
MVLS Research Outputs
Discover and explore the research currently being undertaken across our seven research institutes in response to the Covid19 pandemic.
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine
Covid19 Publications
Collier, D. A. et al. (2021) Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies. Nature, (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03412-7) (PMID:33706364) (Early Online Publication)
Hanlon, P. et al. (2020) COVID-19 – exploring the implications of long-term condition type and extent of multimorbidity on years of life lost: a modelling study. Wellcome Open Research, 5, 75. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15849.1) (PMID:PPR153916)
Olival, K. J. et al. (2020) Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: a case study of bats. PLoS Pathogens, 16(9), e1008758. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008758) (PMID:32881980) (PMCID:PMC7470399)
Da Silva Filipe, A. et al. (2021) Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland. Nature Microbiology, 6(1), pp. 112-122. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-00838-z) (PMID:33349681)
McDougall, C. W., Brown, C., Thomson, C., Hanley, N. , Tully, M. A., Quilliam, R. S., Bartie, P. J., Gibson, L. and Oliver, D. M. (2020) From one pandemic to another: emerging lessons from COVID-19 for tackling physical inactivity in cities. Cities and Health, (doi: 10.1080/23748834.2020.1785165) (Early Online Publication)
Rihn, S. J. et al. (2021) A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research. PLoS Biology, 19(2), e3001091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001091) (PMID:33630831)
Hosie, M. J. et al. (2021) Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples from cats in the UK associated with human-to-cat transmission. Veterinary Record, (Accepted for Publication)
Murcia, P. , Streiker, D. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Robertson, D. , Jarrett, R. , Willett, B. , Hosie, M. , Biek, R. , Allan, K. and Weir, W. (2020) Send cat and dog samples to test for SARS-CoV-2. Veterinary Record, 186(17), p. 571. (doi: 10.1136/vr.m2019) (PMID:32451348)
Kronfeld-Schor, N., Stevenson, T., Nickbakhsh, S. , Schernhammer, E., Dopico, X., Dayan, T., Martinez, M. and Helm, B. (2021) Drivers of infectious disease seasonality: potential implications for COVID-19. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 36(1), pp. 35-54. (doi: 10.1177/0748730420987322) (PMID:33491541) (PMCID:PMC7924107)
Addie, D., Houe, L., Maitland, K. , Passantino, G. and Decaro, N. (2020) Effect of cat litters on feline coronavirus infection of cell culture and cats. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 22(4), pp. 350-357. (doi: 10.1177/1098612x19848167) (PMID:31094626)
Ceron, J. J., Lamy, E., Martinez-Subiela, S., Lopez-Jornet, P., Capela e Silva, F., Eckersall, P. D. and Tvarijonaviciute, A. (2020) Use of saliva for diagnosis and monitoring the SARS-CoV-2: a general perspective. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(5), e1491. (doi: 10.3390/jcm9051491) (PMID:32429101) (PMCID:PMC7290439)
Institute of Cancer Sciences
Covid19 Publications
Keith, N. , Plummer, R., Coyle, V., Cameron, D., Evans, J. , Twelves, C., Palmer, D., Danson, S., Graham, D. and Welisch, G. (2021) Early Phase Cancer Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic: an ECMC North Initiative. Project Report. OSF. (doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/6WTN2).
