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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/88759, first published .
The Third Study of Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID3 Study) in the Community: Protocol for UK-Based Prospective Cohort Studies Investigating the Disease Burden

The Third Study of Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID3 Study) in the Community: Protocol for UK-Based Prospective Cohort Studies Investigating the Disease Burden

The Third Study of Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID3 Study) in the Community: Protocol for UK-Based Prospective Cohort Studies Investigating the Disease Burden

Ben W Rowland   1 * , PhD ;   Vanashree Sexton   2 * , PhD ;   Aileen Mill   1 , PhD ;   Stephen Rushton   1 , PhD ;   Roy Sanderson   1 , PhD ;   Caroline Grundy   1 , BA ;   Simon de Lusignan   2 , MBBS ;   Nigel A Cunliffe   3 , PhD ;   Daniel Hungerford   3 , PhD ;   Mark Hopkins   4 , PhD ;   Saheer Gharbia   5 , PhD ;   Claire Jenkins   6 , PhD ;   Gauri Godbole   6 , PhD ;   Roberto Vivancos   6, 7, 8 , MD ;   Alex J Elliot   6, 9, 10 , PhD ;   Dominic J Mellor   11 , PhD ;   Lesley Larkin   11 , MSc ;   Rachel Chalmers   12 , PhD ;   Sarah O'Brien   1 , MBBS ;   IID3 Consortium   13 *

1 School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

2 Clinical Informatics and Health Outcomes Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

3 Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

4 Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

5 Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, England, United Kingdom

6 UK Health Security Agency, London, England, United Kingdom

7 Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, National Institute for Health Research, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

8 Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, United Kingdom

9 National Institute for Health Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

10 NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emergency Preparedness and Response, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

11 Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

12 Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

13 See Acknowledgements, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Ben W Rowland, PhD
  • School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
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