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Novel finding of vaccine-derived rubella virus-associated granulomata in an adult patient post-allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant View Source
Emily Durity1,2 Jiexin Zheng3 Emilie Sanchez4 Matthew Donati5 Keith Perry6 Jade Derrick6 Andy Taylor7 Colin Fink7 Jennifer Holden7 Paul Grant8 Matt Byott9 William Rickaby10 Nathan Asher10 Stephen L. Walker1,11,12 Kirsty Thomson3 Chris Bunker3,13,14,15
Br J Haematol. 2024;00:1–4
1 Department of Dermatology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 3 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 4 Department of Virology, Infection Division, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 5 Specialised Microbiology and Laboratories, South West Regional Laboratory, UK Health Security Agency, Bristol, UK 6 Virus Reference Department, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, UK 7 Micropathology Ltd, Coventry, UK 8 Health Services Laboratories, London, UK
Plasma Protein Biomarkers Distinguish Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From Other Pediatric Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases View Source
Yeoh S, Estrada-Rivadeneyra D, Jackson H, Keren I, Galassini R, Cooray S, Shah P, Agyeman P, Basmaci R, Carrol E, Emonts M, Fink C, Kuijpers T, Martinon-Torres F, Mommert-Tripon M, Paulus S, Pokorn M, Rojo P, Romani L, Schlapbach L, Schweintzger N, Shen C-F, Tsolia M, Usuf E, van der Flier M, Vermont C, von Both U, Yeung S, Zavadska D, Coin L, Cunnington A, Herberg J, Levin M, Kaforou M, Hamilton S, PERFORM, DIAMONDS and UK KD Genetic Consortia close
2024 Pediatr Infect Dis J
Archives of Disease in Childhood: 2024 Vol: 109: 1 pp: 58-66
External validation of a multivariable prediction model for identification of pneumonia and other serious bacterial infections in febrile immunocompromised children View Source
Martin AJ, Van Der Velden FJS, Von Both U, Tsolia MN, Zenz W, Sagmeister M, Vermont C, De Vries G, Kolberg L, Lim E, Pokorn M, Zavadska D, Martinon-Torres F, Rivero-Calle I, Hagedoorn NN, Usuf E, Schlapbach L, Kuijpers TW, Pollard AJ, Yeung S, Fink C, Voice M, Carrol E, Agyeman PKA, Khanijau A, Paulus S, De T, Herberg JA, Levin M, Van Der Flier M, De Groot R, Nijman R, Emonts M
Archives of Disease in Childhood: 2024 Vol: 109: 1 pp: 58-66
A multi-platform approach to identify a blood-based host protein signature for distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections in febrile children (PERFORM): a multi-cohort machine learning study View Source
Heather R Jackson*, Judith Zandstra*, Stephanie Menikou, Melissa Shea Hamilton, Andrew J McArdle, Roman Fischer, Adam M Thorne, Honglei Huang, Michael W Tanck, Machiel H Jansen, Tisham De, Philipp K A Agyeman, Ulrich Von Both, Enitan D Carrol, Marieke Emonts, Irini Eleftheriou, Michiel Van der Flier, Colin Fink, Jolein Gloerich, Ronald De Groot, Henriette A Moll, Marko Pokorn, Andrew J Pollard, Luregn J Schlapbach, Maria N Tsolia, Effua Usuf, Victoria J Wright, Shunmay Yeung, Dace Zavadska, Werner Zenz, Lachlan J M Coin, Climent Casals-Pascual, Aubrey J Cunnington, Federico Martinon-Torres, Jethro A Herberg, Marien I de Jonge†, Michael Levin†, Taco W Kuijpers†, Myrsini Kaforou†, on behalf of the PERFORM consortium‡
Lancet Digital Health: 2023, Vol 5: 11 pp e774–785
Diagnosis of childhood febrile illness using a multi-class blood RNA molecular signature View Source
Dominic Habgood-Coote 1, Clare Wilson 1, Chisato Shimizu 2, Anouk M Barendregt 3, Ria Philipsen 4, Rachel Galassini 1, Irene Rivero Calle 5, Lesley Workman 6, Philipp K A Agyeman 7, Gerben Ferwerda 4, Suzanne T Anderson 8, J Merlijn van den Berg 3, Marieke Emonts 9, Enitan D Carrol 10, Colin G Fink 11, Ronald de Groot 4, Martin L Hibberd 12, John Kanegaye 2, Mark P Nicol 13, Stéphane Paulus 14, Andrew J Pollard 15, Antonio Salas 16, Fatou Secka 8, Luregn J Schlapbach 17, Adriana H Tremoulet 2, Michael Walther 8, Werner Zenz 18
