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 |
| “If there was no stigma around it, I would tell people”: perspectives of UK youth living with perinatally acquired HIV, their social networks and healthcare professionals on HIV status sharing | AIDS Care | Journal article | Gnan G, Vosper J, Foster C, Seeley J, Musiime V, Fidler S, Frize G, Evangeli M | 21/01/2026 |
| A Role for Non‐Canonical Caspases in Fungal Allergic Airway Disease | Clinical and Experimental Allergy | Journal article | Williams TJ, Kermani NZ, Gonzales‐Huerta LE, Shah A, Addcock IM, Chung KF, Armstrong‐James D | 12/02/2026 |
| A cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch | Science | Journal article | Beale AD, Christmas MJ, Rzechorzek NM, Mihut A, Zeng A, Ellis C, James NR, Smyllie NJ, Pilorz V, Richardson R, Bertelsen MF, Fazal SV, Voysey Z, Moreau K, Pelletier J, Crosby P, Peak-Chew SY, Edgar RS, Lancaster MA, Hut RA, O’Neill JS | 26/02/2026 |
| A Series–Parallel Multiport Flexible Interconnection Topology for AC/DC Distribution Networks | IEEE transactions on power electronics | Journal article | Guo X, Zhang X, Qiu X, Yang X | 01/03/2026 |
| A two-step screen identifies a small molecule that disrupts membrane voltage and is effective against growing and persister gram-negative bacteria | Microbiology Spectrum | Journal article | Asamoto CK, Ewing CA, Meyer CT, Allgood SC, Eldridge MJG, Evans D, Nagy TA, Christensen GL, Crooks AL, Jiang D, Helaine S, Detweiler CS | 03/02/2026 |
| Addressing vaccine hesitancy in health care workers promotes public vaccination. | Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) | Journal article | Drobniewski F, Ashmi M | 01/02/2026 |
| Are we missing Mpox cases? Changes in clade IIb clinical phenotype in the post-vaccination era | Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology | Journal article | Silva Carvalho T, Goh SM, Moore L, Pond M, Byrne R, Heskin J, Girometti N, Rayment M, Jones R | 01/01/2026 |
| Artificial Intelligence for improving decision making in bacterial infection management: a narrative review | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Journal article | Talianu A, Fraser-Krauss O, Bolton W, Ming D, Zhu N, Hernandez Perez B, Gilchrist M, Holmes A, Georgiou P, Rawson T | 01/01/2026 |
| Author Insights on the ISHLT Perioperative Utilization of ECLS In Lung Transplantation Consensus | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | Journal article | Martin AK, Mercier O, Bottiger B, Cypel M, Fessler J, Gomez-De-Antonio D, Levvey B, Lyster H, Nasir B, Sanchez M, Dclinpsy, Wille K, Fritz AV, Gelzinis T, Hoetzenecker K, Dave K, Lindstedt S, Marczin N, Wilkey B, Schecter M, Walsh J, Morrissey O, Landry C, Saatee S, Kotecha S, Behr J, Kukreja J, Dellgren G, Reed AK | 01/01/2026 |
| Bacteriophages mobilise bacterial defence systems via lateral transduction | Science Advances | Journal article | Kuang X, Gorzynski J, Touchon M, Shkoporov A, Rocha EPC, Fitzgerald JR, Chen J, Rostol JT, Penades J | 23/01/2026 |
| Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: prevalence, risks, disease trajectories, and early-stage management | American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology | Journal article | Gunnarsson S, Vito O, Unwin RJ | 01/01/2026 |
| Catalysing Artificial Intelligence for Paediatric Tuberculosis Research (CAPTURE): protocol for establishing a global multicentre study establishing paediatric chest X-ray repository to evaluate computer-aided detection algorithms | BMJ Open | Journal article | Palmer M, Kik S, Kohli M, Fataar A, Anyebe V, Frey N, Castro R, Nerurkar R, van der Westhuizen J, Macé A, Ruhwald M, Seddon J, Jaganath D | 12/01/2026 |
| Causes of fever in a cohort of Nepali children and the potential impact of molecular testing during a dengue fever outbreak | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | Journal article | O’Reilly PJ, Gautam MC, Pokhrel B, Shrestha S, Gurung M, Bijukchhe SM, O’Mahony E, Davis C, Taylor A, Kelly S, Basi R, Kattel A, Gautam K, Bista S, Jha R, Khadka R, Bhandari S, Amatya P, Shah G, Shrestha I, Carter M, Maharjan S, Fink C, Levin M, Cunnington AJ, Pollard AJ, Shrestha S | 30/01/2026 |
