Congratulations to members of the Department who have recently had their research findings published. Here’s our round-up of the latest publication successes.
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| Title | Canonical journal title | Publication type | Authors OR Authors/Contributors | Publication date |
| “Actually, the psychological wounds are more difficult than physical injuries:” a qualitative analysis of the impacts of attacks on health on the personal and professional lives of health workers in the Syrian conflict | Conflict and Health | Article, Journal | Abbara A, Rayes D, Tappis H, Hamze M, Wais R, Alahmad H, Almhawish N, Rubenstein L, Haar R | 09/10/2023 |
| A new twist on PIFE: photoisomerisation-related fluorescence enhancement. | Methods and Applications in Fluorescence | Journal Article, Review | Ploetz E, Ambrose B, Barth A, Börner R, Erichson F, Kapanidis AN, Kim HD, Levitus M, Lohman TM, Mazumder A, Rueda DS, Steffen FD, Cordes T, Magennis SW, Lerner E | 12/10/2023 |
| An Influenza A virus can evolve to use human ANP32E through altering polymerase dimerization. | Nature Communications | Journal Article | Sheppard CM, Goldhill DH, Swann OC, Staller E, Penn R, Platt OK, Sukhova K, Baillon L, Frise R, Peacock TP, Fodor E, Barclay WS | 10/10/2023 |
| Analysis of blood and nasal epithelial transcriptomes to identify mechanisms associated with control of SARS-CoV-2 viral load in the upper respiratory tract. | Journal of Infection | Journal Article | Marjaneh MM, Challenger JD, Salas A, Gómez-Carballa A, Sivananthan A, Rivero-Calle I, Barbeito-Castiñeiras G, Foo CY, Wu Y, Liew F, Jackson HR, Habgood-Coote D, D’Souza G, Nichols SJ, Wright VJ, Levin M, Kaforou M, Thwaites RS, Okell LC, Martinón-Torres F, Cunnington AJ, PERFORM Consortium, GEN-COVID Study Group (http://gencovid.eu) | 18/10/2023 |
| Building a queer- and trans-inclusive microbiology conference. | mSystems | Journal Article | Gregor R, Johnston J, Coe LSY, Evans N, Forsythe D, Jones R, Muratore D, de Oliveira BFR, Szabo R, Wan Y, Williams J, Chappell CR, Matsuda SB, Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa M, Queer and Trans in Microbiology Consortium, Weissman JL | 06/10/2023 |
| Children presenting with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis to Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland: an international retrospective observational study | Archives of Disease in Childhood | Article, Early Access, Journal | Ponmani C, Nijman RG, Roland D, Barrett M, Hulse T, Whittle V, Lyttle MD | 01/10/2023 |
| Commentary: Post-COVID Condition in Children and Young People: Where Are We Now? | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | Journal Article | Whittaker EA | 05/10/2023 |
| Creating resistance to avian influenza infection through genome editing of the ANP32 gene family. | Nature Communications | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Idoko-Akoh A, Goldhill DH, Sheppard CM, Bialy D, Quantrill JL, Sukhova K, Brown JC, Richardson S, Campbell C, Taylor L, Sherman A, Nazki S, Long JS, Skinner MA, Shelton H, Sang HM, Barclay WS, McGrew MJ | 10/10/2023 |
| Cultural Adaption, Translation, Preliminary Reliability and Validity of Key Psychological and Behavioural Measures for 18 to 25 Year-Olds Living with HIV in Uganda: A Multi-Stage Approach. | AIDS and Behavior | Journal Article | Evangeli M, Foster C, Musiime V, Fidler S, Seeley J, Frize G, Uwizera A, Price J | 04/10/2023 |
| Dengue Encephalopathy or Dengue Encephalitis? You Decide. | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Case Reports | Durkin SM, da Silva AL, Davies NWS, Sriskandan S | 01/10/2023 |
| Detection, survival, and persistence of <i>Staphylococcus capitis</i> NRCS-A in neonatal units in England | Journal of Hospital Infection | Article, Journal | Moore G, Barry A, Carter J, Ready J, Wan Y, Elsayed M, Haill C, Khashu M, Williams OM, Brown CS, Demirjian A | 01/10/2023 |