Med. 2023 Sep 8;4(9):635-654.e5
Febrile illness in high-risk children: a prospective, international observational study View Source
Fabian J S van der Velden, Gabriella de Vries, Alexander Martin, Emma Lim, Ulrich von Both, Laura Kolberg, Enitan D Carrol, Aakash Khanijau, Jethro A Herberg, Tisham De, Rachel Galassini, Taco W Kuijpers, Federico Martinón-Torres, Irene Rivero-Calle, Clementien L Vermont, Nienke N Hagedoorn, Marko Pokorn, Andrew J Pollard, Luregn J Schlapbach, Maria Tsolia, Irini Elefhteriou, Shunmay Yeung, Dace Zavadska, Colin Fink, Marie Voice, Werner Zenz, Benno Kohlmaier, Philipp K A Agyeman, Effua Usuf, Fatou Secka, Ronald de Groot, Michael Levin, Michiel van der Flier, Marieke Emonts; PERFORM consortium
European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 Feb;182(2):543-554
Genomic investigations of unexplained acute hepatitis in children View Source
Sofia Morfopoulou, Sarah Buddle, Oscar Enrique Torres Montaguth, Nathaniel Storey, Laura Atkinson, José Afonso Guerra-Assunção, Sunando Roy, Alexander Lennon, Jack C D Lee, Rachel Williams, Charlotte A Williams, Helena Tutill, Nadua Bayzid, Luz Marina Martin Bernal, Catherine Moore, Kate Templeton, Claire Neill, Matt Holden, Priyen Shah, Samantha Coorey, Marie Voice, Michael Steele, Colin Fink, Thomas E Whittaker, Giorgia Santilli, Paul Gissen, Simon N Waddington, Juan Diaz, Thomas S Jacques, Chayarani Kelgeri, Rachel Brown, DIAMONDS and PERFORM consortia, James Hatcher, Surjo De, Glenn Anderson, Eileen Gallagher, Ruth Simmons, Conall Watson, Sema Mandal, Julien Andreani, Peter Simmonds, Maria Zambon, Meera Chand, Luis Campos, Joanne Martin, Emma Thomson, Michael Levin, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Julianne R Brown, Judith Breuer
Nature volume 617, pages 564–573 (2023)
Low levels of factor H family proteins during meningococcal disease indicate systemic processes rather than specific depletion by Neisseria meningitidis View Source
van Beek, Anna E, Pouw, Richard B, Wright, Victoria J, Sallah, Neneh, Inwald, David, Hoggart, Clive, Brouwer, Mieke C, Galassini, Rachel, Thomas, John, Calvo-Bado, Leo A, Fink, Colin, Jongerius, Ilse, Hibberd, Martin, Wouters, Diana, Levin, Michael and Kuijpers, Taco W on behalf of the EUCLIDS Consortium
Frontiers in Immunology, 13-2022
ISSN 1664-3224
Variation in CFHR3 determines susceptibility to meningococcal disease by controlling factor H concentrations View Source
Vikrant Kumar, Richard B. Pouw, Matias I. Autio, Manfred G. Sagmeister, Zai Yang Phua, Lisa Borghini, Victoria J. Wright, Clive Hoggart, Bangfen Pan, Antson Kiat Yee Tan, Alexander Binder, Mieke C. Brouwer, Ellie Pinnock, Ronald De Groot, Jan Hazelzet, Marieke Emonts, Michiel Van Der Flier, Karl Reiter, Markus M. Nöthen, Per Hoffmann, EUCLIDS consortium, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Evangelos Bellos, Suzanne Anderson, Fatou Secka, Federico Martinón-Torres, Antonio Salas, Colin Fink, Enitan D. Carrol, Andrew J. Pollard, Lachlan J. Coin, Werner Zenz, Diana Wouters, Lay Teng Ang, Martin L. Hibberd, Michael Levin, Taco W. Kuijpers, and Sonia Davila
American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022 Sep 1; 109(9): 1680–1691
ISSN 0002-9297
Diagnostic accuracy of multiplex respiratory pathogen panels for influenza or respiratory syncytial virus infections: systematic review and meta-analysis View Source
Sophie Jullien, Felicity Fitzgerald, Suzanne Keddie, Oliver Baerenbold, Quique Bassat, John Bradley, Jane Falconer, Colin Fink, Ruth Keogh, Heidi Hopkins and Marie Voice
BMC Infectious Diseases (2022) 22:785
Circadian rhythms in the plant host influence rhythmicity of rhizosphere microbiota View Source
