Roberto Vivancos

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ID2744263
NOMBRERoberto Vivancos
NOMBRESRoberto
APELLIDOVivancos
FIRMAVIVANCOS R
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Liverpool
ORCID0000-0002-8203-8867
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAS2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2007
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H1

  • Influence of Sars-CoV-2 surveillance outputs produced by the UK health security agency (UKHSA) outbreak surveillance team on decision-making by local stakeholders

    Open AccessKatriina Willgert, Jo Hardstaff et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The OST surveillance reports were a valuable information resource used by local stakeholders in their response to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. Control measures that affect disease epidemiology and monitoring requirements need to be considered in the continuous maintenance of surveillance outputs. We identified areas for further development and, since the evaluation, information on repeat infections and vaccination data have been included in the surve…

  • Public acceptability of a technology-mediated stool sample collection platform to inform community-based surveillance of infectious intestinal disease

    Open AccessRowan Davies, Miren Iturriza-Gómara et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    This pilot study assessed the acceptability of technology-mediated platforms for reporting IID and provision of stool samples in the community. Respondents were biased towards younger, technologically inclined, more affluent and educated populations. Acceptability for reporting illness and providing a stool sample through technology-mediated platforms was high. While older populations were under-represented, they were more likely to agree to prov…

  • Can cases and outbreaks of norovirus in children provide an early warning of seasonal norovirus infection

    Open AccessAnna L Donaldson, John Harris et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    These findings suggest that monitoring cases and outbreaks of norovirus in children could provide an early warning of seasonal norovirus infection. However, both school outbreak data and syndromic surveillance data are not norovirus specific and will also capture other causes of IID. The use of school outbreak data as an early warning indicator may be improved by enhancing sampling in community outbreaks to confirm the causative organism

  • Understanding norovirus reporting patterns in England

    Open AccessNikola Ondrikova, Helen E Clough et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    We identified substantial variability in reporting patterns of norovirus by age and by region of England. Our findings highlight the importance of considering uncertainty in the design of forecasting tools for norovirus, and to inform the development of more targeted risk management approaches for norovirus disease

  • Identifying how Covid-19-related misinformation reacts to the announcement of the UK national lockdown

    Open AccessMark Green, Elena Musi et al.ARTICLEBig Data & Society2021Citada por: 2Referencias: 28

    COVID-19 is unique in that it is the first global pandemic occurring amidst a crowded information environment that has facilitated the proliferation of misinformation on social media. Dangerous misleading narratives have the potential to disrupt 'official' information sharing at major government announcements. Using an interrupted time-series design, we test the impact of the announcement of the first UK lockdown (8-8.30 p.m. 23 March 2020) on sh…

  • Characteristics and patient pathways of Lyme disease patients

    Open AccessJohn Tulloch, Valérie Decraene et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    These data can be used to inform future investigations into Lyme disease burden, and patient management within the NHS. They provide demographic information for clinicians to target public health messaging or interventions

  • Reduction in hospitalisations for acute gastroenteritis-associated childhood seizures since introduction of rotavirus vaccination

    Open AccessDaniel James Hungerford, Neil French et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2019Referencias: 28

    INTRODUCTION: The incidence of severe childhood diarrhoea has fallen substantially following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in the UK in July 2013. Since children with rotavirus infection may experience febrile and afebrile seizures, we evaluated the impact of rotavirus vaccination on seizure hospitalisations in children in England. METHODS: Using data from Hospital Episode Statistics, we employed interrupted time-series analyses to assess…

  • How timely closure can reduce outbreak duration

    Open AccessThomas Inns, Alex Keenan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Care homes that closed promptly had outbreaks of shorter duration. Care home providers, and those advising them on infection control, should aim to close homes quickly to prevent lengthy disruption to services

  • Access to HIV community services by vulnerable populations

    Hannah Madden, H C E Madden et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2011

    HIV disproportionately affects vulnerable populations such as black and minority ethnic groups, men who have sex with men (MSM) and migrants, in many countries including those in the UK. Community organisations in the UK are charitable non-governmental organisations with a proportion of the workforce who volunteer, and provide invaluable additional support for people living with HIV (PLWHIV). Information on their contribution to HIV care in vulne…

  • Internet treatment of sexually transmitted infections – a public health hazard

    Open AccessRoberto Vivancos, Silke Schelenz et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2007

    While treatments for certain STIs are widely available on the internet, purchasers of such products may potentially suffer harm because of the lack of information on adverse effects, interactions and contra-indications. Moreover, we consider the paucity of preventive health advice to be a serious omission, thereby leading to patients being needlessly exposed to, and potentially re-infected with the causative pathogens