Mark Muscat

Scientific Articles

Invasive meningococcal disease in Malta: an epidemiological assessment 1994-2007.

Muscat M, Spiteri G, Calleja N, Haider J, Maistre-Melillo J, Gray S, Mamo J, Cuschieri P. J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1492-1498.

Environmental Risk Factors and Intestinal Parasite Carriage in Bangladesh

M. Muscat, K. Z. Mamun, S Tabassum, A. A. Ahmed, P. Shears. Journal of Dhaka Medical College. April 2004, Volume 13, Number 1. p 1-7.

Guidelines for the use of erythromycin  chemoprophylaxis in persons exposed to pertussis

Claire Bramley, Mark Muscat, Eurosurveillance Weekly: 2002; 6: 41. Available on-line: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=1897

Surveillance of wild polioviruses in patients with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Malta during 1998 and 1999

Mark Muscat, Lucia Fiore, Ray Busuttil, Herbert M. Gilles; European Journal of Epidemiology, 2000; 16: 1057-1060.

Epidemiology and prognostic factors in meningococcal disease in a small island population: Malta 1994-1998

Tonio Piscopo, Charles Mallia-Azzopardi, Victor Grech, Mark Muscat, Simon Attard-Montalto, Carmelo Mallia; European Journal of Epidemiology, 2000; 16: 1051-1056.

Surveillance Report

Annual Report of the Disease Surveillance Unit 2001

Mark Muscat Ed. Disease Surveillance Unit, Malta:   Government Printing Press; 2002. Also available on-line: http://www.health.gov.mt/dsu/reports/ar_2001.pdf

Other Publications

Statens Serum Institut and surveillance in the EU

M. Muscat, S.Glismann. EPI-NEWS 2006; 2. Also accessible on-line: http://www.ssi.dk/sw35895.asp (in Danish) and http://www.ssi.dk/sw26579.asp (in English)

Infectious diseases after the tidal wave (tsunami) in Asia

M Muscat. EPI-NEWS 2005; 10. Also accessible on-line: http://www.ssi.dk/sw26367.asp (in Danish) and http://www.ssi.dk/sw26579.asp (in English)

Overview of the vaccination programme in Malta

Mark Muscat. Viral Hepatitis 2002; 10 (2):1-3. Accessible on-line at: http://www.vhpb.org/files/html/Meetings_and_publications/Viral_Hepatitis_Newsletters/vhv10n2.pdf

Meningococcal Disease in Malta, 2000

Mark Muscat. WHO Communicable Disease Report, Quarterly issue no. 26, December 2001: 3-5. Also accessible on-line: http://www.euro.who.int/Document/CSR/CDnews26.pdf

Fever in the Returned Traveller

Mark Muscat. TheSynapse; May/Jun 2002: 3.

Protect your health abroad

Mark Muscat. TheSynapse; November 2001; 1: 4.

Piloting GP surveillance for influenza-like illness, Malta 1999-2000 season

Dennis Falzon, Christopher Barbara, Mark Muscat, Jean Karl Soler. Maltese Family Doctor Journal [It-Tabib tal-Familja] 2000; 18: 5-7.

Posters

Is mumps being neglected in Europe?

Muscat M, Bang H, Valentiner-Branth P and Glismann S. Presented at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE 2007), Stockholm, October 2007.

Varicella surveillance in Europe

Lewis HC, Bang H, Glismann S and Muscat M.  Presented at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE 2008), Berlin, November 2008.