Amy Newman, Emma Picot, Sian Davies, Sally Hilton, Isabelle A. Carré and Gary D. Bending
BMC Biol 20, 235 (2022)
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Comparing lateral flow testing with a rapid RT-PCR method for SARS-CoV-2 detection in the United Kingdom - A retrospective diagnostic accuracy study View Source
Taylor A, Calvez R, Atkins M, Fink CG
Health Sci Rep. 2022;5:e811
doi:10.1002/hsr2.811
The temporal pattern and lifestyle associations of respiratory virus infection in a cohort study spanning the first two years of life View Source
Powell E, Sumner E, Shaw AG, Calvez R, Fink CG, Kroll JS
BMC Pediatr. 2022 Mar 31;22(1):166
doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03215-3. PMID: 35361147
Treponema pallidum PCR testing for diagnosis of mucocutaneous ulcers suspicious for syphilis View Source
Muhammad Hyder Junejo, Mark Collery, Gary Whitlock, Alan McOwan, Victoria Tittle, Diarmuid Nugent
Sex Transm Infect. Epub ahead of print: (2021)
High-throughput sequencing reveals dietary segregation in Malaysian babblers View Source
Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Fasihah Zarifah Rozali, Sian Davies, Shukor Md. Nor, Rosli Ramli
Current Zoology, 2021
Loss of Factor H family proteins associates with meningococcal disease severity View Source
Anna E. van, Richard B. Pouw, Victoria J. Wright, Neneh Sallah, David Inwald, Clive Hoggart, Mieke C. Brouwer, Rachel Galassini, John Thomas, Leo Calvo-Bado, Colin Fink, Ilse Jongerius, Martin Hibberd, Diana Wouters, Michael Levin, Taco W. Kuijpers
2021
Biomarkers for the discrimination of acute Kawasaki disease from infections in childhood View Source
Judith Zandstra*, Annemarie van de Geer, Michael W.T. Tanck, Diana van Stijn-Bringas Dimitriades, Cathelijn Aarts, Sanne M Dietz, Robin Van Bruggen, Nina Schweintzger, Werner Zenz, Marieke Emonts, Dace Zavadska, Marko Pokorn, Effua Usuf, Henriette Moll, Luregn J Schlapbach, Enitan Carrol, Stephane Christian Paulus, Maria Tsolia, Colin Fink, Shunmay Yeung, Chisato Shimizu, Adriana Tremoulet, Rachel Galassini, Victoria J Wright, Federico Martinon-Torres, Jethro Herberg, Jane Cary Burns, Michael L Levin, and Taco W Kuijpers
Original Research, Front. Pediatr. - Pediatric Immunology, 2020
Molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 using a reagent-free approach View Source
Calvez R, Taylor A, Calvo-Bado L, Fraser D, Fink CG
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 7;15(12):e0243266
Phenotypic variation and polymorphism confirmed among white-bellied swiftlets of the Collocalia esculenta group (Apodidae, Collocaliini) by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence View Source
Sian E W Davies, Wei Lim Goh, Sarah P Ball, Earl of Cranbrook, Wei Sheng Siew, Michael Tarburton
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (Bull. B.O.C.), 2020 140(4)
Ancient microRNA profiles of a 14,300-year-old canid sample confirm taxonomic origin and give glimpses into tissue-specific gene regulation from the Pleistocene View Source
Bastian Fromm, Marcel Tarbier, Oliver Smith, Emilio Marmol-Sanchez, Love Dalen, Tom P Gilbert, & Marc R Friedlander
RNA, doi: 10.1261/rna.078410.120, 2020
AMY1 Gene Copy number Correlates with Glucose Absorption and Visceral Fat Volume, but Not with Insulin Resistance View Source
Thomas M Barber, Ahsan A Bhatti, Patrick JD Elder, Sarah P Ball, Ronan Calvez, David B Ramsden, Dan J Cuthbertson, Andreas F Pfeiffer, David Burnett, and Martin O Weickert
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2020 105. e3586-e3596
Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in a Rehabilitation Facility: Evolution of the Presence of Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 and Serological Antibody Responses View Source
