2015

Genome characterisation of two Ljungan virus isolates from wild bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Sweden

2015
Journal: Infection, Genetics and Evolution
Authors: Pounder, KC, Watts P C, Niklasson B, Kallio ERK, Marston DA, Fooks AR, Begon M, McElhinney LM

Whole Genome Analysis of Injectional Anthrax Identifies Two Disease Clusters Spanning More Than 13 Years

2015
Journal: EBioMedicine
Authors: Keima P, Grunow R, Vipond R, Grass G, Hoffmaster A, Birdsell DN, Klee SR, Pullan S, Antwerpen M, Bayer BN, Latham J, Wiggins K, Hepp C, Pearson T, Brooks T, Sahl J, Wagner DM

Development of processes allowing near real-time refinement and validation of triage tools during the early stage of an outbreak in readiness for surge: The FLU-CATs study

2015
Journal: Health Technology Assessment
Authors: Venkatesan S, Myles PR, McCann G, Kousoulis AA, Hashmi M, Belatri R, Boyle E, Barcroft A, Van Staa TP, Kirkham JJ, Nguyen Van Tam JS, Williams, TJ, Semple MG

Rift Valley fever virus: A review of diagnosis and vaccination, and implications for emergence in Europe

2015
Journal: Vaccines
Authors: Mansfield KL, Banyard AC, McElhinney L, Johnson N, Horton DL, Hernández-Triana LM, Fooks AR

Development of a framework for genotyping bovine-derived Cryptosporidium parvum, using a multilocus fragment typing tool

2015
Journal: Parasites and Vectors
Authors: Hotchkiss EJ, Gilray JA, Brennan ML, Christley RM, Morrison LJ, Jonsson NN, Innes EA, Katzer F

An integrated model of care for neurological infections: the first six years of referrals to a specialist service at a university teaching hospital in Northwest England

2015
Journal: BMC
Authors: Turtle L, Jung A, Beeching NJ, Cocker D, Davies GR, Nicolson A, Beadsworth MBJ, Miller ARO, Solomon T

Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution

2015
Journal: Nature
Authors: Wardeh M, Risley C, McIntyre MK, Setzkorn C, Baylis M

ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit for point-of-care and laboratory-based testing for Ebola virus disease: a field validation study

2015
Journal: The Lancet
Authors: Broadhurst MJ, Kelly JD, Miller A, Semper A, Bailey D, Groppelli E, Simpson A, Brooks T, Hula S, Nyoni W, Sankoh AB, Kanu S, Jalloh A, Ton Q, Sarchet N, George P, Perkins MD, Wonderly B, Murray M, Pollock NR

Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.

2015
Journal: Nature
Authors: Carroll MW, Matthews DA, Hiscox JA, Elmore MJ, Pollakis G, Rambaut A, Hewson R, García-Dorival I, et al

Differential diagnosis of illness in travelers arriving from Sierra Leone, Liberia, or guinea: A cross-sectional study from the Geosentinel surveillance network

2015
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine
Authors: Boggild AK, Esposito DH, Kozarsky PE, Ansdell V, Beeching NJ, Campion D, Castelli F, Caumes E, Chappuis F, Cramer JP, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Grobusch MP, Hagmann SHF, Hynes NA., Lian Lim P, Lopez-Velez R, Malvy DJM, Mendelson M, Parola P, Sotir MJ, Wu HM, Hamer DH

A non-fatal case of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome imported into the UK (ex Panama)

2015
Journal: Journal of Clinical Virology
Authors: Atkinson B, Jameson LJ, Bovill BA, Aarons EJ, Clewlow J, Lumley S, Latham J, Jenkins MH, MacGowan AP, Simpson AJ, Ahmed J, Brooks TJ, Hewson R

Effect of climate change on vector-borne disease risk in the UK

2015
Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Authors: Medlock JM, Leach SA

Rapid draft sequencing and real-time nanopore sequencing in a hospital outbreak of Salmonella

2015
Journal: Genome Biology
Authors: Quick J, Ashton P, Calus S, Chatt C, Gossain S, Hawker J, Nair S, Neal K, Nye K, Peters T, De Pinna E, Robinson E, Struthers K, Webber M, Catto A, Dallman TJ, Hawkey P, Loman NJ

Genome sequence analysis of Ebola virus in clinical samples from three British healthcare workers, August 2014 to March 2015

2015
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: Bell A, Lewandowski K, Myers R, Wooldridge D, Aarons E, Simpson A, Vipond R, Jacobs M, Gharbia S, Zambon M

Repellent effect of topical deltamethrin on blood feeding by Culicoides on horses