| Efficacy of Pneumococcal Vaccine on Otitis Media: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. | Otolaryngology | Meta-Analysis, Systematic Review, Journal Article, Review | Wannarong T, Ekpatanaparnich P, Boonyasiri A, Supapueng O, Vathanophas V, Tanphaichitr A, Ungkanont K | 01/10/2023 |
| Factors that influence women’s enrolment and ongoing participation in a partially decentralised randomised controlled dermatology trial: a qualitative interview study with participants in the SAFA (Spironolactone for Adult Female Acne) trial | Trials | Article, Journal | Boxall C, Renz S, Eminton Z, Nuttall J, Saji A, Cluff C, Wilcox C, Muller I, Layton AM, Soulsby I, Santer M | 12/10/2023 |
| Fifteen-minute consultation: Recognition and management of eating disorders presenting to the emergency department | Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition | Article, Journal | Rothwell L, Vivek K, Nicholls D, Maconochie I, Dyer EM | 01/10/2023 |
| Genetic screening for anticancer genes highlights FBLN5 as a synthetic lethal partner of MYC. | Cell Communication and Signaling | Journal Article | Masood M, Ding Q, Cawte AD, Rueda DS, Grimm SW, Yagüe E, El-Bahrawy M | 20/10/2023 |
| Glecaprevir-pibrentasvir for 4 weeks among people with recent HCV infection: The TARGET3D study. | JHEP Reports | Journal Article | Martinello M, Bhagani S, Shaw D, Orkin C, Cooke G, Gane E, Iser D, Ustianowski A, Kulasegaram R, Stedman C, Tu E, Grebely J, Dore GJ, Nelson M, Matthews GV | 01/10/2023 |
| Improving maternal outcomes through early recognition, rapid notification, and investigation of invasive GAS infection. | The Lancet Microbe | Letter | Lamagni T, Guy RL, Sriskandan S, Decraene V, Brown CS | 01/10/2023 |
| Inadequate Lopinavir Concentrations With Modified 8-Hourly Lopinavir/Ritonavir 4:1 Dosing During Rifampicin-based Tuberculosis Treatment in Children Living With HIV. | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Chabala C, Turkova A, Kapasa M, LeBeau K, Tembo CH, Zimba K, Weisner L, Zyambo K, Choo L, Chungu C, Lungu J, Mulenga V, Crook A, Gibb D, McIlleron H, SHINE trial team | 01/10/2023 |
| Lessons from the pandemic: new best practices in selecting molecular diagnostics for point-of-care testing of infectious diseases in sub-saharan Africa. | Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics: new diagnostic technologies are set to revolutionise healthcare | Journal Article | Baldeh M, Bawa FK, Bawah FU, Chamai M, Dzabeng F, Jebreel WMA, Kabuya J-BB, Molemodile Dele-Olowu SK, Odoyo E, Rakotomalala Robinson D, Cunnington AJ | 31/10/2023 |
| Long-term health impacts of COVID-19 among 242,712 adults in England. | Nature Communications | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Atchison CJ, Davies B, Cooper E, Lound A, Whitaker M, Hampshire A, Azor A, Donnelly CA, Chadeau-Hyam M, Cooke GS, Ward H, Elliott P | 24/10/2023 |
| Macromolecular condensation buffers intracellular water potential. | Nature | Journal Article | Watson JL, Seinkmane E, Styles CT, Mihut A, Krüger LK, McNally KE, Planelles-Herrero VJ, Dudek M, McCall PM, Barbiero S, Vanden Oever M, Peak-Chew SY, Porebski BT, Zeng A, Rzechorzek NM, Wong DCS, Beale AD, Stangherlin A, Riggi M, Iwasa J, Morf J, Miliotis C, Guna A, Inglis AJ, Brugués J, Voorhees RM, Chambers JE, Meng Q-J, O’Neill JS, Edgar RS, Derivery E | 18/10/2023 |
| Major revision version 12.0 of the European AIDS Clinical Society guidelines 2023. | HIV Medicine | Journal Article | Ambrosioni J, Levi L, Alagaratnam J, Van Bremen K, Mastrangelo A, Waalewijn H, Molina J-M, Guaraldi G, Winston A, Boesecke C, Cinque P, Bamford A, Calmy A, Marzolini C, Martínez E, Oprea C, Welch S, Koval A, Mendao L, Rockstroh JK, EACS Governing Board | 18/10/2023 |
| Maternal predictors of timeliness & uptake of Measles, Mumps & Rubella vaccine: A birth cohort study | European Journal of Public Health | Conference | Skirrow H, Foley K, Bedford H, Lewis C, Whittaker E, Costelloe C, Saxena S | 24/10/2023 |
| Mechanisms and physiological function of daily haemoglobin oxidation rhythms in red blood cells | The EMBO Journal | Article, Journal | Beale AD, Hayter EA, Crosby P, Valekunja UK, Edgar RS, Chesham JE, Maywood ES, Labeed FH, Reddy AB, Wright Jr KP, Lilley KS, Bechtold DA, Hastings MH, O’Neill JS | 04/10/2023 |