Benjamin H. L. Harris, Mohamed Zuhair, Matteo Di Giovannantonio, Carolina Rosadas, Maryam Khan, Charlotte-Eve Short, Thilipan Thaventhiran, Rachael Quinlan, Andrew Taylor, Ronan Calvez, Graham P. Taylor, Richard S. Tedder, Myra O. McClure, and Michael Fertleman
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Hi-C chromosome conformation capture sequencing of avian genomes using the BGISEQ-500 platform View Source
Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Juan Antonio Rodríguez, Cynthia Perez Estrada, Guojie Zhang, Erez Lieberman Aiden, Marc A Marti-Renom, M Thomas P Gilbert & Oliver Smith
GigaScience 9 (8), 2020
The secrets of Sobek – A crocodile mummy mitogenome from ancient Egypt View Source
Evon R. Hekkala, Matthew L. Aardema, Apurva Narechania, George Amato, Salima Ikram, Matthew H. Shirley, Kent A. Vliet, Seth W. Cunningham, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Oliver Smith
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 33, 2020
PIA: More Accurate Taxonomic Assignment of Metagenomic Data Demonstrated on sedaDNA From the North Sea View Source
Cribdon B, Ware R, Smith O, Gaffney V and Allaby RG
Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:84, 2020
Viral and bacterial infection elicit distinct changes in plasma lipids in febrile children View Source
Xinzhu Wang, Ruud Nijman, Stephane Camuzeaux, Caroline Sands, Heather Jackson, Myrsini Kaforou, Marieke Emonts, Jethro Herberg, Ian Maconochie, Enitan D Carrol, Stephane C Paulus, Werner Zenz, Michiel Van der Flier, Ronald de Groot, Federico Martinon-Torres, Luregn J Schlapbach, Andrew J Pollard, Colin Fink, Taco T Kuijpers, Suzanne Anderson, Matthew Lewis, Michael Levin, Myra McClure, on behalf of EUCLIDS consortium
Nature, 2019
Temporal association of the development of oropharyngeal microbiota with early life wheeze in a population based birth cohort View Source
Elizabeth Powell, Sara Fontanella, Eve Boakes, Daniella Belgrave, Alex G Shaw, Emma Cornwell, Roberto Fernandez-Crespo, Colin G Fink, Adnan Custovic, J Simon Kroll
E-Bio-Medicine 46 pp486-498, 2019
Identification of regulatory variants associated with genetic susceptibility to meningococcal disease View Source
Borghini L, Png E, Binder A, Wright VJ, Pinnock E, de Groot R, Hazelzet J, Emonts M, Van der Flier M, Schlapbach LJ, Anderson S, Secka F, Salas A, Fink C, Carrol ED, Pollard AJ, Coin LJ, Kuijpers TW, Martinon-Torres F, Zenz W, Levin M, Hibberd ML, Davila S; EUCLIDS consortium
Sci Rep. 2019 May 6;9(1):6966
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43292-6
In Response to: Smit D, Meyer D, Maritz J, et al. "Polymerase Chain Reaction and Goldmann-Witmer Coefficient to Examine the Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in Uveitis" View Source
Murray PI, Fink C, Trivedi D
Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2019;27(1):114-115
doi: 10.1080/09273948.2017.1400075
Cytomegalovirus infection is not a major cause of corneal graft failure in the United Kingdom View Source
da Costa Paula CA, Gore DM, Shah K, Kuit G, Angunawela RI, Barnett JP, and Tuft SJ
Eye, 2019 33:833-837
Human Amylase gene copy number variation as a determinant of metabolic state View Source
Elder J.D., Ramsden D.B., Burnett D., Weickert M.O., Barber T
Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018 (13) 193-205
Life-threatening infections in children in Europe (the EUCLIDS Project): a prospective cohort study View Source
Boeddha NP, Klobassa DS, Secka F, Paulus S, de Groot R, Schlapbach LJ, Driessen GJ, Anderson ST, Emonts M, Zenz W, Carrol ED, Van der Flier M, Levin M; EUCLIDS Consortium
Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2018 Jun;2(6):404-414
doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(18)30113-5
Genetic diversity among white-nest swiftlets of the genus Aerodramus (Aves: Apodidae: Collocaliini) of house-farms in Malaysia View Source
