Edwin Armitage

Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow at MRC Gambia @ LSHTM and Public Health SpR; Researching #StrepA carriage and infection

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

🎉Our new study published today in @LancetMicrobe: SpyCATS longitudinal household cohort study of #StrepA carriage and infection and transmission in The Gambia! https://t.co/Mmx0MCux9M [1/7]

[Alex J Keeley @AlexJKeeley]

🧵 New paper from MRC Strep A research team out today in @NatureMedicine

https://t.co/NJO7zTrMPN

On development of #StrepA #Immunity over life course in #TheGambia raising hope for vaccines on the horizon

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[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

Job alert! Senior Public Health Specialist - Healthy Children and Families Team (Substance Use)
Full Time, Fixed Term (12 months) - Bristol City Council. Application closing date: 19/03/2025 https://t.co/bR8JsmfngE

[Alex J Keeley @AlexJKeeley]

📢 Preprint - not peer-reviewed🤞:

Development of #immunity to #StrepA in The Gambia. We assessed IgG to conserved and M protein antigens across the life course, exploring association with protection against infection:

https://t.co/LoFbJEtq9w

[Rebecca Chisholm @rh_chisholm]

Thrilled to announce we received an @nhmrc Ideas Grant @latrobe to investigate #StrepA transmission and optimal study design in high burden settings. Can’t wait to start working with @dr_michaelmarks, @DrTrishCampbell, @ouli_xie, @MDaviesLab, @edwinarmitage and the whole AI team!

[Michael Marks @dr_michaelmarks]

How much #StrepA do we miss when assessing impetigo using culture? Answer: a lot @JIDJournal https://t.co/eLQNu5gyoR In our original study we detected StrepA in 51% of lesions in children at @mrcunitgambia but this increased to 80% using qPCR.

[Ouli Xie @ouli_xie]

Is Streptococcus dysgalactiae subp. equisimilis (SDSE) just the poor cousin of S. pyogenes? Although it mostly causes disease in adults, there's actually much clinical and genomic overlap! See our review just out in CMR @syctong @MDaviesLab @TheDohertyInst https://t.co/7rdAfgp8pW

[Michael Marks @dr_michaelmarks]

Can we improve diagnosis #StrepA? https://t.co/2iLBqZ2d9f We evaluated patients with pharyngitis in the Gambia & found all clinical decision rules performed poorly. Molecular tests detected higher burden #StrepA than culture but are too $ for use in low resource settings.

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

@gpollara @LancetMicrobe @mrcunitgambia Thanks!

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

It was a huge pleasure to be asked to talk to the @LancetMicrobe podcast about our recently published SpyCATS study in Gambia @mrcunitgambia Listen here: https://t.co/vIqSdL46S2. Paper here: https://t.co/Mmx0MCux9M

[The Lancet Microbe @LancetMicrobe]

New research article

#Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and infection within households in The Gambia: a longitudinal cohort study

https://t.co/a2naYhatPf

#StrepA #OpenAccess #OA

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

🌐 Read the full study here https://t.co/Iikl8dMpBY. This research is a step forward in our global fight against StrepA-related diseases, thanks to the invaluable contributions of our team and local community members @mrcunitgambia. [7/7]

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

🎉Our new study published today in @LancetMicrobe: SpyCATS longitudinal household cohort study of #StrepA carriage and infection and transmission in The Gambia! https://t.co/Mmx0MCux9M [1/7]

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

Our findings confirm the bidirectional transmission of StrepA between the throat and skin, shown by Lacey et al. in Australia (https://t.co/qaqKXppJhE). This shows the interplay between different sites of carriage and infection, important for developing control strategies. [6/7]

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

New paper from The Gambia looking into health seeking behaviour and beliefs around sore throats. So important for improving diagnosis of StrepA pharyngitis and rheumatic heart disease in Africa. https://t.co/Ik3wOGIglN @maria_suau @mrcunitgambia @LSHTM #StrepA

[Sarah Sturrock @SturrockSarah]

So cool to share a slot with some really amazing researchers - gigantic shoes to fill, and possibly the greatest group A Strep bromance the world has ever seen @AlexJKeeley @edwinarmitage @AnjaSaso @dr_kevin_martin

[Edwin Armitage @edwinarmitage]

Great talk from @AnjaSaso on her Pertussis work from @mrcunitgambia - lots of late-night lab work and important results! #createphd2024lusaka #CREATEPhD