| Mosaic HIV-1 vaccination induces anti-viral CD8+ T cell functionality in the phase 1/2a clinical trial APPROACH. | Journal of Virology | Journal Article | van Duijn J, Stieh D, Fernandez N, King D, Gilmour J, Tolboom J, Callewaert K, Willems W, Pau MG, De Rosa SC, McElrath MJ, Barouch DH, Hayes P | 09/10/2023 |
| Negative DNA supercoiling induces genome-wide Cas9 off-target activity | Molecular Cell | Conference | Newton MD, Losito M, Smith QM, Parnandi N, Taylor BJ, Akcakaya P, Maresca M, van Eijk P, Reed SH, Boulton SJ, King GA, Cuomo ME, Rueda DS | 01/10/2023 |
| Neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial resistance in Africa. | The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health | Editorial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Iroh Tam P-Y, Bekker A, Bosede Bolaji O, Chimhini G, Dramowski A, Fitzgerald F, Gezmu AM, Nkuranga JB, Okomo U, Stevenson A, Strysko JP, African Neonatal Association Sepsis Working Group | 01/10/2023 |
| Neutralising antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4/5 and wild-type virus in patients with inflammatory bowel disease following three doses of COVID-19 vaccine (VIP): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study. | EClinicalMedicine | Journal Article | Liu Z, Alexander JL, Le K, Zhou X, Ibraheim H, Anandabaskaran S, Saifuddin A, Lin KW, McFarlane LR, Constable L, Seoane RC, Anand N, Bewshea C, Nice R, D’Mello A, Jones GR, Balarajah S, Fiorentino F, Sebastian S, Irving PM, Hicks LC, Williams HR, Kent AJ, Linger R, Parkes M, Kok K, Patel KV, Teare JP, Altmann DM, Boyton RJ, Hart AL, Lees CW, Goodhand JR, Kennedy NA, Pollock KM, Ahmad T, Powell N, VIP study investigators | 01/10/2023 |
| Obesity dysregulates the pulmonary antiviral immune response. | Nature Communications | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Almond M, Farne HA, Jackson MM, Jha A, Katsoulis O, Pitts O, Tunstall T, Regis E, Dunning J, Byrne AJ, Mallia P, Kon OM, Saunders KA, Simpson KD, Snelgrove RJ, Openshaw PJM, Edwards MR, Barclay WS, Heaney LM, Johnston SL, Singanayagam A | 19/10/2023 |
| Perinatal Outcomes at Birth in Women Infected and Non-Infected with SARS-CoV-2: A Retrospective Study | Healthcare | Journal article | Vila-Candel R, Martin-Arribas A, Castro-Sánchez E, Escuriet R, Martin-Moreno JM | 27/10/2023 |
| PIM1 controls GBP1 activity to limit self-damage and to guard against pathogen infection. | Science | Journal Article | Fisch D, Pfleiderer MM, Anastasakou E, Mackie GM, Wendt F, Liu X, Clough B, Lara-Reyna S, Encheva V, Snijders AP, Bando H, Yamamoto M, Beggs AD, Mercer J, Shenoy AR, Wollscheid B, Maslowski KM, Galej WP, Frickel E-M | 06/10/2023 |
| Poly(2-oxazoline)/saRNA Polyplexes for Targeted and Nonviral Gene Delivery | Biomacromolecules | Article, Early Access, Journal | Hayes G, Dias-Barbieri B, Yilmaz G, Shattock RJ, Becer CR | 04/10/2023 |
| Population-level analysis of natural control of HIV infection in Zambia and South Africa: HPTN 071 (PopART). | Journal of the International AIDS Society | Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural | Grant-McAuley W, Piwowar-Manning E, Clarke W, Breaud A, Zewdie KB, Moore A, Ayles HM, Kosloff B, Shanaube K, Bock P, Meehan S-A, Maarman G, Fidler S, Hayes R, Donnell D, Eshleman SH, HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Team | 01/10/2023 |
| Raising AWaRe-ness of antimicrobial stewardship challenges in pediatric emergency care: results from the PERFORM study assessing consistency and appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing across Europe. | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Journal Article | Kolberg L, Khanijau A, van der Velden FJS, Herberg J, De T, Galassini R, Cunnington AJ, Wright V, Shah P, Kaforou M, Wilson C, Kuijpers T, Martinón-Torres F, Rivero-Calle I, Moll H, Vermont C, Pokorn M, Kolnik M, Pollard AJ, Agyeman PKA, Schlapbach LJ, Tsolia MN, Yeung S, Zavadska D, Zenz W, Schweintzger NA, van der Flier M, de Groot R, Usuf E, Voice M, Calvo-Bado L, Mallet F, Fidler K, Levin M, Carrol ED, Emonts M, von Both U, PERFORM Consortium | 11/10/2023 |
