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Journal articles

• Saso A, Fröberg J, Jobe H, Eleveld M, Okoye M, Kanteh E, Arns A, van Opzeeland F, Kumado M, Faal A , Roberts E et al (2026) Mucosal immune responses to Bordetella pertussis in Gambian infants after maternal and primary vaccination: an immunological substudy of a single-centre, randomised, controlled, double-blind, phase 4 trial. The Lancet Microbe, 7(1), 101219-101219.
• Hazell L, Pillay C, Cornelius V, Phillips R, Charania A, Wason J, Cherlin S, Savic S, Whittington A, Neelakantan P , Collini P et al (2026) Multiarm multistage randomised controlled trial of inflammatory signal inhibitors (MATIS) for patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia during the UK pandemic. BMJ Open, 16(2), e100583-e100583.
• Solomon T, Hooper C, Easton A, Rosala-Hallas A, Facer B, Moore P, Keller SS, Whitfield T, Fernandez C, Kneen R , Griffiths MJ et al (2026) Safety and efficacy of adjunct dexamethasone in adults with herpes simplex virus encephalitis in the UK (DexEnceph): a multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, phase 3, controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology, 25(2), 136-146.
• Kuehn R, Stoesser N, Eyre D, Darton TC, Basnyat B & Parry CM (2025) Treatment of enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fever) with cephalosporins: a Cochrane review. Emergencias.
• Ferrand RA, Dzavakwa NV, Bandason T, Chisenga M, Filteau S, Kranzer K, Banda Mabuda H, Mchugh G, Mujuru H, Redzo N , Rowland-Jones SL et al (2025) Impact of high-dose vitamin D and calcium carbonate supplementation on bone density in adolescents living with HIV: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
• McCann N, Paganotti Vicentine M, Ebrahimi N, Greenland M, Angus B, Collins AM, Darton T, Emary K, Faust SN, Flaxman A , Maria N et al (2025) Safety, Efficacy, and Immunogenicity of a Salmonella Paratyphi A Vaccine. New England Journal of Medicine, 393(17), 1704-1714.
• Walker J, Russell P, Kermack L, Van TT, Thieu Nga TV, Mylona E, Camara S, Kim YC, Shrestha S, Gehlhaar A , Scott JB et al (2025) Leveraging paired serology to estimate the incidence of typhoidal Salmonella infection in the STRATAA study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(10). View this article in WRRO
• Townsley H, Locke T, Laundy N, Keil C, Keeley AJ, Hamilton J, Pandor A, Darton T & de Silva TI (2025) A systematic review of asymptomatic colonisation with Group A Streptococcus in lower and middle income countries. Journal of Infection. View this article in WRRO
• Preston L, Thompson A, Baxter S, Chambers D, Collini P, Falzon L, Goodall J & Lee A (2025) A rapid review of the causes of diagnostic and treatment delays for tuberculosis in low burden countries. Journal of Public Health. View this article in WRRO
• Hodgson D, Hay J, Jarju S, Jobe D, Wenlock R, de Silva TI & Kucharski AJ (2025) serojump: a Bayesian tool for inferring infection timing and antibody kinetics from longitudinal serological data. PLoS Computational Biology, 21(9). View this article in WRRO
• Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas K, Abbas M, Abbasi J, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abdallah N , Abdelaziz A et al (2025) Sotrovimab versus usual care in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. View this article in WRRO
• Sanyang B, Dabrowska MB, Amenyogbe N, Camara B, Beloum N, Jammeh M, Bojang D, Goodall J, Mohammed N, Sesay AK , Roca A et al (2025) Effect of intrapartum azithromycin on early childhood gut mycobiota development: post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial. Nature Communications, 16. View this article in WRRO
• Keeley AJ, Camara FE, Armitage EP, de Crombrugghe G, Sillah J, Fofana ML, Rollinson V, Senghore E, Jammeh M, Whitcombe AL , Bittaye A et al (2025) Early-life serological profiles and the development of natural protective humoral immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes in a high-burden setting. Nature Medicine, 31(10), 3360-3371. View this article in WRRO
• McLornan DP, Hazenberg MD, Ciceri F, Alexander T, Angelucci E, Averbuch D, Bazarbachi A, Chakraverty R, Booth C, Heemskerk MHM , Holler E et al (2025) Advancing the integration of ‘basic/fundamental’ and translational cellular and gene therapy science within the EBMT: Accelerating the pathway to progress. Bone Marrow Transplantation. View this article in WRRO
• Johnston PI, Chisala W, Hinchcliffe A, Mhango C, Jambo N, Cooper MR, Shahi F, Gordon MA & Darton TC (2025) HIV status and the risk of typhoid fever and iNTS: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Infection, 91(3). View this article in WRRO
• Symes R, Keddie SH, Walker J, McKeever T, Ahmad S, Arnold D, Evans CM, Pelosi E, Rahman NM, Sapey E , Zambon M et al (2025) Burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in older adults hospitalised in England during 2023/24. Journal of Infection, 91(3), 106570-106570.
