Publications: 2025

Effect of influenza vaccination on post-admission outcomes for influenza patients in England: a population-based cohort study

2025
Journal: Vaccine
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Neil French, Iain Buchan

Novel quantitative and specific RT-qPCR assay for UK subtypes of European strain of Tick-borne encephalitis virus

2025
Journal: Virus Research
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Mollie Curran-French, Gillian Slack, Roger Hewson

Design and implementation of blood donor sample bioarchives to enhance preparedness for emerging and pandemic pathogens in England

2025
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Eilish Hart, Amanda Semper

Factors affecting public health follow up of acute hepatitis B cases in England

2025
Journal: Public Health
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Roberto Vivancos

Hypoxia induces histone clipping and H3K4me3 loss in neutrophil progenitors resulting in long-term impairment of neutrophil immunity

2025
Journal: Nature Immunology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Lance Turtle, Calum Semple,

Investigation of the global transportation of Culicoides biting midges, vectors of livestock and equid arboviruses, from flower-packing plants in Kenya

2025
Journal: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Matthew Baylis

Impact of vaccination on pertussis-related hospital admissions in children in Scotland from January 2013 to July 2024: a cohort study

2025
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Roberto Vivancos

Exploring stakeholder perceptions and priorities related to reducing tick-related public health risks in natural environments of the United Kingdom

2025
Journal: BMC Public Health
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Maya Holding, Jolyon Medlock

Health economic impact of early versus delayed treatment of herpes simplex virus encephalitis in the UK

2025
Journal: BMJ Open
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Sylviane Defres, Shona Moore, Benedict Michael, Tom Solomon

Effect of air flow rate over time on SARS-CoV-2 viability during representative sampling using MD8 airport air sampler

2025
Journal: Journal of Hospital Infection
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Barry Atkinson

Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Molecular Research Insights and Therapies

2025
Journal: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Tom Solomon, Benedict Michael

Development and internal validation of clinical prediction models for scrub typhus and doxycycline-treatable causes in paediatric acute encephalitis syndrome in Karnataka, India: a multicentre, prospective study

2025
Journal: The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Tom Solomon, Lance Turtle, Benedict Michael

Modelling the effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management strategies for the control of Septoria tritici blotch

2025
Journal: PLOS Computational Biology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Edward Hill

Midichloria mitochondrii stimulates the sylvatic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Ixodes ricinus and contributes to Lyme disease risk

2025
Journal: Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Maya Holding

Neurologic symptoms following COVID-19 in Lima, Peru: a prospective longitudinal observational study

2025
Journal: Frontiers in Neurology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Tom Solomon

Prevalence, clinical management, and outcomes of adults hospitalised with endemic arbovirus illness in southeast Europe (MERMAIDS-ARBO): a prospective observational study

2025
Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Louise Sigfrid, Lynsey Goodwin, Lance Turtle, Peter Horby

The importance of long-term studies in children following viral infection of the central nervous system

2025
Journal: eClinical Medicine
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Tom Solomon

Diagnostic Accuracy of 3 Mpox Lateral Flow Assays for Antigen Detection, Democratic Republic of the Congo and United Kingdom

2025
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Susan Gould, Calum Semple, Tom Fletcher, Jake Dunning

Early neutrophil responses are potential biomarkers to predict severe COVID-19 in adults

2025
Journal: Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Lisa Ng

Air and surface sampling for clade Ib monkeypox virus in United Kingdom hospitals, 2024 to 2025

2025
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Barry Atkinson, Susan Gould, Tom Fletcher, Jake Dunning

The aetiologies, mortality, and disability of non-traumatic coma in African children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2025
Journal: The Lancet Global Health
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Benedict D Michael, Tom Solomon, David Lalloo, Michael J Griffiths

Identifying hotspots and risk factors for tick-borne encephalitis virus emergence at its range margins to guide interventions, Great Britain

2025
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Maya Holding, Jolyon Medlock, Roger Hewson

The effect of molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir on SARS-CoV-2 genome diversity in severe models of COVID-19

2025
Journal: Microbiology Spectrum
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: I'ah Donovan-Banfield, Julian A Hiscox

A multifaceted intervention to improve diagnosis and early management of hospitalised patients with suspected acute brain infections in Brazil, India, and Malawi: an international multicentre intervention study

2025
Journal: The Lancet
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Tom Solomon, Lance Turtle, Benedict D Michael, Michael J Griffiths, Shona Moore, Rebecca Rawlinson

Early neutrophil responses are potential biomarkers to predict severe COVID-19 in adults

2025
Journal: Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Lisa Ng

The tear production of tecovirimat in a single hospitalized mpox patient: a pharmacokinetic analysis

2025
Journal: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Malcolm G Semple

Case series of the first five human infections with monkeypox virus clade Ib and report on the public health response, United Kingdom, October to November 2024

2025
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Jake Dunning, Catherine Houlihan, Tommy Rampling

Lyme disease in UK primary care: a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey

2025
Journal: BJGP Open
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Lucy Delaney, Amanda Semper, Neil French, John Tulloch

Cases of high-consequence infectious diseases identified in the UK, 1962-2023

2025
Journal: Journal of Medical Microbiology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Barry Atkinson, Jake Dunning

Retrospective case-case study investigation of a significant increase in Cryptosporidium spp. in England and Wales, August to September 2023

2025
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Roberto Vivancos

Using minor variant genomes and machine learning to study the genome biology of SARS-CoV-2 over time

2025
Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: I'ah Donovan-Banfield, Miles Carroll

Microbiological Investigations for Chikungunya Virus in Children With Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in a Non-Outbreak Setting in Southern India

2025
Journal: Journal of Medical Virology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Benedict D Michael, Tom Solomon, Lance Turtle

Inferring transmission risk of respiratory viral infection from the viral load kinetics of SARS-CoV-2, England, 2020 to 2021 and influenza A virus, Hong Kong, 2008 to 2012

2025
Journal: Eurosurveillance
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Jake Dunning

Building an inclusive culture at scientific meetings: foundations for future progress

2025
Journal: Microbiology
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: I'ah Donovan-Banfield

Adapting the Flexible Farrington Algorithm for daily situational awareness and alert system to support public health decision-making during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England

2025
Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Andre Charlett, Roberto Vivancos

Patients with neurological or psychiatric complications of COVID-19 have worse long-term functional outcomes: COVID-CNS-A multicentre case-control study

2025
Journal: Scientific Reports
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Rajish Shil, Yun Huang, Sylviane Defres, Tom Solomon, Laura Benjamin, Mark Ellul, Benedict D. Michael

Localised wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels linked to COVID-19 cases: A long-term multisite study in England

2025
Journal: The Science of the Total Environment
Authors: HPRU-EZI Author: Roberto Vivancos

Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antibodies in English adult blood donors: A nationwide cross-sectional study, 2021-2022

2025
Journal: Ticks and tick-borne diseases
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Eilish Hart, John Tulloch, Amanda Semper, Neil French, Roberto Vivancos, Tim Brooks, Peter Simmonds

Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert® Mpox and STANDARD™ M10 MPX/OPX for the detection of monkeypox virus

2025
Journal: The Journal of Infections
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Susan Gould, Malcolm G Semple, Jake Dunning, Tom Fletcher

Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples in 11 hospitalised patients

2025
Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Jake Dunning, Malcolm G Semple, Tommy Rampling, Catherine Houlihan

Whole-genome sequencing surveillance of Siberian tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) identifies an additional lineage in Kyrgyzstan

2025
Journal: Virus Research
Authors: HPRU-EZI Authors: Mollie Curran-French, Barry Atkinson, Roger Hewson