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- June 14, 2017.
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- Peter MacPherson1,2,3,
- Katherine Valentine1,
- Victoria Chadderton4,
- Evdokia Dardamissis1,
- Iain Doige4,
- Andrew Fox5,
- Sam Ghebrehewet1,
- Tom Hampton6,
- Ken Mutton7,
- Claire Sherratt8 and
- Catherine M McCann9
- 1Public Health England North West, Cheshire and Merseyside Health Protection Team, Liverpool, UK
- 2Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, UK
- 3Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
- 4Environmental Health, Wirral Council, Wallasey, Wirral, UK
- 5Public Health England, Food Water and Environmental Laboratory, York, UK
- 6Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Upton, Wirral, UK
- 7Chester and Wirral Microbiology Services, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Upton, Wirral, UK
- 8Infection Prevention and Control Service, Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK
- 9Public Health England, Field Epidemiology Service North West, Liverpool, UK
- Corresponding author: Dr Peter MacPherson, Public Health England North West Cheshire and Merseyside Health Protection Team 3rd Floor, Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool UK, L3 1DS p.macpherson{at}liverpool.ac.uk Tel: 0044 344 225 0562 (option 1)