• Yengo CK, Torimiro J, Kowo M, Lebon PA, Tiedeu BA, Luma H, Njoya O, Rowland-Jones S & Yindom L-M (2025) Corrigendum to “Variation of HLA class I (-A and -C) genes in individuals infected with hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus in Cameroon” [Heliyon Volume 6, Issue 10, October 2020, article e05232]. Heliyon, 11(13), e43443-e43443.
• Jeena L, Ferrand RA, Simms V, Kahari C, Bandason T, Rukuni R, Rehmand AM, Rowland-Jones S, Hsieh AYY & Gregson CL (2025) Reduced bone density accrual among peripubertal boys with HIV in Zimbabwe: Erratum. AIDS, 39(11), 1674-1675.
• Ashton PM, Mageiros L, Meiring JE, Chunga-Chirambo A, Khanam F, Dongol S, Banda H, Karkey A, Preciado-Llanes L, Thomaides-Brears H , Gibani M et al (2025) Interplay between the gut microbiome and typhoid fever: insights from endemic countries and a controlled human infection model. Microbiome, 13. View this article in WRRO
• Hao S, Tomic I, Lindsey BB, Jagne YJ, Hoschler K, Meijer A, Carreño Quiroz JM, Meade P, Sano K, Peno C , Costa-Martins AG et al (2025) Integrative mapping of pre-existing influenza immune landscapes predicts vaccine response. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 135(18). View this article in WRRO
• Rydlova A, Smith E, Stuart A, Shattock R, Brooks T, Darton TC, Piggin M, O'Hare R, McCartney A, Carey ME & Gibani MM (2025) Development of a live-attenuated vaccine challenge model of Yersinia pestis in humans: Expert consultation on clinical trial considerations, January 2025. Vaccine, 62. View this article in WRRO
• Armitage EP, Senghore E, Camara FE, Jarju S, Jagne S, Ceesay E, Darboe FF, de Crombrugghe G, Keeley AJ, Hall JN , Angyal A et al (2025) Evaluating clinical decision rules and rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis in Gambian children: A diagnostic accuracy study. Journal of Infection, 91(2), 106546-106546.
• Carreño JM, Meade P, Sogodogo NF, Sano K, Tcheou J, Raskin A, Singh G, Fried M, Loganathan M, Francis B , Bielak D et al (2025) Induction of hemagglutinin stalk reactive antibodies by the administration of a live-attenuated influenza virus vaccine in children. iScience, 28(7), 112893-112893.
• Payne RO, Edwards NJ, Themistocleous Y, Silk SE, Barrett JR, Rawlinson TA, Lim IW, Draper SJ & Minassian AM (2025) Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria at very low parasitaemias using a commercially available LAMP assay and RDT. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. View this article in WRRO
• de Crombrugghe G, Armitage EP, Keeley AJ, Senghore E, Camara F, Jammeh M, Bittaye A, Ceesay H, Ceesay I, Samateh B , Manneh M et al (2025) Household Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes Carriage and Infection in The Gambia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 232(3), 550-559.
