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GP coding behaviour for non-specific clinical presentations: a pilot study

John SP Tulloch, Mike BJ Beadsworth, Roberto Vivancos, Alan D Radford, Jenny C Warner and Rob M Christley
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (3): bjgpopen20X101050. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101050
John SP Tulloch
1 National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2 Public Health England, Liverpool, UK
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Mike BJ Beadsworth
3 Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
4 NIHR HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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Roberto Vivancos
2 Public Health England, Liverpool, UK
5 NIHR HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK
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Alan D Radford
1 National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
6 Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Jenny C Warner
7 NIHR HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Public Health England, Liverpool, UK
8 Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK
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Rob M Christley
1 National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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vol. 4 no. 3 bjgpopen20X101050
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101050
PubMed 
32636202

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  • Received December 10, 2019
  • Accepted January 6, 2020
  • Published online August 25, 2020.

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  1. John SP Tulloch1,2,*,
  2. Mike BJ Beadsworth3,4,
  3. Roberto Vivancos2,5,
  4. Alan D Radford1,6,
  5. Jenny C Warner7,8 and
  6. Rob M Christley1,6
  1. 1 National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  2. 2 Public Health England, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3 Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  4. 4 NIHR HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
  5. 5 NIHR HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK
  6. 6 Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  7. 7 NIHR HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Public Health England, Liverpool, UK
  8. 8 Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    John SP Tulloch, jtulloch{at}liverpool.ac.uk
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