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 |
| Air and surface sampling for clade Ib monkeypox virus in United Kingdom hospitals, 2024 to 2025 | Eurosurveillance | Journal article | Atkinson B, Gould S, Nicholls I, Manzoor KN, Smith J, Hindle AJ, Tunbridge AJ, Cole J, Collini P, Alonso A, O’Hara G, Tuudah C, Otter JA, Hack B, Taylor C, Pottage T, Fletcher T, Dunning J | 15/05/2025 |
| Comment on: Resistance profiles of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in a large centre in England: are we already losing cefiderocol? | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Journal article | Rawson TM, Al-Hassan M, Brzeska-Trafny I, Morkowska A, Jauneikaite E, Saman R, Donaldson H, Davies F | 01/05/2025 |
| Cultural differences in attitudes towards surgical site infections among French anesthetists and surgeons in digestive surgery in 2022 | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | Journal article | Deslandes A, Christou N, Baillet P, Hajjar J, Marre P, Johanet H, Leone M, Birgand G | 28/05/2025 |
| Does enhanced HIV prevention, diagnosis, and linkage to care reduce hospitalisation in high HIV-burden communities in Zambia and South Africa? findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) randomised trial | PLOS Global Public Health | Journal article | Burger R, Bell-Mandla N, Harper A, Richardson S, Kanema S, Thomas R, Mwenge L, Wilson E, Floyd S, Bock P, Ayles H, Fidler S, Hayes R, Hauck K | 08/05/2025 |
| Effective antimicrobial therapies needed for treatment of severe infections in African newborns | Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy | Journal article | Iroh Tam P-Y, Bekker A, Bielicki JA, Bolaji O, Chimhini G, Dangor Z, Fitzgerald F, Govender N, Holgate S, Kali GT, Okomo U, Okwor T, Rodrigues C, Velaphi S, Whitelaw A, Dramowski A | 04/05/2025 |
| Engineered SH3-Derived Sherpabodies Function as a Modular Platform for Targeted T-cell Immunotherapy | Cancer Research | Journal article | Hernández-López RA, Kesti T, Mäkelä AR, Zhao Z, Yu W, Tonai Y, Monzo HJ, Kalander K, Leppä S, Ojala PM, Lim WA, Saksela K | 15/05/2025 |
| Evolving antimicrobial resistance of extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative severe infections associated with conflict wounds in Ukraine: an observational study | The Lancet Regional Health. Europe | Journal article | Pallett S, Morkowska A, Woolley S, Potochilova V, Rudnieva K, Iungin O, Sgro V, Boyd S, Reece N, Lambert Z, Tan NK, Mughal N, Moshynets O, Moore L, O’Shea M | 01/05/2025 |
| Experiences of children and their caregivers affected by multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa | PLoS One | Journal article | Mcinziba A, Wademan DT, Zimri K, Jacobs S, Mcimeli K, Schaaf HS, Hesseling AC, Seddon J, Wilkinson T, Hoddinott G | 19/05/2025 |
| Exploring the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards primary healthcare in northwest Syria | BMC Primary Care | Journal article | Basha S, Guntupalli A, Rayes D, Mohammad A, Hariri M, Basha L, Alchalati S, Bdaiwi Y, Abbara A | 09/05/2025 |
| Fifteen-minute consultation: vaccine hesitancy—answering common questions | Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition | Journal article | Mistry RD, Fitzgerald F | 12/05/2025 |
| Globally applicable solution to hearing loss screening: a diagnostic accuracy study of tablet-based audiometry | BMJ Open | Journal article | Cheong J, Lowe E, Lee C, Barbosa C, Gillen L, King E, Premachandra P, Shah A, Drobniewski F | 01/05/2025 |
| High‐risk <scp>human papillomavirus</scp> prevalence and serostatus in a cohort of cisgender women and people with a cervix living with perinatally acquired <scp>HIV</scp> | HIV Medicine | Journal article | Henderson M, Lyons D, Beddows S, Cowen M, Panwar K, Wright C, Ujetz J, Crook E, Patel H, Smith D, Foster C, Fidler S, Elliott T | 01/05/2025 |
| HIV diagnosis during acute infection: implications of long-acting preexposure prophylaxis and other evolving challenges | Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS | Journal article | Elliott T, Bradshaw D, Fidler S | 01/05/2025 |
| Incidence, Disease Spectrum, and Outcomes of Tuberculous Meningitis in South African Children: The Initial Impact of COVID-19 | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | Journal article | Namukuta VE, Smith M, Bester D, van Niekerk M, Solomons R, van Toorn R, Schaaf HS, Seddon JA, Rabie H, Davies M-A, Hesseling AC, du Preez K | 07/05/2025 |
| Leveraging nutritional rehabilitation and tuberculosis programmes to tackle tuberculosis and severe acute malnutrition in children | The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health | Journal article | Vonasek BJ, Marcy O, Armour-Marshall J, Casenghi M, Cazes C, Chisti MJ, d’Elbée M, Huerga H, Hewison C, Lancioni CL, Lungu PS, McCollum ED, Musiime V, Mvalo T, Seddon JA, Steenhoff AP, Thomas TA, Tovar M, Vasiliu A, Garcia-Prats A, Chabala C | 01/05/2025 |