• Jagne YJ, Jobe D, Darboe A, Danso M, Barratt N, Gomez M, Wenlock R, Jarju S, Sylva EL, Touray AF , Toure F et al (2025) Compartmentalised mucosal and blood immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is associated with high seroprevalence before the Delta wave in Africa. Communications Medicine, 5(1). View this article in WRRO
• Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas J, Abbas K, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abdallah N , Abdelaziz A et al (2025) Molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir–ritonavir plus usual care versus usual care alone in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. View this article in WRRO
• Atkinson B, Gould S, Nicholls I, Manzoor KN, Smith J, Hindle AJ, Tunbridge AJ, Cole J, Collini P, Alonso A , O’Hara G et al (2025) Air and surface sampling for clade Ib monkeypox virus in United Kingdom hospitals, 2024 to 2025. Eurosurveillance, 30(19). View this article in WRRO
• Chen J-L, Wang B, Lu Y, Antoun E, Bird O, Drennan PG, Yin Z, Liu G, Yao X, Pidoux M , Bates A et al (2025) T cell memory response to MPXV infection exhibits greater effector function and migratory potential compared to MVA-BN vaccination. Nature Communications, 16. View this article in WRRO
• Dyson ZA, Cerdeira L, Sharma V, Carey ME, Holt KE, Aanensen DM, Abbas AH, Fayad AA, Afolayan AO, Ahmed N , Ahmed I et al (2025) The TyphiNET data visualisation dashboard: unlocking Salmonella Typhi genomics data to support public health. Genome Medicine, 17. View this article in WRRO
• Sharrack S, Cox M, Carter S, Cohen D, Collini P, Dunkley L, Umair H, Jade J, Maxwell JR, Raza M , Nadin T et al (2025) P002 Refining pre-immunosuppression protocols: a national survey and regional quality improvement project focusing on latent tuberculosis infection. Rheumatology, 64(Supplement_3).
• Pagano L, Maschmeyer G, Lamoth F, Blennow O, Xhaard A, Spadea M, Busca A, Cordonnier C, Maertens J, Guisado MA , Akova M et al (2025) Primary antifungal prophylaxis in hematological malignancies. Updated clinical practice guidelines by the European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL). Leukemia, 39, 1547-1557. View this article in WRRO
• Olaru ID, Chingono RMS, Mhino F, Gregson C, Bottomley C, Bandason T, Mpandaguta CE, Madziva K, Ferrand RA, Vere M , Chonzi P et al (2025) Infectious diseases burden and antibiotic prescribing patterns among primary care patients in Harare, Zimbabwe – a cross-sectional analysis. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(4). View this article in WRRO
• Saso A, Kanteh E, Jeffries D, Okoye M, Mohammed N, Kumado M, Roetynck S, Jobe H, Faal A, Roberts E , Gageldonk P et al (2025) The effect of pertussis vaccination in pregnancy on the immunogenicity of acellular or whole-cell pertussis vaccination in Gambian infants (GaPS): a single-centre, randomised, controlled, double-blind, phase 4 trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25(8), 909-924.
• Mellors J, Dhaliwal R, Longet S, Tipton T, McInnes I, Siebert S, Kearns P, Rea D, Cook G, Willicombe M , Thomas D et al (2025) Complement-mediated enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 antibody neutralisation potency in vaccinated individuals. Nature Communications, 16(1). View this article in WRRO
• Locke TE, Keeley AJ, Laundy N, Keil C, Hamilton J, Pandor A, I de Silva T & Darton TC (2025) Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus colonisation among healthy individuals in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Infection, 90(4). View this article in WRRO
• Jeena L, Ferrand RA, Simms V, Kahari C, Bandason T, Rukuni R, Rehman AM, Rowland-Jones S, Hsieh AYY & Gregson CL (2025) Reduced bone density accrual among peripubertal boys with HIV in Zimbabwe. AIDS, 39(6), 683-694. View this article in WRRO
• Payne R, Frejah I, Abbey E, Badcoe R, Delaney B & Mitchell C (2025) Transitioning between clinical and academic practice from the perspectives of clinical academic trainees, academic training programme directors and academic supervisors: a mixed methods study. BMC Medical Education, 25(1). View this article in WRRO
• Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas J, Abbas K, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abdallah N , Abdelaziz A et al (2025) Higher dose corticosteroids in hospitalised COVID-19 patients requiring ventilatory support (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. eClinicalMedicine, 81. View this article in WRRO
• Paredes JL, Bemplidaki D, Dzavakwa NV, Chisenga M, Filteau S, Gregson CL, Kasonka L, Kranzer K, Banda-Mabuda H, Mujuru H , Redzo N et al (2025) P-563. Low level viremia is associated with viral non-suppression within 96 weeks among adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV: a prospective cohort study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12(Supplement_1).