Duffy, C. et al. (2020) Chest drain aerosol generation in COVID-19 and emission reduction using a simple anti-viral filter. BMJ Open, 7, e000710. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000710) (PMID:33148778) (PMCID:PMC7643431)
McKay, S. C. et al. (2021) Impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on pancreatic cancer services and treatment pathways: United Kingdom experience. HPB, (doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2021.03.003) (PMCID:PMC7973054) (In Press)
Hadjiyiannakis, D., Dimitroyannis, D., Eastlake, L., Peedell, C., Tripathi, L., Simcock, R., Vyas, A., Deutsch, E. and Chalmers, A.J. (2021) Personal view: low-dose lung radiotherapy should be evaluated as a treatment for severe COVID-19 lung disease. Clinical Oncology, 33(1), e64-e68. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.08.003) (PMID:32829986) (PMCID:PMC7427522)
Ferguson, K., Quail, N., Kewin, P. and Blyth, K. G. (2020) COVID-19 associated with extensive pulmonary arterial, intracardiac and peripheral arterial thrombosis. BMJ Case Reports, 13(8), e237460. (doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237460) (PMID:32747597) (PMCID:PMC7401579)
Faivre-Finn, C. et al. (2020) Reduced fractionation in lung cancer patients treated with curative-intent radiotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Oncology, 32(8), pp. 481-489. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.05.001) (PMID:32405158) (PMCID:PMC7218369)
Hanna, C. R. et al. (2020) Glasgow Early Treatment Arm Favirpiravir (GETAFIX) for adults with early stage COVID-19: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21(935), (doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04891-1) (PMID:33213530) (PMCID:PMC7675389)
O'Cathail, S.M. , Gilbert, D.C., Sebag-Montefiore, D. and Muirhead, R. (2020) Challenges and consequences of COVID-19 in the management of anorectal cancer: coming together through social distancing. Clinical Oncology, 32(7), pp. 413-416. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.04.009) (PMID:32359847) (PMCID:PMC7184022)
Mangion, K. et al. (2020) The Chief Scientist Office cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging in SARS Coronavirus disease-19 (CISCO-19) study. Cardiovascular Research, 116(14), pp. 2185-2196. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa209) (PMID:32702087) (PMCID:PMC7454350)
Conway, D.I. et al. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 positivity in asymptomatic-screened dental patients. Journal of Dental Research, (doi: 10.1177/00220345211004849) (PMID:33779355) (Early Online Publication)
Boyle, J. G., Walters, M. R. , Jamieson, S. and Durning, S. J. (2020) Clinical reasoning in the wild: premature closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Diagnosis, 7(3), pp. 177-179. (doi: 10.1515/dx-2020-0061) (PMID:32710716)
Stenvinkel, P., Painer, J., Shiels, P.G. , Bansal, A., Fereidouni, S., Natterson-Horowitz, B., Johnson, R.J. and Miranda, J.J. (2021) SARS-COV-2 and biomimetics: what saves the planet will save our health. Journal of Internal Medicine, 289(2), pp. 244-246. (doi: 10.1111/joim.13128) (PMID:32583447) (PMCID:PMC7361468)
Emary, K. R. W. et al. (2021) Efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 202012/01 (B.1.1.7): an exploratory analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00628-0) (In Press)
Hanna, C. R. , Robb, K. A. , Blyth, K. G. , Jones, R. J. and Chalmers, A. J. (2021) Clinician attitudes to using low dose radiotherapy to treat COVID-19 lung disease. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 109(4), pp. 886-890. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.12.003) (PMID:33309910) (PMCID:PMC7726525)
Jones, C. M. et al. (2020) Considerations for the treatment of pancreatic cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: the UK consensus position. British Journal of Cancer, 123(5), pp. 709-713. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-0980-x) (PMID:32641867) (PMCID:PMC7341025)
Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences
Covid19 Cardiovascular Research
Please see our ICAMS Covid19 Cardiovascular Research pages for all current projects, publications and outputs.
Institute of Health & Wellbeing
Covid19 Publications
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Grants Awarded for Covid19 Research
- Chief Scientist Office. Understanding longer-term health impacts of social distancing and
behavioural interventions introduced to prevent the spread of infection in the population. Dr Katie Robb (PI) & Professor Rory O’Connor. £37,000. - Hunt K, Stead M, Purves R, Bunn C, Gray C, Reith G, Wardle H, Dobbie F, Critchlow N, Donnachie A. Transitions to more harmful forms of gambling during Covid-19 pandemic: behaviours and targeted marketing in young people and bettors on sport. ESRC £464,387. Jun 2020-Dec 2021.
- Gray CM, O’Donnell K, Wyke S part of a Scotland-wide consortium of 33 behavioural scientists Protecting population physical & mental health during the coronavirus pandemic: A representative national weekly survey to understand changes. CSO £324,472. May 2020-Nov 2020.