Goh W.L., Siew W.S., Davies S.E.W., Ball S., Khoo G., Lim C.K., Rahman M. A., Earl of Cranbrook
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2018 June 22; (66):350–360
Mortality and morbidity in community-acquired sepsis in European paediatric intensive care units: a prospective cohort study from the European Childhood Life-threatening Infectious Disease Study (EUCLIDS) View Source
Boeddha NP, Schlapbach LJ, Driessen GJ, Herberg JA, Rivero-Calle I, Cebey-López M, Klobassa DS, Philipsen R, de Groot R, Inwald DP, Nadel S, Paulus S, Pinnock E, Secka F, Anderson ST, Agbeko RS, Berger C, Fink CG, Carrol ED, Zenz W, Levin M, van der Flier M, Martinón-Torres F, Hazelzet JA, Emonts M; EUCLIDS consortium
Crit Care. 2018 May 31;22(1):143
doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2052-7
Comparison of the first whole genome sequence of Haemophilus quentini with two new strains of Haemophilus quentini and other species of Haemophilus View Source
Hubbard A.T.M., Davies S.E.W., Baxter L., Thompson S, Collery M.M, Hand D.C, Thomas D.J .I, Fink C.G
Genome. 2018 May;61 (5):379-385
doi: 10.1139/gen-2017-0195
Diagnostic Test Accuracy of a 2-Transcript Host RNA Signature for Discriminating Bacterial vs Viral Infection in Febrile Children View Source
Herberg JA, Kaforou M, Wright VJ, Shailes H, Eleftherohorinou H, Hoggart CJ, Cebey-López M, Carter MJ, Janes VA, Gormley S, Shimizu C, Tremoulet AH, Barendregt AM, Salas A, Kanegaye J, Pollard AJ, Faust SN, Patel S, Kuijpers T, Martinón-Torres F, Burns JC, Coin LJ, Levin M; IRIS Consortium
JAMA. 2016 Aug 23-30;316(8):835-45
Does Viral Co-Infection Influence the Severity of Acute Respiratory Infection in Children? View Source
Cebey-López M, Herberg J, Pardo-Seco J, Gómez-Carballa A, Martinón-Torres N, Salas A, Martinón-Sánchez JM, Justicia A, Rivero-Calle I, Sumner E, Fink C, Martinón-Torres F; GENDRES network
PLoS One. 2016 Apr 20;11(4):e0152481
Draft whole-genome sequence of a Haemophilus quentini strain isolated from an infant in the United Kingdom View Source
Hubbard ATM, Davies SEW, Baxter L, Thompson S, Collery MM, Hand DC, Fink CG, Thomas DJI
Genome Announc 4(5):e01075-16, 2016
Bacteremia in Children Hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection View Source
Miriam Cebey-López, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Nazareth Martinón-Torres, José María Martinón-Sánchez, Antonio Justicia-Grande, Irene Rivero-Calle, Elli Pinnock, Antonio Salas, Colin Fink, Federico Martinón-Torres; GENDRES network
PLoS One, February 2016
Viral Co-Infections in Pediatric Patients Hospitalized with Lower Tract Acute Respiratory Infections View Source
Miriam Cebey-López, Jethro Herberg, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Nazareth Martinón-Torres, Antonio Salas, José María Martinón-Sánchez, Stuart Gormley, Edward Sumner, Colin Fink, Federico Martinón-Torres; GENDRES network
PLoS One, September 2, 2015
New Approaches to the Understanding of ‘Infection’ View Source
Fink C.G, and Pinnock Eleanor
Chapter in Current Progress in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Publishers Tree Life Medical Kothari Medical India, 2014
Transcriptomic Profiling in Childhood H1N1/09 Influenza Reveals Reduced Expression of Protein Synthesis Genes View Source
Herberg JA, Kaforou M, Gormley S, Sumner ER, Patel S, Jones KDJ, Paulus S, Fink C, Martinon-Torres F, Montana G, Wright VJ, Levin M, et al
J. INF DIS, Vol: 208, Pages: 1664-1668, 2013
DNA analysis of skeletal tissue recovered from the English Channel View Source
J Fredericks, K Brown, A Williams, P Bennett
J Foren & Legal Med August Vol: 20, Pages: 757–759, 2013
Whole genome pyrosequencing of rare hepatitis C virus genotypes enhances subtype classification and identification of naturally occurring drug resistance variants View Source
