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Fragaszy EB, Quinlivan M, Breuer J, et al. Population-level susceptibility, severity and spread of pandemic influenza: design of, and initial results from, a pre-pandemic and hibernating pandemic phase study using cross-sectional data from the Health Survey for England (HSE). Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2015 Jun. (Public Health Research, No. 3.6.)

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Population-level susceptibility, severity and spread of pandemic influenza: design of, and initial results from, a pre-pandemic and hibernating pandemic phase study using cross-sectional data from the Health Survey for England (HSE).

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Contribution of authors

Andrew C Hayward (Professor of Epidemiology) was principal investigator on the grant funding the work, and Ellen B Fragaszy (Research Associate, Epidemiology), Jennifer Mindell (Reader in Public Health, Epidemiology), Rachel Craig (Research Director of HSE), Judith Breuer (Professor of Virology) and Michael Kidd (Consultant Clinical Scientist/Honorary Senior Lecturer, Virology) were co-applicants.

Andrew C Hayward, Ellen B Fragaszy, Jennifer Mindell, Rachel Craig, Judith Breuer, Michael Kidd and Mark Quinlivan (Healthcare Scientist, Virology) contributed to the study design of the overall project.

Andrew C Hayward and Ellen B Fragaszy led the epidemiological and statistical side of the project.

Jennifer Mindell and Rachel Craig led the HSE side of the project and ensured the incorporation of the research project into the HSE ethics application and planning procedures.

Judith Breuer and Michael Kidd led the laboratory side of the project and the development of the serological methods and protocols with Mark Quinlivan and Stephanie Hutchings (Research Scientist, Virology).

Ellen B Fragaszy and Andrew C Hayward designed the phase 1 statistical analysis with input from Jennifer Mindell.

Ellen B Fragaszy conducted the statistical analyses.

Ellen B Fragaszy wrote the report with contributions from Andrew C Hayward and Mark Quinlivan.

All authors made contributions to manuscript review and approved the final version.

Disclaimer

No funder was involved in the design of the study, analysis of the data, the decision to publish it, or the wording of this report.

Data sharing statement

The 2010, 2012 and 2013 Health Survey For England data sets are available on the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex (http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=2000021).

Data from the Flu Watch study are not publically available, but data sharing through strategic collaborations are welcome. Please contact the corresponding author for more information.

Disclaimers

This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the PHR programme or the Department of Health. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the PHR programme or the Department of Health.

Copyright © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2015. This work was produced by Fragaszy et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK.

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