| Longitudinal kinetics of the viral infection biomarker 3’-deoxy-3’,4’-didehydro-cytidine in SARS-CoV-2, influenza A virus and RSV human challenge models | npj Viruses | Journal article | Mehta R, Chekmeneva E, Ascough S, Wagstaffe H, Papargyris L, Gibani M, Yuen A, Valdivia Garcia M, Sands C, Gomez Romero M, Mills E, Sgro V, Slater L, Dayananda P, Broderick C, Xu J, Kaforou M, Maslen L, Noursadeghi M, Pollard A, Barclay W, Takats Z, Chiu C, Sriskandan S | 20/06/2025 |
| Nurse prescribing for selected UTIs in Spain: a challenging step forward | JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance | Journal article | Castro Sanchez E, Huguet-Torres A, Yañez-Juan A, Bennasar-Veny M | 06/06/2025 |
| Optimizing Protein Production in the One-Pot PURE System: Insights into Reaction Composition and Expression Efficiency | ACS Synthetic Biology | Journal article | Zhang Y, Deveikis M, Qiu Y, Björn L, Martinez ZA, Chou T-F, Freemont PS, Murray RM | 16/05/2025 |
| Patients’ perspectives on antimicrobial resistance in chronic respiratory disease: an AMR-Lung – European Lung Foundation global patient survey | ERJ Open Research | Journal article | Papadopoulou E, Sykes DL, Goeminne P, Machado A, Marghlani D, McNeil L, Norwell J, Paixão C, Shoemark A, Boyd J, Ekkelenkamp M, Thee S, Shah A | 28/05/2025 |
| Regulatory workshop on standardisation of clinical procedures, endpoints and data robustness of human challenge studies – A stakeholder meeting report | Biologicals | Journal article | Meln I, Cnossen V, Corti N, Andeweg A, Baay M, Chiu C, Coia J, Cornely O, Cox RJ, Dasyam D, De Keersmaecker SCJ, Deming M, Waldock J, Engelhardt OG, Guo M, Haj-Ali Saflo O, Hensen A, Jeeninga R, Kolstoe S, Krut O, Kuijper EJ, Leal L, Mazur N, Mohn KGI, Morel S, Osterhaus A, Moreira AP, Smits WK, Sridhar S, Toomey D, van Gerven J, Vehreschild MJGT, Yarzabal JP, Zimmer-Harwood P, Neels P, Olesen OF, Roestenberg M, Kamerling IMC | 01/05/2025 |
| Research collaboration for the benefit of child health: a PaeCH of an idea |
Archives of Disease in Childhood | Journal article | Whittaker E, Saglani S | 14/05/2025 |
| Safety and Immunogenicity of a Modified Self-Amplifying Ribonucleic Acid (saRNA) Vaccine Encoding SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein in SARS-CoV-2 Seronegative and Seropositive Ugandan Individuals | Vaccines | Journal article | Kitonsa J, Serwanga J, Cheeseman HM, Abaasa A, Lunkuse JF, Ruzagira E, Kato L, Nambaziira F, Oluka GK, Gombe B, Jackson S, Ssebwana JK, McFarlane LR, Joseph S, Pierce BF, Shattock RJ, Kaleebu P | 23/05/2025 |
| SARS-CoV-2 variants retain high airborne transmissibility by different strategies | npj Viruses | Journal article | Zhou J, Sukhova K, Frise R, Baillon L, Brown JC, Peacock TP, Furnon W, Cowton VM, Patel AH, Palmarini M, Barclay WS | 01/05/2025 |
| Statin use in HIV: European AIDS Clinical Society guidance for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease | The Lancet HIV | Journal article | Alagaratnam J, van Bremen K, Behrens GMN, Boccara F, Cinque P, Gisslén M, Guaraldi G, Konopnicki D, Kowalska JD, Mallon PWG, Marzolini C, Mendão L, Miró JM, Negredo E, Reiss P, Ryom L, van der Valk M, Winston A, Nielsen SD, Martínez E | 01/05/2025 |
| The N-terminal ELR+ motif of the neutrophil attractant CXCL8 confers susceptibility to degradation by the Group A Streptococcal protease, SpyCEP | Journal of Biological Chemistry | Journal article | Giblin SP, McKenna S, Matthews S, Sriskandan S, Pease JE | 01/05/2025 |
| The past, present, and future of RNA vaccines | Molecular Therapy | Journal article | Tregoning JS, Sanders NN | 01/05/2025 |
| Treatment options to support the elimination of hepatitis C: an open-label, factorial, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial | The Lancet | Journal article | Cooke GS, Hung LM, Flower B, McCabe L, Hang VTK, Thu VT, Thuan DT, Dung NT, Phuong LT, Khoa DB, An NTC, Thach PN, Huong VTT, Bich DT, Tuyen NK, Ansari MA, Le Ngoc C, Quang VM, Phuong NTN, Thao LT, Tran NB, Kestelyn E, Kingsley C, Van Doorn R, Rahman M, Pett SL, Thwaites GE, Barnes E, Day JN, Chau NVV, Walker AS | 08/05/2025 |
| Understanding context to plan antimicrobial stewardship: A mixed-method study in a Brazilian urban primary care | American Journal of Infection Control | Journal article | de Britto-Costa LF, de Oliveira VF, Razzolini MTP, Nunes FLS, de Oliveira Xavier GT, Manuli ER, Leal FE, Grespan RMZ, Sequeira CCR, Macedo MM, Sabino EC, Holmes A, Costa SF, Levin AS, Padoveze MC | 01/05/2025 |
| Understanding the relationship between adolescents with tuberculosis and health services: an in-depth qualitative study from Cape Town | BMJ Open | Journal article | Wademan D, Hoddinott G, Kavalieratos Z, Mlomzale M, Marthinus A, Jola N, Jacobs S, Mcimeli K, Seddon J | 24/05/2025 |