Emergence of a Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Protocol for Extending Surveillance Used by the Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre and Public Health England
Emergence of a Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Protocol for Extending Surveillance Used by the Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre and Public Health England
Simon de Lusignan
1
*
, MSc, MD, FRCP
;
Jamie Lopez Bernal
2
*
, PhD
;
Maria Zambon
2
*
, PhD
;
Oluwafunmi Akinyemi
1
*
, PhD
;
Gayatri Amirthalingam
2
*
, MPH
;
Nick Andrews
2
*
, PhD
;
Ray Borrow
3
*
, PhD
;
Rachel Byford
1
*
, BSc
;
André Charlett
2
*
, PhD
;
Gavin Dabrera
2
*
, MD
;
Joanna Ellis
2
*
, PhD
;
Alex J Elliot
4
*
, PhD
;
Michael Feher
1
*
, MD, FRCP
;
Filipa Ferreira
1
*
, PhD
;
Else Krajenbrink
5
*
, MPH
;
Jonathan Leach
5
*
, MSc, FRCP
;
Ezra Linley
3
*
, PhD
;
Harshana Liyanage
1
*
, BSc, PhD
;
Cecilia Okusi
1
*
, MRES
;
Mary Ramsay
2
*
, MD, FRCP
;
Gillian Smith
4
*
, MBBS
;
Julian Sherlock
1
*
, BSc
;
Nicholas Thomas
5
*
, PhD
;
Manasa Tripathy
1
*
, BSc, MSc
;
John Williams
1
*
, MSc, FRCP
;
Gary Howsam
5
*
, MD, FRCP
;
Mark Joy
1
*
, PhD
;
Richard Hobbs
1
*
, FRCP
1
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
,
University of Oxford
,
Oxford
,
GB
2
Public Health England
,
London
,
GB
3
Vaccine Evaluation Unit
,
Public Health England
,
Manchester
,
GB
4
Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team
,
Public Health England
,
Birmingham
,
GB
5
Royal College of General Practitioners
,
London
,
GB
*all authors contributed equally