Search Results - "Medley, GF"

Considering equity in priority setting using transmission models: Recommendations and data needs by Quaife, M., Medley, GF, Jit, M., Drake, T., Asaria, M., van Baal, P., Baltussen, R., Bollinger, L., Bozzani, F., Brady, O., Broekhuizen, H., Chalkidou, K., Chi, Y.-L., Dowdy, DW, Griffin, S., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H., Hallett, T., Hauck, K., Hollingsworth, TD, McQuaid, CF, Menzies, NA, Merritt, MW, Mirelman, A., Morton, A., Ruiz, FJ, Siapka, M., Skordis, J., Tediosi, F., Walker, P., White, RG, Winskill, P., Vassall, A., Gomez, GB

“…Disease transmission models are used in impact assessment and economic evaluations of infectious disease prevention and treatment strategies, prominently so in…”
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Using a household-structured branching process to analyse contact tracing in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by Fyles, Martyn, Fearon, Elizabeth, Overton, Christopher, Wingfield, Tom, Medley, Graham F, Hall, Ian, Pellis, Lorenzo, House, Thomas

“…We explore strategies of contact tracing, case isolation and quarantine of exposed contacts to control the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic using a branching process model…”
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Diversity of symptom phenotypes in SARS-CoV-2 community infections observed in multiple large datasets by Fyles, Martyn, Vihta, Karina-Doris, Sudre, Carole H, Long, Harry, Das, Rajenki, Jay, Caroline, Wingfield, Tom, Cumming, Fergus, Green, William, Hadjipantelis, Pantelis, Kirk, Joni, Steves, Claire J, Ourselin, Sebastien, Medley, Graham F, Fearon, Elizabeth, House, Thomas

“…Variability in case severity and in the range of symptoms experienced has been apparent from the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic. From a clinical…”
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Incidence and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in Rural Kenyan Children Identified through Hospital Surveillance by Nokes, D. James, Ngama, Mwanajuma, Bett, Anne, Abwao, John, Munywoki, Patrick, English, Mike, Scott, J. Anthony G., Cane, Patricia A., Medley, Graham F.

“…Background.Although necessary for developing a rationale for vaccination, the burden of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in children in…”
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SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing: weighing the false positives against the costs of failing to control transmission by Fearon, Elizabeth, Buchan, Iain E, Das, Rajenki, Davis, Emma L, Fyles, Martyn, Hall, Ian, Hollingsworth, T Deirdre, House, Thomas, Jay, Caroline, Medley, Graham F, Pellis, Lorenzo, Quilty, Billy J, Silva, Miguel E P, Stage, Helena B, Wingfield, Tom

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hospitals and the Community: Stealth Dynamics and Control Catastrophes by Cooper, B. S., Medley, G. F., Stone, S. P., Kibbler, C. C., Cookson, B. D., Roberts, J. A., Duckworth, G., Lai, R., Ebrahim, S., Wachter, Kenneth W.

“…Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represents a serious threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Attempts to reduce the spread of MRSA…”
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Kinetics of the Neutralizing Antibody Response to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in a Birth Cohort by Sande, C.J., Mutunga, M.N., Okiro, E.A., Medley, G.F., Cane, P.A., Nokes, D.J.

“…The kinetics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) neutralizing antibodies following birth, primary and secondary infections are poorly defined. The aims of the…”
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Infection, reinfection, and vaccination under suboptimal immune protection: epidemiological perspectives by Gomes, M.Gabriela M., White, Lisa J., Medley, Graham F.

“…The SIR (susceptible–infectious–resistant) and SIS (susceptible–infectious–susceptible) frameworks for infectious disease have been extensively studied and…”
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Intercontinental Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by Smith, E. M, Green, L. E, Medley, G. F, Bird, H. E, Fox, L. K, Schukken, Y. H, Kruze, J. V, Bradley, A. J, Zadoks, R. N, Dowson, C. G

“…A total of 258 bovine-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the United States, Chile, and the United Kingdom, plus the reference isolate S. aureus…”
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Estimating the transmission parameters of pneumococcal carriage in households by MELEGARO, A., GAY, N. J., MEDLEY, G. F.

“…This paper analyses Streptococcus pneumoniae transmission dynamics in households using longitudinal data on pneumococcal (Pnc) carriage in the United Kingdom…”
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Influence of dry period bacterial intramammary infection on clinical mastitis in dairy cows by Green, M J, Green, L E, Medley, G F, Schukken, Y H, Bradley, A J

“…Milk samples were taken from 1920 quarters (480 cows, six herds) on four occasions to examine the relationship between quarter level intramammary infection…”
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The transmission dynamics of groups A and B human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) in England & Wales and Finland: seasonality and cross-protection by WHITE, L. J., WARIS, M., CANE, P. A., NOKES, D. J., MEDLEY, G. F.

“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) transmission dynamics are inherently cyclical, and the observed genetic diversity (between groups A and B) also…”
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The reinfection threshold by Gomes, M. Gabriela M., White, Lisa J., Medley, Graham F.

“…Thresholds in transmission are responsible for critical changes in infectious disease epidemiology. The epidemic threshold indicates whether infection invades…”
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The reinfection threshold promotes variability in tuberculosis epidemiology and vaccine efficacy by Gomes, M. Gabriela M., Franco, Ana O., Gomes, Manuel C., Medley, Graham F.

“…Population patterns of infection are determined largely by susceptibility to infection. Infection and vaccination induce an immune response that, typically,…”
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Isolation measures in the hospital management of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): systematic review of the literature by Cooper, B S, Stone, S P, Kibbler, C C, Cookson, B D, Roberts, J A, Medley, G F, Duckworth, G, Lai, R, Ebrahim, S

“…Abstract Objective To evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of isolation measures in reducing the incidence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus…”
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Hepatitis-B virus endemicity: heterogeneity, catastrophic dynamics and control by Medley, Graham F, Lindop, Nathan A, Edmunds, W. John, Nokes, D. James

“…Hepatitis-B virus infection is globally ubiquitous, but its distribution is very heterogeneous, with prevalence of serological markers in various nations…”
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Ruminating on complexity: macroparasites of wildlife and livestock by Morgan, Eric R., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Torgerson, Paul R., Medley, Graham F.

“…Recent advances in ecology have improved our understanding of the role of parasites in the dynamics of wildlife populations. However, conditions that prevail…”
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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of vaccination programmes: a dynamic perspective by Edmunds, W. J., Medley, G. F., Nokes, D. J.

“…Although there are many models which are used to calculate the health benefits (and thus the cost‐effectiveness) of vaccination programmes, they can be divided…”
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Epidemiology. Predicting the unpredictable by Medley, G F

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Somatic cell count distributions during lactation predict clinical mastitis by Green, M J, Green, L E, Schukken, Y H, Bradley, A J, Peeler, E J, Barkema, H W, de Haas, Y, Collis, V J, Medley, G F

“…This research investigated somatic cell count (SCC) records during lactation, with the purpose of identifying distribution characteristics (mean and measures…”
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