• Peno C, Jagne YJ, Clerc M, Balcazar Lopez C, Armitage EP, Sallah H, Drammeh S, Senghore E, Goderski G, van Tol S , Meijer A et al (2025) Interactions between live attenuated influenza vaccine and nasopharyngeal microbiota among children aged 24–59 months in The Gambia: a phase 4, open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Microbe, 6(3), 100971-100971.
• Massai L, Carducci M, Rovetini L, Paterson A, Whitcombe A, McGregor R, Lorenz N, Keeley AJ, de Silva TI, Bennett J , Berlanda Scorza F et al (2025) Characterization of an IL-8 cleavage inhibition assay to determine the functionality of anti-SpyCEP antibodies in human sera. Journal of Immunological Methods, 536, 113786-113786.
• Callaby H, Olver J, Emery K, Richards KS, Killip M, Groves N, Beadsworth MBJ, Price DA, Cooke GS, Collini P , Cole J et al (2025) Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples in 11 hospitalised patients. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25(1), e4-e5.
• Hall JN, Armitage EP, Senghore E, Darboe S, Barry M, Camara J, Bah S, Keeley AJ, McCarthy JS, Smeesters P , Turner CE et al (2025) Molecular methods enhance the detection of pyoderma-related Streptococcus pyogenes and emm-type distribution in children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 231(1), e28-e37. View this article in WRRO
• Locke T, Siribaddana S, Jayaweera JAAS, Suligoy CM, de Silva TI, Corrigan RM & Darton TC (2024) A prospective cohort study to investigate the transmission and burden of Staphylococcus aureus in Sri Lanka. Microbial Genomics, 10(12). View this article in WRRO
• Colton H, Barratt N, Temperton N, Hornsby H, Angyal A, Grouneva I, Lindsey BB, Kearns P, Barnes E, Goodyear CS , Richter A et al (2024) Greater preservation of SARS‐CoV‐2 neutralising antibody responses following the ChAdOx1‐S (AZD1222) vaccine compared with mRNA vaccines in haematopoietic cell transplant recipients. British Journal of Haematology, 205(6), 2206-2218. View this article in WRRO
• Saville TJ, Colton H, Jarju S, Armitage EP, Drammeh S, Tazzyman S, Jagne YJ, Sallah HJ, Senghore E, Evans CM , Darton TC et al (2024) Microfluidic qPCR for detection of 21 common respiratory viruses in children with influenza-like illness. Scientific Reports, 14(1). View this article in WRRO
• Saag M, Coutinho R, Rowland-Jones S, Lichterfeld M & Levy J (2024) John Phair. AIDS, 38(14), 1991-1991.
• Wiseman JP, Scarrott JM, Alves-Cruzeiro J, Saffari A, Böger C, Karyka E, Dawes E, Davies AK, Marchi PM, Graves E , Fernandes F et al (2024) Pre-clinical development of AP4B1 gene replacement therapy for hereditary spastic paraplegia type 47. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 16(11), 2882-2917. View this article in WRRO
• Leavy OC, Russell RJ, Harrison EM, Lone NI, Kerr S, Docherty AB, Sheikh A, Richardson M, Elneima O, Greening NJ , Harris VC et al (2024) 1-year health outcomes associated with systemic corticosteroids for COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study. ERJ Open Research, 10(5). View this article in WRRO
• Dzavakwa NV, Simms V, Gregson CL, Chisenga M, Filteau S, Kasonka L, Kranzer K, Banda-Mabuda H, Mujuru H, Redzo N , Mukwasi-Kahari C et al (2024) Association between vitamin D insufficiency and impaired bone density among adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(9). View this article in WRRO
• Booth JS, Rapaka RR, McArthur MA, Fresnay S, Darton TC, Blohmke CJ, Jones C, Waddington CS, Levine MM, Pollard AJ & Sztein MB (2024) Role of circulating T follicular helper subsets following Ty21a immunization and oral challenge with wild type S. Typhi in humans. Frontiers in Immunology, 15. View this article in WRRO
• Toapanta FR, Hu J, Shirey KA, Bernal PJ, Levine MM, Darton TC, Waddington CS, Pollard AJ & Sztein MB (2024) Changes in monocyte subsets in volunteers who received an oral wild-type Salmonella Typhi challenge and reached typhoid diagnosis criteria. Frontiers in Immunology, 15. View this article in WRRO
