UK unusual outbreaks of disease

These references relate to unusual outbreaks of disease in the United Kingdom that are relevant to understanding CBW issues and responses to them. [NOTE: in the world of healthcare, an outbreak of disease is, by definition, unusual; however, in the realm of control of deliberate disease, the phrase has been used on a regular basis.]

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PLEASE NOTE: the cataloguing system is under development and does not yet contain all relevant references from the holdings in the collections.

Total Records Found: 7401, showing 25 per page
Title 2012-0306 {UK} [HoC] [DEFRA] WAs c675-77 — Schmallenberg Virus
Author Mark Menzies. James Paice, Tim Farron, Damian Collins
Sides 2
Title 2012-0303 [NSci] Vaccine for sheep virus imminent
Sides 1
Title 2009-1231 [BBC] Another anthrax case confirmed
Sides 1
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/8436495.stm
Title 2009-1226 [BBC] Anthrax fears over heroin batches
Sides 1
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/cumbria/8431140.stm
Title 2009-1220 [BBC] No new cases in anthrax scare
Sides 2
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8421221.stm
Title 2009-1218 [BBC] CJD victim had different gene
Sides 2
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/8419459.stm
Title 2009-1218 [BBC] Anthrax found in two heroin users
Sides 2
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8419113.stm
Title 2009-1217 [BBC] Anthrax found in dead heroin user
Sides 1
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8419113.stm
Title 2008-0208 [BBC] Fresh case of bluetongue disease
Sides 1
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7235775.stm
Title 2007-1230 [BBC] Call for bluetongue export review
Sides 1
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7165318.stm
Title 2007-1003 [BBC] Bluetongue cases increase to 24
Sides 3
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7025444.stm
Title 2007-0924 [BBC] New foot-and-mouth case confirmed
Sides 2
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7009806.stm
Title 2007-0922 [BBC] First UK case of bluetongue virus
Sides 2
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7008788.stm
Title 2006-0503 [BBC] H7 flu in Norfolk since March
Sides 1
Title 2006-0427 [BBC] Chicken cull after bird flu find
Sides 3
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4949026.stm
Title 2006-0109 [BBC] Bird flu cases under-estimated -bwppdf 2006-0110-
Sides 2
Title 2004-1102 [BBC] Universities hit by mumps threat
Sides 2
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3974005.stm
Title 2002-1026 [Gua] Fever outbreak kept quiet to avoid panic
Author James Meikle
Sides 1
Title 2001-0902 [BBC] Biological warfare warning for UK
Author Helen Briggs
Sides 3
Weblink http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/glasgow_2001/1521986.stm
Title 2001-0400 [SciPubPol] Politics of expert advice – lessons from the early history of the BSE saga
Author Erik Millstone, Patrick van Zwanenberg
Sides 15
Title 2000-0127 {UK} [HoC] [DoH] WAs c329-32 — CJD
Author Brand, Yvette Cooper, Candy Atherton
Sides 2
Title 1999-0331 {UK} [HoC] [DoH] WAs c827-28 — CJD
Author Frank Dobson
Sides 1
Title 1996-1000 {UK} [POST] PN085 BSE Cull policies
Sides 8
Weblink https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/post/pn085.pdf
Title 1993-0910 [Eye] Down on the Farm -bse-
Author Muckspreader
Sides 1
Title 1989-0730 [STimes] Anthrax scare hits Welsh sewage works
Author Stephen Warr
Sides 1

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