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 |
| Biomarkers of treatment success in fully sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a multicenter longitudinal study. | Biomarkers in Medicine | Journal Article | Nikolayevskyy V, Balabanova Y, Kontsevaya I, Ignatyeva O, Skenders G, Vasiliauskiene E, Bockel DV, Drobniewski F | 03/11/2020 |
| Cardiometabolic Traits, Sepsis, and Severe COVID-19: A Mendelian Randomization Investigation. | Circulation | Letter, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Ponsford MJ, Gkatzionis A, Walker VM, Grant AJ, Wootton RE, Moore LSP, Fatumo S, Mason AM, Zuber V, Willer C, Rasheed H, Brumpton B, Hveem K, Kristian Damås J, Davies N, Olav Åsvold B, Solligård E, Jones S, Burgess S, Rogne T, Gill D | 03/11/2020 |
| Clinical perspectives on treatment of rifampicin-resistant/multidrug-resistant TB. | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | Journal Article | Cox V, McKenna L, Acquah R, Reuter A, Wasserman S, Vambe D, Ustero P, Udwadia Z, Triviño-Duran L, Tommasi M, Skrahina A, Seddon JA, Rodolfo R, Rich M, Padanilam X, Oyewusi L, Ohler L, Lungu P, Loveday M, Khan U, Khan P, Hughes J, Hewison C, Guglielmetti L, Furin J | 01/11/2020 |
| Comparative Evaluation of MIRONAUT-AM and CLSI broth microdilution method for antifungal susceptibility testing of Aspergillus species against four commonly used antifungals. | Medical Mycology | Journal Article | Nuh A, Ramadan N, Schelenz S, Armstrong-James D | 10/11/2020 |
| Construction of a complete set of Neisseria meningitidis mutants and its use for the phenotypic profiling of this human pathogen. | Nature Communications | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Muir A, Gurung I, Cehovin A, Bazin A, Vallenet D, Pelicic V | 02/11/2020 |
| Evaluation of the efficacy of sofosbuvir plus daclatasvir in combination with ribavirin for hospitalized COVID-19 patients with moderate disease compared with standard care: a single-centre, randomized controlled trial. | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Abbaspour Kasgari H, Moradi S, Shabani AM, Babamahmoodi F, Davoudi Badabi AR, Davoudi L, Alikhani A, Hedayatizadeh Omran A, Saeedi M, Merat S, Wentzel H, Garratt A, Levi J, Simmons B, Hill A, Tirgar Fakheri H | 01/11/2020 |
| First human efficacy study of a plant-derived influenza vaccine. | The Lancet | Journal Article | Tregoning JS | 07/11/2020 |
| Immunotherapeutic approaches for fungal infections. | Current Opinion in Microbiology | Journal Article, Review | Williams TJ, Harvey S, Armstrong-James D | 01/11/2020 |
| Impact of a community-wide combination HIV prevention intervention on knowledge of HIV status among adolescents. | AIDS | Journal Article | Shanaube K, Schaap A, Hoddinott G, Mubekapi-Musadaidzwa C, Floyd S, Bock P, Hayes R, Fidler S, Ayles H, HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Team | 05/11/2020 |
| Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis laboratory services in Europe. | European Respiratory Journal | Letter | Nikolayevskyy V, Holicka Y, van Soolingen D, van der Werf MJ, Ködmön C, Surkova E, Hillemann D, Groenheit R, Cirillo D, ERLTB-Net-2 study participants | 12/11/2020 |
| Impact of virus subtype and host IFNL4 genotype on large-scale RNA structure formation in the genome of hepatitis C virus. | RNA | Journal Article | Simmonds P, Cuypers L, Irving WL, McLauchlan J, Cooke GS, Barnes E, STOP-HCV Consortium, Ansari MA | 11/2020 |
| Mechanism of auto-inhibition and activation of Mec1ATR checkpoint kinase. | Nature Structural and Molecular Biology | Journal Article | Tannous EA, Yates LA, Zhang X, Burgers PM | 09/11/2020 |
| Modelling the roles of antibody titre and avidity in protection from Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection following RTS,S/AS01 vaccination. | Vaccine | Journal Article | Thompson HA, Hogan AB, Walker PGT, White MT, Cunnington AJ, Ockenhouse CF, Ghani AC | 03/11/2020 |