| Reinfection incidence and risk among people treated for recent hepatitis C virus infection. | AIDS | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural | Martinello M, Carson JM, Van Der Valk M, Rockstroh JK, Ingiliz P, Hellard M, Nelson M, Lutz T, Bhagani S, Kim AY, Hull M, Cordes C, Moon J, Feld JJ, Gane E, Rauch A, Bruneau J, Tu E, Applegate T, Grebely J, Dore GJ, Matthews GV, React Study Group | 01/10/2023 |
| Role of procalcitonin in predicting complications of Kawasaki disease | Archives of Disease in Childhood | Editorial Material, Early Access, Journal | Iio K, Hanna H, Beykou M, Gale C, Herberg JA | 01/10/2023 |
| SARS-CoV-2 evolution in the Omicron era. | Nature Microbiology | Journal Article, Review | Roemer C, Sheward DJ, Hisner R, Gueli F, Sakaguchi H, Frohberg N, Schoenmakers J, Sato K, O’Toole Á, Rambaut A, Pybus OG, Ruis C, Murrell B, Peacock TP | 16/10/2023 |
| Sexual and reproductive health needs for young women living with perinatally acquired HIV through the pandemic. | HIV Medicine | Meeting Abstract, Journal | Nott V, Hazell G, Ayres S, Kirkhope N, Fidler S, Foster C | 01/08/2023 |
| Structure-activity studies of Streptococcus pyogenes enzyme SpyCEP reveal high affinity for CXCL8 in the SpyCEP C-terminal | Scientific Reports | Journal article | Pearson M, Haslam C, Fosberry A, Jones E, Reglinski M, Reeves L, Edwards RJ, Lawrenson RA, Brown JC, Mossakowska D, Pease JE, Sriskandan S | 03/11/2023 |
| Subgroups of children with Kawasaki disease: a data-driven cluster analysis | The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health | Article, Journal | Wang H, Shimizu C, Bainto E, Hamilton S, Jackson HR, Estrada-Rivadeneyra D, Kaforou M, Levin M, Pancheri JM, Dummer KB, Tremoulet AH, Burns JC | 01/10/2023 |
| Tafenoquine co-administered with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria (INSPECTOR): a randomised, placebo-controlled, efficacy and safety study. | Lancet Infectious Diseases | Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Sutanto I, Soebandrio A, Ekawati LL, Chand K, Noviyanti R, Satyagraha AW, Subekti D, Santy YW, Crenna-Darusallam C, Instiaty I, Budiman W, Prasetya CB, Lardo S, Elyazar I, Duparc S, Cedar E, Rolfe K, Fernando D, Berni A, Jones S, Kleim J-P, Fletcher K, Sharma H, Martin A, Taylor M, Goyal N, Green JA, Tan LK, Baird JK | 01/10/2023 |
| Tetherin antagonism by SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a and spike protein enhances virus release | EMBO Reports | Article, Early Access, Journal | Stewart H, Palmulli R, Johansen KH, Mcgovern N, Shehata OM, Carnell GW, Jackson HK, Lee JS, Brown JC, Burgoyne T, Heeney JL, Okkenhaug K, Firth AE, Peden AA, Edgar JR | 11/10/2023 |
| The amount of Nck rather than N-WASP correlates with the rate of actin-based motility of Vaccinia virus. | Microbiology Spectrum | Journal Article | Basant A, Way M | 19/10/2023 |
| The ClpX protease is essential for inactivating the CI master repressor and completing prophage induction in Staphylococcus aureus. | Nature Communications | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Thabet MA, Penadés JR, Haag AF | 18/10/2023 |
| The immunology of long COVID | Nature Reviews Immunology | Review, Journal | Altmann DM, Whettlock EM, Liu S, Arachchillage DJ, Boyton RJ | 01/10/2023 |
| The Salmonella Typhi SPI-2 injectisome enigma. | Microbiology | Journal Article | Thurston TLM, Holden DW | 01/10/2023 |
| Therapeutic vaccination following early antiretroviral therapy elicits highly functional T cell responses against conserved HIV-1 regions. | Scientific Reports | Journal Article | Kopycinski J, Yang H, Hancock G, Pace M, Kim E, Frater J, Stöhr W, Hanke T, Fidler S, Dorrell L, RIVER trial study group | 11/10/2023 |
| Understanding the conditions included in data-driven patterns of multimorbidity: a scoping review | European Journal of Public Health | Review, Early Access, Journal | Sukumaran L, Winston A, Sabin CA | 14/10/2023 |