- Shakespeare T, Watson N, Burns N, Pearson C, Wiseman P, Banks M and Kupar H. Disability and Covid 19. The aim of this study is to understand disabled people's experiences during the COVID-19 epidemic, barriers experienced and lessons learned for policy and practice. £390,000 ESRC COVID-19 Rapid Response research call
- Crampin A, Mwansambo C, Chauma Mwale A, Madise N, Ho A, Mwapasa V, Nyirenda T, Read J, Jewell C, MacPherson P, Price A, Amoah A. SARS-CoV-2 immunoepidemiology in Wellcome-funded urban andrural cohorts in Malawi : generating evidence to inform regional medium and long term decision making. Wellcome £249,544.00
- Hatton, C., Hastings, R, Abbott, D., Beyer, S., Bradshaw, J., Gore, N., Heslop, P., Jahoda, A., Marriot, A., Scior, K., Taggart, L., and Todd, S. Title: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities and factors associated with better outcomes. MRC award, £763,431 (September 2020- 2021)
- Prof Kate O’Donnell as PI; Dr Sara Macdonald and Dr David Blane as Co-Is. Title: Patient and public understanding of, and preferences for, digital tools to support the Scottish Test, Trace, Isolate, Support programme for COVID-19 infection. DHI/PHS; £30,000. (June – August 2020).
- How has Covid-19 social distancing amplified the mental health vulnerabilities of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM)? Dr Jamie Frankis, Reader in Health Psychology, GCU, Prof P Flowers, U. Strathclyde; Prof L McDaid, U. Glasgow; Dr D Strongylou, R Kincaid, GCU, J Heng, NHS Glasgow; T Tougher, NHS Lanarkshire; Y Kerr & Dr D Clutterbuck, NHS Lothian; Dr L Wallace, HPS; N Sparling, HIV Scotland. CSO £49,728
- Social and health impacts of COVID-19 suppression in vulnerable groups. Prof Sarah Armstrong, Dr Lucy Pickering - CSO £186,869
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Robertson Centre for Biostatistics
The Roberson Centre for Biostatistics are involved as co-applicants/partners in the undernoted Covid19-related grants:
- UKRI NIHR - Demographic, multi-morbidity and genetic impact on myocardial involvement and its recovery from COVID-19: the COVID-HEART study - Prof Colin J Berry, Robertson Centre (Data Management, Statistics, Project Management, ECGs] – Total Grant award £620,076
- Medical Research Scotland – The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the Scottish congenital heart disease population – Dr Mark Danton, Professor J G Cleland, Professor Alex McConnachie, Ms Sharon Kean – Total Grant Award £20,000
- Medical Research Scotland - Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 (COVID-RV) – Dr Ben Shelley, Professor Colin J Berry, Dr Claudia-Martina Messow – Total Grant Award £18,280
- Chief Scientists Office – Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Imaging in SARS Coronavirus disease-19 (CISCO-19) – Professor Colin J Berry, Professor Alex McConnachie, Ms Sharon Kean – Total Grant Award £47,940
- Medical Research Scotland - 3D Telemedicine: Transforming Patient Communication during Covid-19 – Dr Steven Lo, Robertson Centre [Statistics] - Total Grant Award £19,829
Additional advisory roles and outputs:
- RCB provides technical support for Professor Pell to analyse data in the Glasgow SafeHaven to inform the Health Board’s strategy on COVID-19 ‘shielding’.
- The RCB team has also created several UK national registries (supported by the British Cardiovascular Society) to capture cardiovascular complications and interventions associated with COVID-19,
- Dr Pierpaolo Pellicori (Clinical Senior Lecturer) is leading a Cochrane Rapid Review on cardiovascular complications of COVID-19.
Covid19 Advisory Roles
- Professor Andrew Gumley chairs the Scottish Government Covid-19 Mental Health Advisory Group and Professor Rory O’Connor is a member.
- Professor Rory O’Connor co-led the Academy of Medical Sciences and MQ Transforming Mental Health Position Paper published in Lancet Psychiatry on setting the mental health science research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Professor Rory O’Connor was part of the COVID-19 International Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration which highlighted the strategic response for suicide prevention, also published in Lancet Psychiatry.
- Professor Rory O’Connor and Jack Melson worked closely with the Scottish Government on its flagship Distress Brief Intervention Programme and developed all of the intervention and training materials. In May 2020, the First Minister decided to scale up the DBI programme nationally to deal with the impact of Covid-19.
- Professor Jill Pell is a member of the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Advisory Group and the testing strategy sub-group.
- Professor Andrew Gumley and Professor John Cleland are members of the CSO / NRS Restart Strategic Advisory Group.
