, Edwin van Leeuwen, CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, Mark Jit, Frank Sandmann

“…Methods We used a metapopulation transmission-dynamic model of a local prison in England and Wales. Two-dose vaccination strategies included no vaccination, vaccination of all individuals who are incarcerated and/or staff, and an age-based approach. …”
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The greenhouse gas impacts of converting food production in England and Wales to organic methods by Laurence G. Smith, Guy J. D. Kirk, Philip J. Jones, Adrian G. Williams

“…Here, the authors assess the GHG impact of a 100% shift to organic food production in England and Wales and find that direct GHG emissions are reduced with organic farming, but when increased land use abroad to allow for production shortfalls is factored in, GHG emissions are elevated well-above the baseline.…”
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Surveillance and Risk Analysis for Bovine Babesiosis in England and Wales to Inform Disease Distribution by Harriet McFadzean, Nicholas Johnson, L. Paul Phipps, Vanessa Swinson, Lisa A. Boden

“…This study demonstrates that bovine babesiosis is geographically widespread throughout England and Wales, placing a large proportion of the cattle population at risk of infection, with the potential for zoonotic transmission to humans.…”
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