• Bertagnolio S, Dobreva Z, Centner CM, Olaru ID, Donà D, Burzo S, Huttner BD, Chaillon A, Gebreselassie N, Wi T , Hasso-Agopsowicz M et al (2024) WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health. The Lancet Microbe, 5(11). View this article in WRRO
• Hall JN, Bah SY, Khalid H, Brailey A, Coleman S, Kirk T, Hussain N, Tovey M, Chaudhuri RR, Davies S , Tilley L et al (2024) Molecular characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes (StrepA) non-invasive isolates during the 2022–2023 UK upsurge. Microbial Genomics, 10(8). View this article in WRRO
• Galgut O, Ashford F, Deeks A, Ghataure A, Islam M, Sambhi T, Ker YW, Duncan CJA, de Silva TI, Hopkins S , Hall V et al (2024) COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing symptomatic and severe infection among healthcare workers: A clinical review. Vaccine: X, 20, 100546-100546.
• Sanyang B, de Silva TI, Camara B, Beloum N, Kanteh A, Manneh J, de Steenhuijsen Piters WAA, Bogaert D, Sesay AK & Roca A (2024) Effect of intrapartum azithromycin on gut microbiota development in early childhood: A post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial. iScience, 27(9), 110626-110626.
• Taquet M, Skorniewska Z, De Deyn T, Hampshire A, Trender WR, Hellyer PJ, Chalmers JD, Ho L-P, Horsley A, Marks M , Poinasamy K et al (2024) Cognitive and psychiatric symptom trajectories 2–3 years after hospital admission for COVID-19: a longitudinal, prospective cohort study in the UK. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11(9), 696-708.
• Dzavakwa NV, Chisenga M, McHugh G, Filteau S, Gregson CL, Kasonka L, Kranzer K, Mabuda HB, Mujuru H, Redzo N , Rowland-Jones S et al (2024) Update: Vitamin D3 and calcium carbonate supplementation for adolescents with HIV to reduce musculoskeletal morbidity and immunopathology (VITALITY trial): study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Trials, 25. View this article in WRRO
• Elneima O, Hurst JR, Echevarria C, Quint JK, Walker S, Siddiqui S, Novotny P, Pfeffer PE, Brown JS, Shankar-Hari M , McAuley HJC et al (2024) Long-term impact of COVID-19 hospitalisation among individuals with pre-existing airway diseases in the UK: a multicentre, longitudinal cohort study – PHOSP-COVID. ERJ Open Research, 10(4). View this article in WRRO
• Dyson ZA, Ashton PM, Khanam F, Chunga Chirambo A, Shakya M, Meiring JE, Tonks S, Karkey A, Msefula C, Clemens JD , Dunstan SJ et al (2024) Pathogen diversity and antimicrobial resistance transmission of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi: a genomic epidemiological study. The Lancet Microbe, 5(8). View this article in WRRO
• Gea-Mallorquí E & Rowland-Jones S (2024) Rethinking pDCs: a questionable ally in immunity?. Nature Reviews Immunology, 24(8), 542-542.
• Mushunje PK, Dube FS, Olwagen C, Madhi S, Odland J, Ferrand RA, Nicol MP, Abotsi RE, Bandason T, Dauya E , Madanhire T et al (2024) Characterization of bacterial and viral pathogens in the respiratory tract of children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease: a case–control study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1). View this article in WRRO
• Cooper R, Greig J, Piercy H & Collini P (2024) Investigating the pregnancy and post-partum health experiences of women living with HIV. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 28(8), 1330-1337. View this article in WRRO
• Nazziwa J, Andrews SM, Hou MM, Bruhn CAW, Garcia-Knight MA, Slyker J, Hill S, Lohman Payne B, Moringas D, Lemey P , John-Stewart G et al (2024) Higher HIV-1 evolutionary rate is associated with cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutations in infants. Journal of Virology, 98(7).