- Claire Orange and Professor Julie Brittenden in RESTART group
- Professor Danny Mackay is member of the UKRI-BBSRC COVID-19 Cohort of Experts.
- Professor Kate O'Donnell is member of the Scottish Government Expert Reference Group on Ethnicity COVID-19.
- Professor Vittal Katikireddi is Co-Chair of the Scottish Government Expert Reference Group on Ethnicity COVID-19.
- Dr Janet Bouttell, Professor Olivia Wu, Professor Kate O’Donnell, Dr David Blane and Dr Bhautesh Jani are all part of the working group with SIGN and Health Improvement Scotland to produce evidence-based guidance for Primary Care.
- Dr David Ross provides COVID-19 advice and support to UK Defence, the Army and NATO and is lead researcher looking at the impact of COVID-19 lockdown and social isolation in soldiers.
SPHSU
- Dr Elise Whitley is a member of Public Health Scotland’s Mental Health Cell and currently contributing to priority setting for future work and advising on likely data sources for monitoring.
- Dr Eric Silverman is a member of Covid-19 Healthcare Coalition which is developing a decision-support dashboard intended to help policy-makers in the US to monitor the progress of the pandemic at the state and county level throughout the country.
- Professor Rich Mitchell and Dr Jonathan Olsen are on Public Health Scotland's Social and System Recovery: Environments and Spaces Group. Rich is leading their Evidence and Data subgroup.
The group is currently exploring the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for open spaces, parks, streets, public spaces. - Ms Ruth Dundas is part of The Scottish COVID-19 Response Consortium (SCRC) - a group of epidemiologists, mathematical modellers, data scientists, software developers and other scientists that have come together to develop new models to help inform the control of COVID-19.
- One of the key groups identified by RAMP to develop a wider range of pandemic models is the University of Glasgow led Scottish COVID-19 Response Consortium. SPHSU is involved in curating data to support model specification and calibration, and we will be increasingly involved in model design and programming.
- Dr Vittal Katikireddi is co-chair and Dr Rachel Thomson, Dr Theocharis Kromydas and Dr Peter Craig are members of a group convened by Public Health Scotland to advise the Scottish Government and other stakeholders (e.g. CoSLA, Social Security Scotland) on the impacts of the COVID-19 response on health and health inequalities that arise through economic and related pathways, and on actions that may mitigate negative impacts and enhance positive impacts. The group has published a briefing looking at protecting the health of the working-age population as lockdown reduces.
Other Covid19 Outputs
INS (International Neuropsychological Society) Newsletter
- Narayanan, J., Evans, J.J., & Wilson, B.A., (2020) Balint’s syndrome as a consequence of COVID-19: A case from Southern India. INS News: International Neuropsychological Society Member Newsletter, Issue 3, p27-31
BMJ Editorial
- Safely returning clinically vulnerable people to work. Ewan Macdonald, honorary professor of occupational medicine, John Middleton, honorary professor of public health, Drushca Lalloo, honorary clinical senior lecturer, Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary care research
Public Health Scotland Report
- Flynn R, Riches E, Reid G, Rosenberg S, Niedzwiedz C. Rapid review of the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland; 2020
Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR)
Please follow this link for the Centre for Virus Research's response to Covid19.
The Centre for Virus Research (CVR) has also contributed to this year's online Glasgow Science Festival 2020: Science on the Sofa.