Newman RM, Kuntzen T, Weiner B, Berical A, Charlebois P, Kuiken C, Murphy DG, Simmonds P, Bennett P, Lennon NJ, Birren BW, Zody MC, Allen TM, Henn MR
J Infect Dis. 2013;208(1):17-31
Characterization of full-length HCV sequences for subtypes 1e, 1h, and 1l, and a novel variant revealed Cameroon as an area in origin for genotype 1 View Source
Li C, Njouom R, Pépin J, Nakano T, Bennett P, Pybus OG, Lu L
J Gen Virol. 2013 May 15 [Epub ahead of print]
FTIR spectroscopy: A new diagnostic tool to aid DNA analysis from heated bone View Source
Fredericks JD, Bennett P, Williams A, Rogers KD
Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2012 May;6(3):375-80
Epub 2011 Oct 2
A novel multilocus sequence typing scheme for the opportunistic pathogen Propionibacterium acnes and characterization of type I cell surface-associated antigens View Source
McDowell A, Gao A, Barnard E, Fink C, Murray PI, Dowson CG, Nagy I, Lambert PA, Patrick S
Microbiology. 2011 Jul;157(Pt 7):1990-2003
Epub 2011 Apr 21
Pneumocystis jirovecii, Mycoplasme pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae carriage rates in adult cystic fibrosis patients in West Midlands, England View Source
R. Rashid, J. C. Brown, J. Whitehouse, N. Edward, C. G. Fink, C. G. Dowson, D. Honeybourne
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, June 2011
A Novel Hemotropic Mycoplasma (Hemoplasma) in a Patient With Hemolytic Anemia and Pyrexia View Source
Jane A. Steer, Séverine Tasker, Emily N. Barker, Jørgen Jensen, Joanne Mitchell, Teresa Stocki, Victoria J. Chalker, Mike Hamon
Clin Infect Dis. 2011;53(11):e147-e151
VenUS II: a randomised controlled trial of larval therapy in the management of leg ulcers View Source
J Dumville, G Worthy, M Soares, J Bland, N Cullum, C Dowson, C Iglesias, D McCaughan, J Mitchell, E Nelson, D Torgerson
Health Technol Assess. 2009;13(55):1-206
Complete genomic sequences for hepatitis C virus subtypes 4b, 4c, 4d, 4g, 4k, 4l, 4m, 4n, 4o, 4p, 4q, 4r and 4t View Source
Li C, Lu L, Wu X, Wang C, Bennett P, Lu T, Murphy D
J Gen Virol. 2009;90(Pt 8):1820-6
Larval therapy for ulcers (VenUS II): a randomised controlled trial View Source
Jo C Dumville, Gill Worthy, John Martin Bland, Nicky A Cullum, Christopher Dowson, Cynthia P Iglesias, Joanne L Mitchell, E Andrea Nelson, Marta Soares, David J Torgerson
Brit Med J. 2009;338:b773
A set of reference sequences for the hepatitis C genotypes 4d, 4f, and 4k covering the full open reading frame View Source
Kuntzen T, Berical A, Ndjomou J, Bennett P, Schneidewind A, Lennon N, Birren BW, Kuiken C, Henn MR, Simmonds P, Allen TM
J Med Virol. 2008;80(8):1370-8
Characterization of tRNA-dependent peptide bond formation by MurM in the synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae peptidoglycan View Source
Lloyd AJ, Gilbey AM, Blewett AM, Pascale GD, Zoeiby AE, Levesque RC, Catherwood AC, Tomasz A, Bugg TD, Roper DI, Dowson CG
J Biol Chem. 2007 Dec 12 [Epub ahead of print]
Adaptation to human populations is revealed by within-host polymorphisms in HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus View Source
Poon AF, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Bennett P, Richman DD, Leigh Brown AJ, Frost SD
PLoS Pathog. 2007;3(3):e45
Proinflammatory activation of Toll-like receptor-2 during exposure of penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae to ß-lactam antibiotics View Source
Moore L, Gilbey A, Dowson C, Pridmore A, Dower S, Read R
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007;59(1):35-42
Incremental increase in fitness cost with increased beta-lactam resistance in pneumococci evaluated by competition in an infant rat nasal colonization model View Source
Trzcinski K, Thompson CM, Gilbey AM, Dowson CG, Lipsitch M
J Infect Dis. 2006;193(9):1296-303
Adenovirus type F subtype 41 causing disseminated disease following bone marrow transplantation for immunodeficiency View Source