| Objective and subjective rapid frailty screening tools in people with HIV. | HIV Medicine | Journal Article | Beanland A, Alagaratnam J, Goffe C, Bailey A, Dosekun O, Petersen C, Ayap W, Garvey LJ, Walsh J, Mackie NE, Winston A | 05/11/2020 |
| Oleic acid restores suppressive defects in tissue-resident FOXP3 regulatory T cells from patients with multiple sclerosis. | Journal of Clinical Investigation | Journal Article | Pompura SL, Wagner A, Kitz A, Laperche J, Yosef N, Dominguez-Villar M, Hafler D | 10/11/2020 |
| Opportunities for Mobile App-Based Adherence Support for Children With Tuberculosis in South Africa. | JMIR mHealth and uHealth | Journal Article | Morse RM, Myburgh H, Reubi D, Archey AE, Busakwe L, Garcia-Prats AJ, Hesseling AC, Jacobs S, Mbaba S, Meyerson K, Seddon JA, van der Zalm MM, Wademan DT, Hoddinott G | 11/11/2020 |
| Preexisting and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans. | Science | Journal Article | Ng KW, Faulkner N, Cornish GH, Rosa A, Harvey R, Hussain S, Ulferts R, Earl C, Wrobel AG, Benton DJ, Roustan C, Bolland W, Thompson R, Agua-Doce A, Hobson P, Heaney J, Rickman H, Paraskevopoulou S, Houlihan CF, Thomson K, Sanchez E, Shin GY, Spyer MJ, Joshi D, O’Reilly N, Walker PA, Kjaer S, Riddell A, Moore C, Jebson BR, Wilkinson M, Marshall LR, Rosser EC, Radziszewska A, Peckham H, Ciurtin C, Wedderburn LR, Beale R, Swanton C, Gandhi S, Stockinger B, McCauley J, Gamblin SJ, McCoy LE, Cherepanov P, Nastouli E, Kassiotis G | 06/11/2020 |
| Psychotic disorders in young adults with perinatally acquired HIV: a UK case series. | Psychological Medicine | Journal Article | Mallik I, Pasvol T, Frize G, Ayres S, Barrera A, Fidler S, Foster C | 13/11/2020 |
| Rapid detection of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in clinical and environmental isolates using lab-on-a-chip diagnostic system | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | Article | Yu L-S, Rodriguez-Manzano J, Moser N, Moniri A, Malpartida-Cardenas K, Miscourides N, Sewell T, Kochina T, Brackin A, Rhodes J, Holmes AH, Fisher MC, Georgiou P | 11/2020 |
| Sofosbuvir and daclatasvir compared with standard of care in the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with moderate or severe coronavirus infection (COVID-19): a randomized controlled trial. | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Clinical Trial, Phase III, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Sadeghi A, Ali Asgari A, Norouzi A, Kheiri Z, Anushirvani A, Montazeri M, Hosamirudsai H, Afhami S, Akbarpour E, Aliannejad R, Radmard AR, Davarpanah AH, Levi J, Wentzel H, Qavi A, Garratt A, Simmons B, Hill A, Merat S | 01/11/2020 |
| The effect of universal testing and treatment on HIV stigma in 21 communities in Zambia and South Africa. | AIDS | Journal Article | Stangl AL, Pliakas T, Mainga T, Steinhaus M, Mubekapi-Musadaidzwa C, Viljoen L, Dunbar R, Schaap A, Floyd S, Mandla N, Bond V, Hoddinott G, Fidler S, Hayes R, Ayles H, Bock P, Donnell D, Hargreaves JR, HPTN 071 (PopART) study team | 15/11/2020 |
| The impact of sofosbuvir/daclatasvir or ribavirin in patients with severe COVID-19. | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t | Eslami G, Mousaviasl S, Radmanesh E, Jelvay S, Bitaraf S, Simmons B, Wentzel H, Hill A, Sadeghi A, Freeman J, Salmanzadeh S, Esmaeilian H, Mobarak M, Tabibi R, Jafari Kashi AH, Lotfi Z, Talebzadeh SM, Wickramatillake A, Momtazan M, Hajizadeh Farsani M, Marjani S, Mobarak S | 01/11/2020 |
| The under-representation of BAME patients in the COVID-19 Recovery trial at a major London NHS Trust. | Journal of Infection | Letter | Gardiner T, Cooke G, Fidler S, Cooper N, Young L | 12/11/2020 |
| Vaccines for COVID-19. | Clinical and Experimental Immunology | Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t, Review | Tregoning JS, Brown ES, Cheeseman HM, Flight KE, Higham SL, Lemm N-M, Pierce BF, Stirling DC, Wang Z, Pollock KM | 2020-11 |