- Professor David Robertson on the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2
- Professor Emma Thomson on where SARS-CoV-2 in Scotland came from and a potential vaccine
- Dr Janet Scott on long-term health and psychosocial implications of Covid19 (#LongCovid)
- Dr Antonia Ho on understanding how Covid19 affects the body in Scotland and Malawi
- Dr Ana Da Silva Filipe on sequencing the genome of SARS-CoV-2
- Dr Agnieszka Szemiel on growing the virus in a high containment lab
Covid19 Publications
Zumla, A., Alagaili, A. N., Cotten, M. and Azhar, E. I. (2016) Infectious diseases epidemic threats and mass gatherings: refocusing global attention on the continuing spread of the Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). BMC Medicine, 14, 132. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0686-3) (PMID:27604081) (PMCID:PMC5015245)
McInnes, I. B. (2020) COVID-19 and rheumatology: first steps towards a different future? Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(5), pp. 551-552. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217494) (PMID:32299844)
Chaziya, J. et al. (2021) COVID-19 in Malawi: lessons in pandemic preparedness from a tertiary children’s hospital. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106, pp. 238-240. (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319980) (PMID:33361067) (PMCID:PMC7768613)
Memish, Z. A. et al. (2014) Human infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(6), pp. 1012-1015. (doi: 10.3201/eid2006.140402) (PMID:24857749) (PMCID:PMC4036761)
Morgan, D. C. et al. (2021) Stapled ACE2 peptidomimetics designed to target the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein do not prevent virus internalisation. Peptide Science, (doi: 10.1002/pep2.24217) (Early Online Publication)
Wood, R. et al. (2021) Sharing a household with children and risk of COVID-19: a study of over 300 000 adults living in healthcare worker households in Scotland. Archives of Disease in Childhood, (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321604) (PMID:33737319) (PMCID:PMC7985971) (Early Online Publication)
MacLean, O. A. , Lytras, S., Weaver, S., Singer, J. B., Boni, M. F., Lemey, P., Kosakovsky Pond, S. L. and Robertson, D. L. (2021) Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen. PLoS Biology, 19(3), e3001115. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001115) (PMID:33711012)
Mehta, P., Porter, J. C., Manson, J. J., Isaacs, J. D., Openshaw, P. J.M., McInnes, I. B. , Summers, C. and Chambers, R. C. (2020) Therapeutic blockade of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor in COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation: challenges and opportunities. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 8(8), pp. 822-830. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30267-8) (PMID:32559419)
Pollock, D. D. et al. (2020) Viral CpG deficiency provides no evidence that dogs were intermediate hosts for SARS-CoV-2. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(9), pp. 2706-2710. (doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa178) (PMID:32658964) (PMCID:PMC7454803)
Sigfrid, L. et al. (2021) What is the recovery rate and risk of long-term consequences following a diagnosis of COVID-19? A harmonised, global longitudinal observational study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(3), e043887. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043887) (PMID:33692181) (PMCID:PMC7948153)
Carson, G. and Long Covid Forum Group, (2021) Research priorities for Long Covid: refined through an international multi-stakeholder forum. BMC Medicine, 19(1), 84. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-01947-0) (PMID:33785027) (PMCID:PMC8009733)
Hughes, E. C. et al. (2021) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 serosurveillance in a patient population reveals differences in virus exposure and antibody-mediated immunity according to host demography and healthcare setting. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 223(6), pp. 971-980. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa788) (PMID:33367847) (PMCID:PMC7798933)
Cotten, M. et al. (2013) Transmission and evolution of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive genomic study. Lancet, 382(9909), pp. 1993-2002. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61887-5) (PMID:24055451) (PMCID:PMC3898949)
Nickbakhsh, S. , Ho, A. , Marques, D. F.P., McMenamin, J., Gunson, R. N. and Murcia, P. R. (2020) Epidemiology of seasonal coronaviruses: establishing the context for the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 222(1), pp. 17-25. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa185) (PMID:32296837) (PMCID:PMC7184404)
Thomson, E. C. et al. (2021) Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity. Cell, 184(5), 1171-1187.e20. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.037) (PMID:33621484) (PMCID:PMC7843029)
Gupta, R. K. et al. (2021) Development and validation of the ISARIC 4C Deterioration model for adults hospitalised with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(4), pp. 349-359. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30559-2) (PMID:33444539) (PMCID:PMC7832571)
Cevik, M., Bamford, C. and Ho, A. (2020) COVID-19 Pandemic – a focused review for clinicians. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 26(7), pp. 842-847. (doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.023) (PMID:32344166) (PMCID:PMC7182753)