| CFTR modulators partially restore the epithelial interferome in Aspergillus infection to improve clinical outcome | EBioMedicine | Journal article | Laverty SL, Felton I, Casey M, Hopwood B, Simmonds N, Armstrong-James D, Shah A, Kelleher P | 01/02/2026 |
| Clinical testing of drug treatment shortening in patients with TB using PET/CT imaging of lung lesions | Science Translational Medicine | Journal article | Malherbe ST, Chen RY, Yu X, Smith B, Liu X, Gao J, Diacon AH, Dawson R, Tameris M, Zhu H, Qu Y, Jin H, Pan S, Dodd LE, Wang J, Goldfeder LC, Cai Y, Arora K, Vincent J, Narunsky K, Serole K, Goliath RT, Da Costa L, Taliep A, Aziz S, Daroowala R, Thienemann F, Mukasa S, Court R, Sossen B, Ahlers P, Mendelsohn SC, White L, Gouel A, Lau C-Y, Hassan S, Liang L, Duan H, Moghaddam GK, Paripati P, Lahouar S, Harris M, Wollenberg K, Jeffrey B, Tartakovsky M, Rosenthal A, Duvenhage M, Armstrong DT, Song T, Winter J, Gao Q, Via LE, Wilkinson RJ, Walzl G, Barry CE | 07/01/2026 |
| Comparative cross-species transcriptomics during RSV infection identifies targets to treat RSV disease | Journal of Infection | Journal article | Wang Z, Dunican C, Dayananda P, Ingar S, Kaforou M, Chiu C, Tregoning JS | 01/03/2026 |
| Considerations for Endpoints in Lung Transplant Clinical Trials: Perspective on the ISHLT Consensus Statement | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | Journal article | Greenland JR, Perch M, Halloran K, Levine DJ, Morrell ED, Reed A, Shaver CM, Singer JP, Sweet SC, Vos R, Aryal S, Avdimiretz N, Burrows F, Calabrese D, Calabrese F, Campos S, Combs M, de Perrot M, Dellgren G, Diamond JM, Egan T, Ging P, Glidden DV, Goddard M, Jyothula S, Keller M, Kulkarni H, Kwakkel-van Erp JM, Lama V, Marczin N, Martinu T, Neely ML, Palmer SM, Patterson CM, Pavlisko EN, Pham C, Sanchez M, Schultz HHL, Schwerk N, Shah U, Shashaty M, Singer L, Smith P, Snyder LD, Solomon M, Verleden S, Verplancke V, Zeevi A, Todd JL | 01/02/2026 |
| Controlled human infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: practical considerations for clinical trials | The Lancet Microbe | Journal article | Seshadri C, Flynn JL, Maiello P, Schnappinger D, Wilkinson RJ, Gordon SB, Mwandumba HC, Jambo KC, Hoft DF, Rubin EJ, Jamrozik E, Fortune SM, Kublin JG | 01/01/2026 |
| Cost-effectiveness of as-needed budesonide-formoterol in adults with mild asthma: the Novel START trial | ERJ Open Research | Journal article | Leung W, Reddel HK, Hung T, Weatherall M, Pelzer I, Holliday M, Sullivan T, Harrison T, Pavord ID, Baker MG, Ebmeier S, Papi A, Beasley R, Hancox RJ | 01/01/2026 |
| Country governance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance: observations on global progress and aid programme effectiveness using data from the Tracking AMR Country Self-Assessment Survey (TrACSS) | Globalization and Health | Journal article | Drake A, Sassoon I, Armitage J, Abbas S, Maudling R, Gupta-Wright A, Serrano A, Shafa A, Shorten T | 07/01/2026 |
| Dependence of the amplification factor on the body water deuterium enrichment | Journal of Immunological Methods | Journal article | Sanal E, Drylewicz J, Tesselaar K, Asquith B, Borghans JAM, de Boer RJ | 01/01/2026 |
| Development of a capability framework for antimicrobial stewardship specialist health professionals working in the NHS in England: utilizing Delphi methodology | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Journal article | Hamilton RA, Cockayne D, Garraghan F, Seaton RA, Gilchrist M, Patel S, McEwen J, Brown NM, Fleming N, Damant G, Hand K | 19/01/2026 |
