A short thread on Group A Strep (GAS), invasive GAS (iGAS), scarlet fever and other conditions.
@UKHSA has released an epi report highlighting what we are detecting through notifications and reports from labs and clinicians https://t.co/rwLfSH64Nj 1/8
My new paper out in @SciReports "Changes in serotype prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Southampton, UK between 2006 and 2018" https://t.co/8r5j8V24QX a🧵1/n
Keeping human faeces out of the waterways people use recreationally is a key public health intervention.
Water companies can and should act on sewage and effluent discharge.
We lay out why and how below.
https://t.co/IOsMinkHjA
We’re asking parents and carers to be vigilant for symptoms of jaundice in children as we’ve detected higher than usual rates of liver inflammation in children. We are working with NHS and public health colleagues around the UK to investigate.
Read our thread for more info 🧵
A reminder that I am looking for a postdoc to start in the next couple of months (or later if really need to). Any experience in bioinformatics is welcome, the focus of the project is then somewhat negotiable once related to M tuberculosis and transmission.
You heard yesterday about the initial results from our vaccine efficacy studies. In this blog I describe our work @UKHSA#OmicronVariant - Investigating Omicron: what UKHSA is doing now https://t.co/rLteHYrCMX
🚨Advance publication out today in @Nature🚨
Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2
https://t.co/3jHUCI2vKX
Our latest work as part of https://t.co/4AhokGuCE1
@UKCICstudy