Rhinovirus infection induces degradation of antimicrobial peptides and secondary bacterial infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

P Mallia, J Footitt, R Sotero, A Jepson… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are associated
with virus (mostly rhinovirus) and bacterial infections, but it is not known whether rhinovirus …

Utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with tuberculous intrathoracic lymphadenopathy: a multicentre study

N Navani, PL Molyneaux, RA Breen, DW Connell… - Thorax, 2011 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-
TBNA) has emerged as an important tool for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer but its …

Rosette formation in Plasmodium falciparum isolates and anti-rosette activity of sera from Gambians with cerebral or uncomplicated malaria.

CJ Treutiger, I Hedlund, H Helmby… - The American journal …, 1992 - europepmc.org
The ability of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (RBC) to form spontaneous
erythrocyte rosettes was studied in 130 fresh isolates from Gambian children with cerebral or …

Quantification of the relative contribution of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and non-MHC genes to human immune responses to foreign antigens

A Jepson, W Banya, F Sisay-Joof… - Infection and …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Understanding the extent to which genetic factors influence the immune response is
important in the development of subunit vaccines. Associations with HLA gene …

[HTML][HTML] Waterborne Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in adult critical care

LSP Moore, DS Owens, A Jepson… - Emerging infectious …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an infrequent colonizer of the respiratory tract; its
pathogenicity is uncertain. In the context of a 22-month outbreak of E. meningoseptica …

Genetic analysis of host–parasite coevolution in human malaria

AVS Hill, A Jepson, M Plebanski… - … Transactions of the …, 1997 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent twin studies of clinical malaria and immune responses to malaria antigens have
underscored the importance of both MHC and non–MHC genes in determining variable …

Genetic Regulation of Acquired Immune Responses to Antigens ofMycobacterium tuberculosis: a Study of Twins in West Africa

A Jepson, A Fowler, W Banya, M Singh… - Infection and …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
The role of genetic factors in clinical tuberculosis is increasingly recognized; how such
factors regulate the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in healthy individuals …

Selective recognition of malaria antigens by human serum antibodies is not genetically determined but demonstrates some features of clonal imprinting

RR Taylor, A Egan, D McGuinness… - International …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Malaria infection induces the production of serum antibodies to a variety of malaria antigens
but the prevalence of antibodies to any particular antigen ins typically mucb less than 100 …

Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF in the diagnosis of tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy by endobronchial ultrasound

DJ Dhasmana, C Ross, CJ Bradley… - Annals of the …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The Xpert (GeneXpert) MTB/RIF, an integrated polymerase chain reaction assay,
has not been systematically studied in extrapulmonary and in particular mediastinal …

Early (2008–2010) hospital outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing OXA-48 carbapenemase in the UK

CP Thomas, LSP Moore, N Elamin, M Doumith… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
OXA-48 β-lactamase is one of the several emerging carbapenemases. Pre-2007 reports
were almost exclusively from Turkey, but subsequently its distribution has expanded. We …