| Diagnostic accuracy of TB screening tests in a prospective multinational cohort: chest-X-ray with computer-aided detection, Xpert TB host response, and C-reactive protein | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Journal article | Crowder R, Thangakunam B, Andama A, Christopher DJ, Dalay V, Nwamba W, Kik SV, Van Nguyen D, Nhung NV, Phillips PPJ, Ruhwald M, Theron G, Worodria W, Yu C, Nahid P, Cattamanchi A, Gupta-Wright A, Denkinger CM, for the R2D2 TB Network | 12/02/2026 |
| Diagnostic algorithms for tuberculosis in Europe: insights from the European Reference Laboratory Network for Tuberculosis (ERLTB-Net) | The Lancet Regional Health. Europe | Journal article | Saluzzo F, Cabibbe AM, Anthony R, Aubry A, Drobniewski F, Holicka Y, Lillebaek T, Macedo R, Mansjö M, Szél V, Žmak L, Cirillo DM, Groenheit R | 01/01/2026 |
| Diagnostic Performance of Host-based Gene Expression Diagnostics in Children With Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | Journal article | Siu MC, Selinopoulou M, Abarca Salazar S, Sturgeon JP, Huynh J, Basu Roy R | 01/02/2026 |
| Directed psychoeducational tool to prevent psychological sequelae following paediatric intensive care admission: a prospective randomised controlled study (the 4PICU study) | Archives of Disease in Childhood | Journal article | Bridges K, Vickers B, Mitting R, Cooper M, Garralda Hualde M, Nadel S | 01/02/2026 |
| Epidemiology of Pediatric Tuberculosis in the Western Cape: A Population-Based Study (2017–2023) | Pediatrics | Journal article | Brown LR, Smith M, van Schalkwyk C, Johnson LF, Mudaly V, Mohr-Holland E, Schaaf HS, Seddon JA, Hesseling AC, Nuttall J, Rabie H, Davies M-A, Boulle A, du Preez K | 01/02/2026 |
| Experiences in dissemination of results of a community-based tuberculosis prevention trial in children | Trials | Journal article | Purchase S, Seddon J, Zimri K, Klaas A, Duong T, Martinson N, Patel F, Staples S, Viljoen L, Schaaf HS, Hesseling A | 22/01/2026 |
| Exploring the opportunity for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and precision dose antimicrobials in an outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service: a prospective observational study | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Journal article | Wilson RC, Gilchrist MJ, Cele R, d’Arc S, Mills EA, Ndhlovu C, Balancio B, Arkell P, Read L, Bayliss M, Noel AR, MacGowan AP, Holmes AH, Rawson TM | 01/02/2026 |
| Exploring the perspectives of antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists in England on the subscription model for antimicrobial drugs | JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance | Journal article | Hughes S, Baltas I, Gilchrist M | 07/01/2026 |
| Expression Atlas in 2026: enabling FAIR and open expression data through community collaboration and integration | Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) | Journal article | Madrigal P, Thanki AS, Fexova S, Yu ID, Chatzigeorgiou A, Zucchi I, Marugan Calles JC, Vilmovsky L, Khen A, Zhao L, Erdos K, Kurri SR, Selvakumar S, Kumbham U, Prakash A, Wang S, Green A, Ribas CE, Sweeney B, Alegbe T, Suveges D, Hemrom A, Gomez Gutierrez DE, Insua S, Jeffryes M, Pearce M, Basutkar P, Kaforou M, Cunnington A, Levin M, Kumari S, Ware D, Goutte-Gattat D, Roper K, Brown NH, Hu Y, Perrimon N, Papatheodorou I, Brazma A, Hermjakob H, Harrison M, Ocana D, Ochoa D, McDonagh EM, Bateman A, Keane T, Vizcaino JA, Ernst C | 06/01/2026 |
| Extrapulmonary Mycobacterium malmoense infection in a patient with minimal immunosuppression | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | Journal article | Katsounas A, Geginat G, Friedland JS | 01/02/2026 |
| Fifteen-minute consultation: vaccine hesitancy – answering common questions | Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition | Journal article | Mistry R, Fitzgerald F | 01/02/2026 |
| Genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 carriage in a cohort of schoolchildren in Côte d’ivoire during COVID-19 pandemics: insights from pre-delta emergence | BMC Infectious Diseases | Journal article | Missa KF, Diallo K, Tuo KJ, Bla KB, Amoikon TL-S, Gboko KDT, Didia AM-F, Kovalenko G, Gragnon BG, Ngoi JM, Goodfellow I, Wilkinson R, Awandare G, Bonfoh B | 08/01/2026 |
