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Nosocomial Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Study of 66 Hospital-acquired Cases in a London Teaching Hospital by Rickman, Hannah M, Rampling, Tommy, Shaw, Karen, Martinez-Garcia, Gema, Hail, Leila, Coen, Pietro, Shahmanesh, Maryam, Shin, Gee Yen, Nastouli, Eleni, Houlihan, Catherine F

“…Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause deadly healthcare-associated outbreaks. In a major London teaching hospital, 66 of 435 (15%) COVID-19…”
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The effect of spike mutations on SARS-CoV-2 neutralization by Rees-Spear, Chloe, Muir, Luke, Griffith, Sarah A., Heaney, Judith, Aldon, Yoann, Snitselaar, Jonne L., Thomas, Peter, Graham, Carl, Seow, Jeffrey, Lee, Nayung, Rosa, Annachiara, Roustan, Chloe, Houlihan, Catherine F., Sanders, Rogier W., Gupta, Ravindra K., Cherepanov, Peter, Stauss, Hans J., Nastouli, Eleni, Doores, Katie J., van Gils, Marit J., McCoy, Laura E.

“…Multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines show protective efficacy, which is most likely mediated by neutralizing…”
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Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data by Wilson-Aggarwal, Jared K, Gotts, Nick, Arnold, Kellyn, Spyer, Moira J, Houlihan, Catherine F, Nastouli, Eleni, Manley, Ed

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the need to rapidly assess infection risks for healthcare workers within the hospital environment. Using data from the…”
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Asymptomatic infection and unrecognised Ebola virus disease in Ebola-affected households in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study using a new non-invasive assay for antibodies to Ebola virus by Glynn, Judith R, Prof, Bower, Hilary, MSc, Johnson, Sembia, BSc, Houlihan, Catherine F, PhD, Montesano, Carla, PhD, Scott, Janet T, PhD, Semple, Malcolm G, PhD, Bangura, Mohammed S, Kamara, Alie Joshua, Kamara, Osman, Mansaray, Saidu H, Sesay, Daniel, Turay, Cecilia, Dicks, Steven, MSc, Wadoum, Raoul E Guetiya, MSc, Colizzi, Vittorio, Prof, Checchi, Francesco, PhD, Samuel, Dhan, PhD, Tedder, Richard S, Prof

“…Summary Background The frequency of asymptomatic infection with Ebola virus is unclear: previous estimates vary and there is no standard test. Asymptomatic…”
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection by saliva and nasopharyngeal sampling in frontline healthcare workers: An observational cohort study by Walker, Naomi F, Byrne, Rachel L, Howard, Ashleigh, Nikolaou, Elissavet, Farrar, Madlen, Glynn, Sharon, Cheliotis, Katerina S, Cubas Atienzar, Ana I, Davies, Kelly, Reiné, Jesús, Rashid-Gardner, Zalina, German, Esther L, Solórzano, Carla, Blandamer, Tess, Hitchins, Lisa, Myerscough, Christopher, Gessner, Bradford D, Begier, Elizabeth, Collins, Andrea M, Beadsworth, Mike, Todd, Stacy, Hill, Helen, Houlihan, Catherine F, Nastouli, Eleni, Adams, Emily R, Mitsi, Elena, Ferreira, Daniela M

“…The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused an unprecedented strain on healthcare systems worldwide, including the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS). We…”
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Monkeypox: An old foe, with new challenges by Bosworth, Andrew, Wakerley, Dominic, Houlihan, Catherine F., Atabani, Sowsan F.

“…At first glance, a multi-country outbreak of monkeypox in 2022 seems unusual. However, the re-emergence and expansion of this viral disease beyond its…”
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Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study by Gaskell, Katherine M, El Kheir, Natalie, Mirfendesky, Mariyam, Rampling, Tommy, Marks, Michael, Houlihan, Catherine F, Lemonge, Norbert, Bristowe, Hannah, Aslam, Suhail, Kyprianou, Demetra, Nastouli, Eleni, Goldblatt, David, Fielding, Katherine, Moore, David A J

“…Historically SARS-CoV-2 secondary attack rates (SAR) have been based on PCR positivity on screening symptomatic contacts; this misses transmission events and…”
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Rapid acquisition of HPV around the time of sexual debut in adolescent girls in Tanzania by Houlihan, Catherine F, Baisley, Kathy, Bravo, Ignacio G, Kapiga, Saidi, de Sanjosé, Silvia, Changalucha, John, Ross, David A, Hayes, Richard J, Watson-Jones, Deborah

“…No reports exist on genotype-specific human papillomavirus (HPV) acquisition in girls after first sex in sub-Saharan Africa, despite high HPV prevalence and…”
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Ebola exposure, illness experience, and Ebola antibody prevalence in international responders to the West African Ebola epidemic 2014-2016: A cross-sectional study by Houlihan, Catherine F, McGowan, Catherine R, Dicks, Steve, Baguelin, Marc, Moore, David A J, Mabey, David, Roberts, Chrissy H, Kumar, Alex, Samuel, Dhan, Tedder, Richard, Glynn, Judith R

“…Healthcare and other front-line workers are at particular risk of infection with Ebola virus (EBOV). Despite the large-scale deployment of international…”
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The complexities of SARS-CoV-2 serology by Houlihan, Catherine F, Beale, Rupert

