The influence of a major sporting event upon emergency department attendances; A retrospective cross-national European study

• Helen E. Hughes ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: helen.hughes@phe.gov.uk

  Affiliations Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Farr Institute at HeRC, Liverpool University, Liverpool, United Kingdom, NIHR HPRU in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-2983

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• Felipe J. Colón-González,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR HPRU in Emergency Preparedness and Response, London, United Kingdom, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

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• Anne Fouillet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Syndromic Surveillance Unit, Santé publique France, the national public health agency, Saint-Maurice, France

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• Alex J. Elliot,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR HPRU in Emergency Preparedness and Response, London, United Kingdom

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• Céline Caserio-Schonemann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Syndromic Surveillance Unit, Santé publique France, the national public health agency, Saint-Maurice, France

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• Thomas C. Hughes,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emergency Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Naomh Gallagher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Protection, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Roger A. Morbey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR HPRU in Emergency Preparedness and Response, London, United Kingdom

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• Gillian E. Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR HPRU in Emergency Preparedness and Response, London, United Kingdom

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• Daniel Rh. Thomas,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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• Iain R. Lake

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR HPRU in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, NIHR HPRU in Emergency Preparedness and Response, London, United Kingdom, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

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