| Health literacy and self-care in patients with heart failure: a cross-sectional study | Frontiers in Public Health | Journal article | Santillan-Garcia A, Gea-Caballero V, Frutos-Bernal E, Juarez-Vela R, Martinez-Sabater A, Castro Sanchez E, Cabellos-Garcia AC | 21/01/2026 |
| Host- and pathogen-related determinants of pulmonary versus extrapulmonary tuberculosis | European Respiratory Review | Journal article | Tulu B, Brehm TT, van Crevel R, Dallenga T, DiNardo AR, Dheda K, Eggeling J, Enbiale W, Gröschel MI, Hao J, Kumar V, van Laarhoven A, Londt R, Prosser G, Randall P, Reiling N, Rybniker J, Schaible UE, Schurr E, Suarez I, Theobald SJ, Wilkinson RJ, Lange C | 01/01/2026 |
| Impact and cost-effectiveness of Neotree, a digital data capture and decision support tool designed to improve neonatal survival in Zimbabwe: an interrupted time series analysis and economic evaluation | BMJ Global Health | Journal article | Palmer T, Chimhuya S, Khan N, Cortina-Borja M, Wilson E, Hull-Bailey T, Gannon H, Chiyaka T, Rao A, Fitzgerald F, Madziva K, Goodman SS, Sassoon Y, Haghparast-Bidgoli H, Heys M | 01/01/2026 |
| Impact of Crises on Neonatal Quality of Care and Outcomes in Zimbabwe; a Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Neonatal Cohort | Preprint | Gannon H, Battersby C, Fitzgerald F, Mangiza M, Wilson E, Herbec A, Chimhuya S, Heys M, Cortina-Borja M | 18/07/1905 | |
| Integrase anchors viral RNA to the HIV-1 capsid interior | Nature | Journal article | Singer MR, Li Z, Rey JS, Hope J, Chenavier F, Cook NJ, Punch E, Smith J, Zhou Z, Maslen S, Masino L, Nans A, Skehel M, Taylor IA, Zanetti G, Zhang P, Perilla JR, Engelman AN, Cherepanov P | 18/02/2026 |
| Mechanisms driving immunopathogenesis of viral exacerbations in chronic respiratory disease | Thorax | Journal article | McKenzie J, Carter C, Jackson MM, Singanayagam A, Shah A | 02/01/2026 |
| Modular supramolecular polycations enable efficient delivery of diverse RNA therapeutics and vaccines | Advanced Materials | Journal article | Kopiasz RJ, Sallah HJ, Cavanagh RJ, Jones S, Moloney C, O’Shaughnessy L, McCrorie P, Salem A, Bayraktutan H, Jeluk AS, Granger LA, Hallac F, Ritchie AA, Parmar S, Grabowska AM, Patel P, Madhusudan S, Rahman R, McIntyre A, Shattock RJ, Makatsoris C, Coulston R, Howe AM, Gurnani P, Stolnik S, Tregoning JS, Alexander C | 15/02/2026 |
| Narrow-spectrum drug repurposing: targeting Gardnerella vaginalis biofilms associated with bacterial vaginosis | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Journal article | Johnston W, Smith J, Giammarini E, Campbell A, Slate AJ, Canga E, Swanzy-Krah M, Murali P, Mason M, Metcalfe R, Short C-E, Kean R | 02/02/2026 |
| Novel genetic variants in tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Journal article | Wieder C, Horswell S, Kelly G, Stek C, Moseki R, Rossi-Smith P, Ebbels T, Wilkinson R, Meintjes G, Lai R | |
| Outcomes in children with enterovirus meningitis in London, England: a retrospective multicentre cohort study, 2013 – 2023 | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Journal article | Broad J, Zombori L, Bravo Queipo-de-Llano B, Bamford A, Best T, Cohen J, Drysdale SB, Manian A, Soni N, Whittaker E, Kadambari S | 09/03/2026 |
| Polyanion Chemistry Engineers Ternary RNA Nanoparticle Structure/Function from the Inside-Out | ACS Nano | Journal article | Hu L, Peeler DJ, Jin T, Doutch JJ, Shao B, Yeow J, Ma L, Barriga HMG, Tang J, Cao X, Liu C, Grigsby CL, Alexander-Katz A, Shattock RJ, Stevens MM | 10/02/2026 |
| Polymerase mutations underlie early adaptation of H5N1 influenza virus to dairy cattle and other mammals | Nature Communications | Journal article | Dholakia V, Quantrill JL, Richardson SAS, Pankaew N, Brown MD, Yang J, Capelastegui F, Masonou T, Case K-M, Ajeian J, Woodall MNJ, Magill C, Freimanis G, McCarron A, Staller E, Sheppard CM, Brown IH, Murcia PR, Smith CM, Iqbal M, Digard P, Barclay WS, Pinto RM, Peacock TP, Goldhill DH | 18/03/2026 |