Slatter MA, Read S, Taylor CE, Crooks BN, Abinun M, Flood TJ, Cant AJ, Wright C, Gennery AR
J Clin Microbiol. 2005;43(3):1462-4
Virus DNA Quantification: An Adjunctive Diagnostic Marker for AIDS-Associated Lymphoma View Source
Ho SF, Fink C, Murray PI
Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2005;13(6):471-3
Phospho-N-acetyl-muramyl-pentapeptide translocase from Escherichia coli: catalytic role of conserved aspartic acid residues View Source
Lloyd AJ, Brandish PE, Gilbey AM, Bugg TD
J Bacteriol. 2004;186(6):1747-57
The Detection of Circulating Breast Cancer Cells in Blood View Source
Gilbey A.M., Burnett D, Coleman R.E., Holen I
Journal of Clinical Pathology; 2004; 57:903-911
Diagnostic molecular microbiology for the gynaecologist. In: Progress in Obstetrics and Gynaecology View Source
Fink C.G
2003; Ed: John Studd. Publ. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh. Volume 15. pp153-168
DNA Sequencing and the Human Genome Project. In: Molecular Biology in Cellular Pathology View Source
Bennett P
2003; Eds: J. Crocker, P.G. Murray. Publ. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chicester, UK
Classification of bacteria responsible for ENT and eye infections using the cyranose system View Source
Boilot, P., Hines, E.L., Gardner, J.W., Pitt, R., John, S., Mitchell J, Morgan, D.W
IEEE Sensors Journal; 2002; 2(3):247-253
Molecular Microbiology for the Ophthalmologist View Source
Fink C.G, Butler L
Eye News 9(3):54-61; 2002
Expression and activity of ADAMST-5 in synovium View Source
Vankemmelbeke MN, Holen I, Wilson AG, Ilic MZ, Handley CJ, Kelner GS, Clark M, Liu C, Maki RA, Burnett D, Buttle DJ
European Journal of Biochemistry; 2001; 268:1259-1268
LightCycler multiplex PCR for the laboratory diagnosis of common viral infections of the central nervous system View Source
Read S.J., Mitchell J.L., Fink C.G
Journal of Clinical Microbiology; 2001; 39(9):3056-3059
Recovery efficiencies of nucleic acid extraction kits as measured by quantitative LightCycler PCR View Source
Read S.J.
Journal of Clinical Pathology; Molecular Pathology; 2001; 54:86-90
The Inflammatory Response. In: The Biology of Disease View Source
Burnett D, Kirk P
Publ. Blackwell Science, Oxford. 2nd Edition. 2001; pp39-48
Molecular techniques for clinical diagnostic virology View Source
Read S.J., Burnett D, Fink C.G
Journal of Clinical Pathology; 2000; 53:502-506
Ophthalmic Zoster sine Herpete View Source
Goon P, Wright M, C.G. Fink
Case report: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; 2000; 93:191-192
Polymerase chain reaction for the laboratory diagnosis of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis View Source
Chesky M, Scalco R, Failace L, Read S.J., Jobim L.F
Arquivos de Neuro Psiquiatria; 2000; 58:836-842
The Immune Response to Haemophilus Parainfluenzae in Patients with Chronic Lung Disease View Source
Mitchell J.L, Hill S.L
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology; 2000; 7:25-30
Laboratory diagnosis of common viral infections of the central nervous system by using a single multiplex PCR screening assay View Source
Read S.J, J.B. Kurtz
Journal of Clinical Microbiology; 1999; 37:1352-1355
Viral CNS infections – diagnostic strategies View Source
Read S.J
Proceedings of the 9th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Berlin; 1999
A direct correlation between nicotinamide N-methyltransferase activity and protein levels in human liver cytosol View Source
Smith M-L, D. Burnett, P. Bennett, R.H. Waring, H.M. Brown, A.C. Williams, D.B. Ramsden
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta; 1998; 1422:238-244
Cleavage of native type 1 collagen by human neutrophil elastase View Source
Kafienah W, D.J. Buttle, D. Burnett, A.P. Hollander
Biochemical Journal; 1998; 330:897-902
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