• Brudenell EL, Pohare MB, Zafred D, Phipps J, Hornsby HR, Darby JF, Dai J, Liggett E, Cain KM, Barran PE , de Silva TI et al (2024) Efficient overexpression and purification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 nucleocapsid proteins in Escherichia coli. Biochemical Journal, 481(11), 669-682. View this article in WRRO
• Dockrell DH, Breen R, Collini P, Lipman MCI & Miller RF (2024) British HIV Association guidelines on the management of opportunistic infection in people living with HIV: The clinical management of pulmonary opportunistic infections 2024. HIV Medicine, 25(S2), 3-37.
• Rowland-Jones S & Gea-Mallorquí E (2024) Closing the equity gap in the treatment of HIV-2 infection. The Lancet HIV, 11(6), e347-e349.
• Armitage EP, de Crombrugghe G, Keeley AJ, Senghore E, Camara FE, Jammeh M, Bittaye A, Ceesay H, Ceesay I, Samateh B , Manneh M et al (2024) Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and infection within households in The Gambia: a longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet Microbe, 5(7), 679-688.
• Liu C, Zhou D, Dijokaite-Guraliuc A, Supasa P, Duyvesteyn HME, Ginn HM, Selvaraj M, Mentzer AJ, Das R, de Silva TI , Ritter TG et al (2024) A structure-function analysis shows SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 balances antibody escape and ACE2 affinity. Cell Reports Medicine, 5(5), 101553-101553.
• Goodyear CS, Patel A, Barnes E, Willicombe M, Siebert S, de Silva TI, Snowden JA, Lim SH, Bowden SJ, Billingham L , Richter A et al (2024) Immunogenicity of third dose COVID-19 vaccine strategies in patients who are immunocompromised with suboptimal immunity following two doses (OCTAVE-DUO): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Rheumatology, 6(6), e339-e351. View this article in WRRO
• Jarju S, Wenlock RD, Danso M, Jobe D, Jagne YJ, Darboe A, Kumado M, Jallow Y, Touray M, Ceesay EA , Gaye H et al (2024) High SARS-CoV-2 incidence and asymptomatic fraction during Delta and Omicron BA.1 waves in The Gambia. Nature Communications, 15(1). View this article in WRRO
• Ali M, Longet S, Neale I, Rongkard P, Chowdhury FUH, Hill J, Brown A, Laidlaw S, Tipton T, Hoque A , Hassan N et al (2024) Obesity differs from diabetes mellitus in antibody and T-cell responses post-COVID-19 recovery. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 218(1), 78-92. View this article in WRRO
• Liew F, Efstathiou C, Fontanella S, Richardson M, Saunders R, Swieboda D, Sidhu JK, Ascough S, Moore SC, Mohamed N , Nunag J et al (2024) Large-scale phenotyping of patients with long COVID post-hospitalization reveals mechanistic subtypes of disease. Nature Immunology, 25(4), 607-621. View this article in WRRO
• Torimiro JNE, Duri K, Goumkwa NM, Atah SM, Ndzie Ondigui J-L, Lobe C, Bouyou M, Ndeboko B, Mahamat Moussa A, Police C , Awoumou P et al (2024) Toward the elimination of hepatitis B: networking to promote the prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus through population-based interventions and multidisciplinary groups in Africa. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. View this article in WRRO
• Suau Sans M, Manneh M, Ceesay I, Bittaye A, de Crombrugghe G, Keeley AJ, de Silva TI, Palmer J, Armitage EP & Marks M (2024) Health-seeking behaviour and beliefs around sore throat in The Gambia: A qualitative study. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(3). View this article in WRRO
• Shellard JPG, Carr E, Tam-McMillan G, Mao EW, Mujuru H, Banda Mabuda H, Chisenga M, Bandason T, Dzavakwa NV, Kasonka L , Simms V et al () Unsuppressed viraemia and lower CD4 count associated with faster telomere attrition in African children with perinatal HIV on long-term antiretroviral therapy. The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
• Lim JJ, Roberts C, Jauhar Ali SN, Collini P, Burney A & Hughes D () Understanding students’ self-efficacy and motivation in sequential OSCE: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 25(1).