“…For public health planning we need scalable assays validated against large banks of samples from individuals who had proven seasonal (non-severe acute…”
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Investigating healthcare worker mobility and patient contacts within a UK hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic by Wilson-Aggarwal, Jared K., Gotts, Nick, Wong, Wai Keong, Liddington, Chris, Knight, Simon, Spyer, Moira J., Houlihan, Catherine F., Nastouli, Eleni, Manley, Ed

“…Background Insights into behaviours relevant to the transmission of infections are extremely valuable for epidemiological investigations. Healthcare worker…”
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The Incidence of Human Papillomavirus in Tanzanian Adolescent Girls Before Reported Sexual Debut by Houlihan, Catherine F., M.B.Ch.B., M.Sc, Baisley, Kathy, M.Sc, Bravo, Ignacio G., Ph.D, Kapiga, Saidi, M.D., M.Sc, de Sanjosé, Silvia, M.D., Ph.D, Changalucha, John, M.Sc, Ross, David A., M.D., Ph.D, Hayes, Richard J., D.Sc, Watson-Jones, Deborah, M.D., Ph.D

“…Abstract Purpose Acquisition of human papillomavirus (HPV) in women occurs predominantly through vaginal sex. However, HPV has been detected in girls reporting…”
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Genomic characteristics and clinical effect of the emergent SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage in London, UK: a whole-genome sequencing and hospital-based cohort study by Frampton, Dan, Rampling, Tommy, Cross, Aidan, Bailey, Heather, Heaney, Judith, Byott, Matthew, Scott, Rebecca, Sconza, Rebecca, Price, Joseph, Margaritis, Marios, Bergstrom, Malin, Spyer, Moira J, Miralhes, Patricia B, Grant, Paul, Kirk, Stuart, Valerio, Chris, Mangera, Zaheer, Prabhahar, Thaventhran, Moreno-Cuesta, Jeronimo, Arulkumaran, Nish, Singer, Mervyn, Shin, Gee Yen, Sanchez, Emilie, Paraskevopoulou, Stavroula M, Pillay, Deenan, McKendry, Rachel A, Mirfenderesky, Mariyam, Houlihan, Catherine F, Nastouli, Eleni

“…Emergence of variants with specific mutations in key epitopes in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 raises concerns pertinent to mass vaccination campaigns and…”
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Preexisting and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans by Ng, Kevin W, Faulkner, Nikhil, Cornish, Georgina H, Rosa, Annachiara, Harvey, Ruth, Hussain, Saira, Ulferts, Rachel, Earl, Christopher, Wrobel, Antoni G, Benton, Donald J, Roustan, Chloe, Bolland, William, Thompson, Rachael, Agua-Doce, Ana, Hobson, Philip, Heaney, Judith, Rickman, Hannah, Paraskevopoulou, Stavroula, Houlihan, Catherine F, Thomson, Kirsty, Sanchez, Emilie, Shin, Gee Yen, Spyer, Moira J, Joshi, Dhira, O'Reilly, Nicola, Walker, Philip A, Kjaer, Svend, Riddell, Andrew, Moore, Catherine, Jebson, Bethany R, Wilkinson, Meredyth, Marshall, Lucy R, Rosser, Elizabeth C, Radziszewska, Anna, Peckham, Hannah, Ciurtin, Coziana, Wedderburn, Lucy R, Beale, Rupert, Swanton, Charles, Gandhi, Sonia, Stockinger, Brigitta, McCauley, John, Gamblin, Steve J, McCoy, Laura E, Cherepanov, Peter, Nastouli, Eleni, Kassiotis, George

“…Zoonotic introduction of novel coronaviruses may encounter preexisting immunity in humans. Using diverse assays for antibodies recognizing SARS-CoV-2 proteins,…”
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A case of limbic encephalitis associated with asymptomatic COVID-19 infection by Zambreanu, Laura, Lightbody, Sophie, Bhandari, Mohit, Hoskote, Chandrashekar, Kandil, Hala, Houlihan, Catherine F, Lunn, Michael P

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Advances in molecular diagnostic testing for central nervous system infections by Houlihan, Catherine F, Bharucha, Tehmina, Breuer, Judith

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWCentral nervous system (CNS) infections present an ongoing diagnostic challenge for clinicians, with an aetiological agent remaining…”
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Ebola virus disease by Beeching, Nicholas J, Fenech, Manuel, Houlihan, Catherine F

“…Here, Beeching et al discuss Ebola virus disease. Ebola virus disease is a severe, often fatal, zoonotic infection caused by a virus of the Filoviridae family…”
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Herpesvirus Infections of the Central Nervous System by Bharucha, Tehmina, Houlihan, Catherine F, Breuer, Judith

“…There are over 200 herpesvirus species, of which 10 affect humans. Each of these 10 herpesviruses has a unique clinical syndrome, but common to all is their…”
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The tuberculosis challenge in a rural South African HIV programme by Houlihan, Catherine F, Mutevedzi, Portia C, Lessells, Richard J, Cooke, Graham S, Tanser, Frank C, Newell, Marie-Louise

“…South Africa remains the country with the greatest burden of HIV-infected individuals and the second highest estimated TB incidence per capita worldwide…”
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Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing in the Investigation of a Nosocomial Influenza Virus Outbreak by Houlihan, Catherine F, Frampton, Dan, Ferns, R Bridget, Raffle, Jade, Grant, Paul, Reidy, Myriam, Hail, Leila, Thomson, Kirsty, Mattes, Frank, Kozlakidis, Zisis, Pillay, Deenan, Hayward, Andrew, Nastouli, Eleni

“…Traditional epidemiological investigation of nosocomial transmission of influenza involves the identification of patients who have the same influenza virus…”
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