Da Silva Filipe, A. et al. (2021) Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland. Nature Microbiology, 6(1), pp. 112-122. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-00838-z) (PMID:33349681)
Hanna, C. R. et al. (2020) Glasgow Early Treatment Arm Favirpiravir (GETAFIX) for adults with early stage COVID-19: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21(935), (doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04891-1) (PMID:33213530) (PMCID:PMC7675389)
Rihn, S. J. et al. (2021) A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research. PLoS Biology, 19(2), e3001091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001091) (PMID:33630831)
Hosie, M. J. et al. (2021) Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples from cats in the UK associated with human-to-cat transmission. Veterinary Record, (Accepted for Publication)
Voysey, M. et al. (2021) Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK. Lancet, 397(10269), pp. 99-111. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32661-1) (PMID:33306989) (PMCID:PMC7723445)
Dee, K., Goldfarb, D. M., Haney, J., Amat, J. A.R., Herder, V., Stewart, M., Szemiel, A. M., Baguelin, M. and Murcia, P. R. (2021) Human rhinovirus infection blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication within the respiratory epithelium: implications for COVID-19 epidemiology. Journal of Infectious Diseases, (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab147) (Early Online Publication)
Mangion, K. et al. (2020) The Chief Scientist Office cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging in SARS Coronavirus disease-19 (CISCO-19) study. Cardiovascular Research, 116(14), pp. 2185-2196. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa209) (PMID:32702087) (PMCID:PMC7454350)
Kronfeld-Schor, N., Stevenson, T., Nickbakhsh, S. , Schernhammer, E., Dopico, X., Dayan, T., Martinez, M. and Helm, B. (2021) Drivers of infectious disease seasonality: potential implications for COVID-19. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 36(1), pp. 35-54. (doi: 10.1177/0748730420987322) (PMID:33491541) (PMCID:PMC7924107)
Murcia, P. , Streiker, D. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Robertson, D. , Jarrett, R. , Willett, B. , Hosie, M. , Biek, R. , Allan, K. and Weir, W. (2020) Send cat and dog samples to test for SARS-CoV-2. Veterinary Record, 186(17), p. 571. (doi: 10.1136/vr.m2019) (PMID:32451348)
Conway, D.I. et al. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 positivity in asymptomatic-screened dental patients. Journal of Dental Research, (doi: 10.1177/00220345211004849) (PMID:33779355) (Early Online Publication)
McInnes, I. (2021) Response to: 'Hydroxychloroquine shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic' by Mendel et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80, e32. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217954) (PMID:32434826)
Kiyuka, P. K. et al. (2018) Human coronavirus NL63 molecular epidemiology and evolutionary patterns in rural coastal Kenya. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217(11), pp. 1728-1739. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy098) (PMID:29741740) (PMCID:PMC6037089)
Maguire, D. et al. (2020) Prognostic factors in patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital with COVID-19 infection. Journal of Translational Medicine, 18, 354. (doi: 10.1186/s12967-020-02524-4) (PMID:32933530) (PMCID:PMC7491021)
Guzik, T. J. et al. (2020) COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system: implications for risk assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options. Cardiovascular Research, 116(10), pp. 1666-1687. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa106) (PMID:32352535) (PMCID:PMC7197627)
da Silva, S. J. R., da Silva, C. T. A., Guarines, K. M., Mendes, R. P. G., Pardee, K., Kohl, A. and Pena, L. (2020) Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. ACS Infectious Diseases, 6(9), pp. 2319-2336. (doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00274) (PMID:32786280) (PMCID:PMC7441751)
Harrison, E. M. et al. (2020) Ethnicity and outcomes from COVID-19: the ISARIC CCP-UK prospective observational cohort study of hospitalised patients. SSRN Electronic Journal, (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3618215) (Submitted)
Pairo-Castineira, E. et al. (2021) Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19. Nature, 591, pp. 92-98. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03065-y) (PMID:33307546)
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Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology
Covid19 Publications
Morgan, D. C. et al. (2021) Stapled ACE2 peptidomimetics designed to target the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein do not prevent virus internalisation. Peptide Science, (doi: 10.1002/pep2.24217) (Early Online Publication)
Hart, A. (2020) Cover illustration: "Lockdown" mural, Bath Street, Glasgow, by the.rebel.bear Unshackling Plastic Surgery from COVID-19. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 73(6), pp. 1009-1011. (doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.05.082) (PMID:32553186) (PMCID:PMC7293883)
Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology
Covid19 Publications
Rooksby, M. , Furuhashi, T. and McLeod, H. J. (2020) Hikikomori: a hidden mental health need following the COVID-19 pandemic. World Psychiatry, 19(3), pp. 399-400. (doi: 10.1002/wps.20804) (PMID:32931118)