• Hsieh AYY, Hassan AS, Nazziwa J, Lindquist L, Karlson S, Hare J, Kamali A, Karita E, Kilembe W, Price MA , Björkman P et al () Single Genome Amplification and Molecular Cloning of HIV-1 Populations in Acute HIV-1 Infection: Implications for Studies on HIV-1 Diversity and Evolutionary Rate. Virus Evolution.
• Goodall JW, Nadin TG, Lloyd Jones BS, Willan OC, Lomas AC, Tampaki A, Darton TC & Tattersall RS () Improving Recognition of Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) through a Ferritin-Based Automated Alert: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Clinical Chemistry.
• Srour S, Brown FK, Sheffield JW, ElGhazaly M, O’Connor D, Gibani MM, Darton TC, Pollard AJ, Collins MO & Humphreys D () Typhoid toxin of Salmonella Typhi elicits host antimicrobial response during acute typhoid fever. EMBO Molecular Medicine.
• Kronsteiner B, Govender M, Liu C, Dijokaite-Guraliuc A, Ali M, Hill J, Zewdie M, Cross A, Austin J, Watts A , Angyal A et al () Dynamic impact of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters on systemic and mucosal antibody and T cell immunity. Scientific Reports.
• Snowden JA, Parkash V, Knelange N, Styczynski J, Tridello G, de Silva T, Niederwieser D, Aljurf M, Sureda A, Mikulska M , de la Camara R et al () Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and related infections in hematopoietic cellular therapy (HCT) in adults and children: a survey from the Infectious Diseases Working Party (IDWP) of the European Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT). Bone Marrow Transplantation.
• Keeley AJ, Camara FE, Armitage EP, de Crombrugghe G, Sillah J, Fofana ML, Rollinson V, Senghore E, Jammeh M, Whitcombe AL , Bittaye A et al () Publisher Correction: Early-life serological profiles and the development of natural protective humoral immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes in a high-burden setting. Nature Medicine.
• Nazziwa J, Freyhult E, Hong M-G, Johansson E, Årman F, Hare J, Gounder K, Rezeli M, Mohanty T, Kjellström S , Kamali A et al () Dynamics of the blood plasma proteome during hyperacute HIV-1 infection. Nature Communications, 15(1).
• Michael BD, Dunai C, Needham EJ, Tharmaratnam K, Williams R, Huang Y, Boardman SA, Clark JJ, Sharma P, Subramaniam K , Wood GK et al () Author Correction: Para-infectious brain injury in COVID-19 persists at follow-up despite attenuated cytokine and autoantibody responses. Nature Communications, 15(1).

Conference proceedings

• Snowden J, Parkash V, Knelange N, Styczynski J, Tridello G, de Silva T, Niederwieser D, Aljurf M, Sureda A, Mikulska M , de la Camara R et al (2025) NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES (NTD) AND RELATED INFECTIONS IN HAEMATOPOIETIC CELLULAR THERAPY (HCT) IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN: A SURVEY FROM THE EBMT INFECTIOUS DISEASES WORKING PARTY. BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, Vol. 60 (pp 571-572)
• Saunders M, Strickland S, Marshall H, Smith L, Collier G, Saunders L, Biancardi A, Brook M, Stewart N, Swift A , Thompson R et al (2025) A pilot study to explore the potential for ¹²⁹Xe and ¹H lung magnetic resonance imaging as a tool to investigate the pathophysiology of obstructive lung disease in people living with HIV. HIV MEDICINE, Vol. 26 (pp 62-63)
• Saunders L, Collier G, Norquay G, Smith L, Hughes P, Strikland S, Gustafsson L, Newman T, Plowright M, Watson J , Gabriel Z et al () 129Xe red blood cell chemical shift and T2* in patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 with and without residual lung abnormalities seen on CT. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.

Presentations

• Lim JJ, Roberts C, Jauhar Ali SN, Collini P, Burney A & Hughes D Exploring students’ and examiners’ perceptions of the sequential OSCE: A qualitative study. Basel, Switzerland. View this article in WRRO

Preprints

• Bah SY, Khalid H, Jabang S, Chaudhuri R, Tilley L, Green LR, Patridge D, de Silva TI & Turner CE (2026) Molecular analysis of Lancefield group C/G streptococci causing human infections in Sheffield, UK, openRxiv.