2015
Journal: Veterinary Record
Authors: Robin M, Archer D, McGowan C, Garros C, Gardes L, Baylis M

A comparison of commercial light-emitting diode baited suction traps for surveillance of Culicoides in northern Europe

2015
Journal: Parasites and Vectors
Authors: Hope A, Gubbins S, Sanders C, Denison E, Barber J, Stubbins F, Baylis M, Carpenter S

A preliminary randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for Japanese encephalitis in Nepal

2015
Journal: PLoS One
Authors: Rayamajhi A, Nightingale S, Bhatta NK, Singh R, Ledger E, Bista KP, Lewthwaite P, Mahaseth C, Turtle L, Robinson JS, Galbraith SE, Wnek M, Johnson BW, Faragher B, Griffiths MJ, Solomon T

Demonstration of successful malaria forecasts for Botswana using an operational seasonal climate model

2015
Journal: Environmental Research Letters
Authors: MacLeod DA, Jones A, Di Giuseppe F, Caminade C, Morse AP

Herpes simplex virus encephalitis in pregnancy - A case report and review of reported patients in the literature

2015
Journal: BMC
Authors: Dodd KC, Michael BD, Ziso B, Williams B, Borrow R, Krishnan A, Solomon T

Detection of Dermancentor marginatus and a possible Rickettsia slovaca case in the United Kingdom - The risk of the visiting traveller

2015
Journal: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Authors: Pietzsch ME, Hansford KM, Cull B, Jahfari S, Sprong H, Medlock JM

The development of an intervention to promote adherence to national guidelines for suspected viral encephalitis

2015
Journal: Implementation Science
Authors: Backman R, Foy R, Michael BD, Defres S, Kneen R, Solomon T

A survey of UK healthcare workers' attitudes on volunteering to help with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

2015
Journal: PLoS One
Authors: Turtle L, McGill F, Bettridge J, Matata C, Christley RM, Solomon T

Impacts of the creation, expansion and management of English wetlands on mosquito presence and abundance – developing strategies for future disease mitigation

2015
Journal: Parasites and Vectors
Authors: Medlock JM, Vaux AGC

Estimating the Life Course of Influenza A(H3N2) Antibody Responses from Cross-Sectional Data

2015
Journal: PLoS Biology
Authors: Kucharski AJ, Lessler J, Read JM, Zhu H, Jiang CQ, Guan Y, Cummings DAT, Riley S

Evaluation of a temperate climate mosquito, Ochlerotatus detritus (Aedes detritus), as a potential vector of Japanese encephalitis virus.

2015
Journal: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Authors: Mackenzie-Impoinvil L1, Impoinvil DE, Galbraith SE, Dillon RJ, Ranson H, Johnson N, Fooks AR, Solomon T, Baylis M.

Infective causes of epilepsy

2015
Journal: Seminars in Neurology
Authors: Bonello M, Michael BD, Solomon T

Local dispersal of palaearctic Culicoides biting midges estimated by mark-release-recapture

2015
Journal: Parasites and Vectors
Authors: Kluiters G, Swales H, Baylis M

Modelling recent and future climatic suitability for fasciolosis in Europe

2015
Journal: Geospatial Health
Authors: Caminade C, van Dijk J, Baylis M, Williams D

Enhanced West Nile virus surveillance in the North Kent marshes, UK

2015
Journal: Parasites and Vectors
Authors: Vaux AGC, Gibson G, Hernandez-Triana LM, Cheke RA, McCracken F, Jeffries CL, Horton DL, Springate S, Johnson N, Fooks AR, Leach S, Medlock JM

Maternal and neonatal tetanus

2015
Journal: The Lancet
Authors: Thwaites CL, Beeching NJ, Newton CR

Travel-associated infection presenting in Europe (2008-12): an analysis of EuroTravNet longitudinal, surveillance data, and evaluation of the effect of the pre-travel consultation

2015
Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Authors: Schlagenhauf P, Weld L, Goorhuis A, Gautret P, Weber R, von Sonnenburg F, Lopez-Vélez R, Jensenius M, Cramer JP, Field VK, Odolini S, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Chappuis F, Malvy D, van Genderen PJ, Mockenhaupt F, Jauréguiberry S, Smith C, Beeching NJ, Ursing J, Parola P, Grobusch MP

Non-fatal case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever imported into the United Kingdom (ex Bulgaria)

2014
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: Lumley S, Atkinson B, Dowall SD, Pitman JK, Staplehurst S, Busuttil J, Simpson AJ, Aarons EJ, Petridou C, Nijjar M, Glover S, Brooks TJ, Hewson R