Publications and reports from the sentinel surveillance study
Quarterly reports in Health Protection Report
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for October to December 2008 (PDF, 350kb)
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for July to September 2008 (PDF, 227kb)
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for April to June 2008 (PDF, 1.05Mb)
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for January to March 2008 (PDF, 387kb)
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for October to December 2007 (PDF, 194kb)
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for July to September 2007 (PDF, 194kb)
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for April to June 2007 (PDF, 387kb)
Quarterly report from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England: data for January to March 2007 (PDF, 652kb)
Annual reports from sentinel surveillance of hepatitis testing
Annual report from sentinel surveillance of hepatitis C testing: analysis of 2006 and cumulative data (PDF, 248kb)
Previous reports available on request: please email one of the study team.
Comparison of routine and sentinel surveillance for hepatitis C
Comparison of routine and sentinel surveillance for hepatitis C, December 2007: report for study participants (PDF, 90kb)
Publications
LJ Brant, M Hurrelle, MA Balogun, P Klapper, F Ahmed, E Boxall et al. Sentinel laboratory surveillance of hepatitis C antibody testing in England: understanding the epidemiology of HCV infection. Epidemiology and Infection 135(3):417-426, 2007
S Dougan, MA Balogun, J Elford, LJ Brant, K Sinka, BG Evans, and M. E. Ramsay. Can current national surveillance systems in England and Wales monitor sexual transmission of hepatitis C among HIV-infected men who have sex with men? BMC Public Health 7:7, 2007
MJ Sweeting, D De Angelis, LJ Brant, HE Harris, and ME Ramsay. The burden of hepatitis C in England. Journal of Viral Hepatitis 14(8):570-576, 2007
Related HPA initiatives
Hepatitis C in England: annual reports
Hepatitis C in the UK: The Health Protection Agency Annual Report (web link)
Hepatitis C in England: An update 2007 (web link)
Hepatitis C in England: An update 2006 (web link)
Hepatitis C in England: The First Health Protection Agency Annual Report 2005 (web link)
'Shooting Up': infections among injecting drug users
Shooting Up: Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2007 (published October 2008) (web link)
Previous reports (2003-2006, web link)
Hepatitis C National Register
Hepatitis C National Register (web link)
Surveillance of newly-acquired hepatitis C in men who have sex with men (SNAHC)
Surveillance of newly-acquired hepatitis C in men who have sex with men (SNAHC): pilot (web link)
Blood-borne viruses: occupational exposure
Blood-borne viruses: occupational exposure (web link)
Blood-borne viruses in blood donors
Blood-borne viruses in blood donors (web link)
General resources
Hepatitis C
Health Protection Agency: Hepatitis C (web link)
Hepatitis C Action Plan for England (2004) (web link)
Hepatitis C Strategy for England (2002) (web link)
NHS hepatitis C awareness website (web link)
Hepatitis A and B
Health Protection Agency: Hepatitis A (web link)
Health Protection Agency: Hepatitis B (web link)