[HTML][HTML] Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B. 1.617. 2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a …

A Singanayagam, S Hakki, J Dunning… - The lancet infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The SARS-CoV-2 delta (B. 1.617. 2) variant is highly transmissible
and spreading globally, including in populations with high vaccination rates. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Onset and window of SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness and temporal correlation with symptom onset: a prospective, longitudinal, community cohort study

S Hakki, J Zhou, J Jonnerby… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Knowledge of the window of SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness is crucial in
developing policies to curb transmission. Mathematical modelling based on scarce empirical …

Clinical and laboratory evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow assays for use in a national COVID-19 seroprevalence survey

B Flower, JC Brown, B Simmons, M Moshe, R Frise… - Thorax, 2020 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Accurate antibody tests are essential to monitor the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) can deliver testing at scale. However, reported …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing a novel, lab-free, point-of-care test for SARS-CoV-2 (CovidNudge): a diagnostic accuracy study

MM Gibani, C Toumazou, M Sohbati, R Sahoo… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Access to rapid diagnosis is key to the control and management of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Laboratory RT-PCR testing is the …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors and vectors for SARS-CoV-2 household transmission: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study

N Derqui, A Koycheva, J Zhou, TD Pillay… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Despite circumstantial evidence for aerosol and fomite spread of SARS-CoV-2,
empirical data linking either pathway with transmission are scarce. Here we aimed to assess …

Comparison of next-generation sequencing technologies for comprehensive assessment of full-length hepatitis C viral genomes

E Thomson, CLC Ip, A Badhan… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Affordable next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for hepatitis C virus (HCV) may
potentially identify both viral genotype and resistance genetic motifs in the era of directly …

SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow assays for possible use in national covid-19 seroprevalence surveys (React 2): diagnostic accuracy study

M Moshe, A Daunt, B Flower, B Simmons, JC Brown… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the performance of new lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) suitable
for use in a national coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) seroprevalence programme (real …

[HTML][HTML] Multiplexed detection of viral antigen and RNA using nanopore sensing and encoded molecular probes

R Ren, S Cai, X Fang, X Wang, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
We report on single-molecule nanopore sensing combined with position-encoded DNA
molecular probes, with chemistry tuned to simultaneously identify various antigen proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Viraemia and Ebola virus secretion in survivors of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional cohort study

E Green, L Hunt, JCG Ross, NM Nissen… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In survivors of Ebola virus disease, clinical sequelae including
uveitis, arthralgia, and fatigue are common and necessitate systematic follow-up. However …

MHC haplotype frequencies in a UK breeding colony of Mauritian cynomolgus macaques mirror those found in a distinct population from the same geographic origin

ET Mee, A Badhan, JA Karl… - Journal of medical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mauritian cynomolgus macaques have greatly restricted genetic diversity in the
MHC region compared to other non‐human primates; however, the frequency of common …