| Profiling vaccine attitudes and subsequent uptake in 1·1 million people in England: a nationwide cohort study | The Lancet | Journal article | Whitaker M, Elliott J, Gerard-Ursin I, Cooke GS, Donnelly CA, Ward H, Elliott P, Chadeau-Hyam M | 12/01/2026 |
| Protocol for a biomarker discovery study to identify correlates of risk for future tuberculosis disease progression in South African children (INTREPID) | BMJ Open | Journal article | Hamilton MS, Derks I, Kaforou M, Dunbar R, McNamara R, Fortune S, Roy RB, van Deventer A, Bosch C, Dunican C, van der Zalm MM, Levin M, Schaff HS, Atlin JA, Hesseling AC, Seddon JA | 01/02/2026 |
| Public-speaking tips from the experts: what scientists can learn from comics, musicians and actors | Nature | Journal article | Tregoning J | 10/02/2026 |
| Safety and biologic activity of a bispecific T cell receptor targeting HIV Gag in males living with HIV: a first-in-human trial | Nature Communications | Journal article | Vandekerckhove L, Fox J, Mora-Peris B, Navarro J, Allard SD, Uriel AJ, Moreno Guillén S, Boffito M, Post FA, Estrada V, Mothe B, Delporte M, Benlahrech A, Rahman H, Clubley J, Treveil A, Chamberlain J, Harrison R, Hock M, Yuan Y, Wustner J, Moureau S, Whale AD, Wallace Z, Singh PK, Titanji K, Dorrell L, Fidler S | 31/01/2026 |
| Science funding needs fixing — but not through chaotic reforms | Nature | Journal article | Tregoning JS | 19/02/2026 |
| Selective Targeting of IL-1RAP-Dependent Eosinophilic Inflammation in Allergic Fungal Airway Disease | Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | Journal article | Williams TJ, Griffiths JS, Gonzales‐Huerta LE, Bell D, Reed AK, Shah A, Naglik JR, Armstrong‐James D | 11/02/2026 |
| Systemic Inflammation and Growth in Children Born to Mothers With and Without HIV in Rural Zimbabwe | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Journal article | Evans C, Sturgeon JP, Rukobo S, Govha M, Chasekwa B, Majo FD, Mutasa B, Tavengwa N, Ntozini R, Humphrey JH, Mutasa K, Prendergast AJ | 02/02/2026 |
| Systems vaccinology analysis of saRNA immunisation identifies an acute innate immune signature correlated with adaptive immunity. | Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development | Journal article | Elliott T, Wang Z, Bonduelle O, Evans A, Day S, McFarlane L, de Bernard S, Alves K, Nourikyan J, Wokam M, Pollock K, Cheeseman H, Combadiere B, Shattock R, Tregoning J | 20/02/2026 |
| The EBNA3 Proteins | Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology | Journal article | White RE | 30/01/2026 |
| Translation without substitution: the need for responsible AI integration in patient instructions | BMJ Quality and Safety | Journal article | Odedra R, Nijman RG, Averill P, Mayer E | 19/02/2026 |
| Understanding ischemia in children with tuberculous meningitis (iThemba): a protocol paper | BMC Pediatrics | Journal article | Bekker C, Hamilton MS, Le Roux C, Berndorfler B, Buys C, van Niekerk M, van Toorn R, Dunican C, van Rensburg I, Stanley K, Vermeulen S, Hesseling AC, Doruyter A, Warwick J, Dupont P, van der Laan L, Ackermann C, du Preez K, Zaharie D, Möller M, te Brake L, Svensson E, Aarnoutse R, Kaforou M, Levin M, Chegou N, Solomons R, Seddon J | 13/03/2026 |
| Unravelling mechanisms regulating Mincle activation | Communications Biology | Journal article | Serene LG, Buchanan R, McCarthy AJ, Decout A | 08/01/2026 |
| Viral infections and invasive group a streptococcal disease incidence during 2022–2023 | The Lancet Regional Health. Europe | Journal article | Lear R, Sriskandan S, Parks T | 01/02/2026 |
| Viral infections and invasive group A streptococcal disease incidence during 2022–2023 – authors’ reply | The Lancet Regional Health. Europe | Journal article | Lenglart L, Özmen I, Nijman RG, Ouldali N, Borensztajn D | 01/02/2026 |