• Hodgson D, Wenlock RD, Barratt N, Gomes M, Jagne YJ, Jobe D, Jarju S, Danso M, Temperton N, Kampmann B , Flasche S et al (2026) Impact of SARS-CoV-2 exposure history on antibody kinetics and correlates of protection in The Gambia, openRxiv.
• Hauptmann M, Dzavakwa NV, Tembo MJ, Mazombwe-Chisenga M, Leschczyk C, Thirumoolanathan G, Sichibalo K, Madanhire T, Rowland-Jones SL, Kelly P , Kranzer K et al (2025) The effect of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on gut microbiota composition in adolescents living with HIV in Southern Africa, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Dunachie S, Kronsteiner B, Govender M, Liu C, Dijokaite-Guraliuc A, Hill J, Ali M, Zewdie M, Cross A, Austin J , Watts A et al (2025) Dynamic impact of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters on systemic and mucosal immunity– an observational cohort study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
• Alrubayyi A, Hassan AS, Hare J, Hsieh A, Gilmour J, Price MA, Kilembe W, Karita E, Ruzagira E, Esbjörnsson J , Sanders EJ et al (2025) An early functional adaptive NK cell signature drives optimal CD8⁺T-cell activation and predicts sustained HIV-1 viral control, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Walker J, Russell P, Kermack L, Van TT, Nga TVT, Mylona E, Camara S, Kim YC, Shrestha S, Gehlhaar A , Scott JB et al (2025) Leveraging paired serology to estimate the incidence of typhoidalSalmonellainfection in the STRATAA study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Hsieh AYY, Hassan AS, Nazziwa J, Karlson S, Lindquist L, Hare J, Kamali A, Karita E, Kilembe W, Price MA , Björkman P et al (2025) Single genome amplification and molecular cloning of HIV-1 populations in acute HIV-1 infection: implications for studies on HIV-1 diversity and evolutionary rate, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Hodgson D, Hay J, Jarju S, Jobe D, Wenlock R, de Silva TI & Kucharski AJ (2025) serojump: A Bayesian tool for inferring infection timing and antibody kinetics from longitudinal serological data, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Keeley AJ, Camara FE, Armitage E, de Crombrugghe G, Sillah J, Fofana ML, Rollinson V, Senghore E, Jammeh M, Whitcombe AL , Bittaye A et al (2025) Early life serological profiles and the development of natural protective humoral immunity toStreptococcus pyogenesin a high burden setting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Hao S, Tomic I, Lindsey BB, Jagne YJ, Hoschler K, Meijer A, Quiroz JMC, Meade P, Sano K, Peno C , Costa-Martins AG et al (2025) Integrative Mapping of Pre-existing Immune Landscapes for Vaccine Response Prediction, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Srour S, ElGhazaly M, O’Connor D, Gibani MM, Darton TC, Pollard AJ, Collins MO & Humphreys D (2024) Typhoid toxin of Salmonella Typhi elicits host antimicrobial response during acute typhoid fever, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• JAGNE YJ, Jobe D, Darboe A, Danso M, Barratt N, Gomez M, Wenlock R, Jarju S, Sylva E, Touray AF , Toure F et al (2024) Compartmentalised mucosal and blood immunity to SARS-CoV-2 associated with high seroprevalence before Delta wave in Africa, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
• Ashton PM, Mageiros L, Meiring JE, Chirambo AC, Khanam F, Dongol S, Banda H, Karkey A, Llanes LP, Thomaides-Brears H , Gibani M et al (2024) Interplay Between the Gut Microbiome and Typhoid Fever: Insights from Endemic Countries and a Controlled Human Infection Model, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Hall JN, Bah SY, Khalid H, Brailey A, Coleman S, Kirk T, Hussain N, Tovey M, Chaudhuri RR, Davies S , Tilley L et al (2024) Molecular characterisation ofStreptococcus pyogenes(StrepA) non-invasive isolates during the 2022-23 UK upsurge, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Nazziwa J, Freyhult E, Hong M-G, Johansson E, Årman F, Hare J, Gounder K, Rezeli M, Mohanty T, Kjellström S , Kamali A et al (2024) Dynamics of the blood plasma proteome during hyperacute HIV-1 infection, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.