Dr Rory Gunson
- Honorary Professor (School of Infection & Immunity)
Publications
2025
Goldstein, Emily, Ure, Roisin, Winter, Andrew, Currie, Alison, McHugh, Martin, Doumith, Michel, Cole, Michelle Jayne, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078 and Gunson, Rory N.
(2025)
Local cluster of gonorrhoea strains harbouring the Neisseria meningitidis porA gene: a re-emerging diagnostic escape mutant.
Sexually Transmitted Infections,
(doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2025-056520)
(Early Online Publication)
2024
Ho, Antonia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-3785, McInnes, Neil, Blunsum, Andrew, Quinn, Joanna, Lynagh, Daniel, Murphy, Michael E., Gunson, Rory, MacConnachie, Alisdair and Lowe, David J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4866-2049
(2024)
Near real-time severe acute respiratory illness surveillance characterising influenza and Covid-19 epidemiology in hospitalised adults, 2021-22.
Journal of Infection, 89(6),
106338.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106338)
(PMID:39489182)
Ahovègbé, L. et al. (2024) Hepatitis C virus diversity and treatment outcomes in Benin; a prospective cohort study. Lancet Microbe, 5(7), pp. 697-706. (doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00041-7) (PMID:38889738)
2023
Pascall, D. J. et al. (2023) Directions of change in intrinsic case severity across successive SARS-CoV-2 variant waves have been inconsistent. Journal of Infection, 87(2), pp. 128-135. (doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.05.019) (PMID:37270070) (PMCID:PMC10234362)
Li, Kathy K., Lau, Betty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1382-9830, Suárez, Nicolás M., Camiolo, Salvatore
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8874-9993, Gunson, Rory, Davison, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-9128 and Orton, Richard J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325
(2023)
Direct nanopore sequencing of human cytomegalovirus genomes from high-viral-load clinical samples.
Viruses, 15(6),
1248.
(doi: 10.3390/v15061248)
(PMID:37376548)
(PMCID:PMC10303703)
Morfopoulou, S. et al. (2023) Genomic investigations of unexplained acute hepatitis in children. Nature, 617(7961), pp. 564-573. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06003-w) (PMID:36996872)
Pascall, D. J. et al. (2023) The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: a genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis. PLoS ONE, 18(4), e0284187. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284187) (PMID:37053201) (PMCID:PMC10101505)
Manali, M. et al. (2023) SARS-CoV-2 evolution and patient immunological history shape the breadth and potency of antibody-mediated immunity. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227(1), pp. 40-49. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac332) (PMID:35920058) (PMCID:PMC9384671)
2022
Ho, A. et al. (2022) Adeno-associated virus 2 infection in children with non-A-E hepatitis. Nature, 617(7961), pp. 555-563. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05948-2) (PMID:36996873)
Vink, E. et al. (2022) Viral co-infections in hospitalised COVID-19 patients recruited to the ISARIC WHO CCP-UK study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(11), ofac531. (doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac531) (PMID:36381618) (PMCID:PMC9619746)
Shah, R. et al. (2022) Characterisation of a hepatitis C virus subtype 2a cluster in Scottish PWID with a suboptimal response to glecaprevir/pibrentasvir treatment. Viruses, 14(8), 1678. (doi: 10.3390/v14081678) (PMID:36016300) (PMCID:PMC9416734)
Willett, B. J. et al. (2022) SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway. Nature Microbiology, 7(8), pp. 1161-1179. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01143-7) (PMID:35798890) (PMCID:PMC9352574)
Nickbakhsh, S. et al. (2022) Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a university outbreak setting and implications for public health planning. Scientific Reports, 12, 11735. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15661-1) (PMID:35853960) (PMCID:PMC9296497)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic assessment of quarantine measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 importation and transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 1012. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28371-z) (PMID:35197443) (PMCID:PMC8866425)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 751. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27942-w) (PMID:35136068) (PMCID:PMC8826310)
Twohig, K. A. et al. (2022) Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(1), pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00475-8) (PMID:34461056) (PMCID:PMC8397301)
2021
Vöhringer, H. S. et al. (2021) Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England. Nature, 600(7889), pp. 506-511. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04069-y) (PMID:34649268) (PMCID:PMC8674138)
Witkowska McConnell, W. et al. (2021) Paper microfluidic implementation of loop mediated isothermal amplification for early diagnosis of hepatitis C virus. Nature Communications, 12, 6994. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27076-z) (PMID:34848705) (PMCID:PMC8632961)
Shepherd, J. G. et al. (2021) Seoul virus associated with pet pats, Scotland, UK, 2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(10), pp. 2677-2680. (doi: 10.3201/eid2710.211298) (PMID:34545785) (PMCID:PMC8462346)
Li, K. K. et al. (2021) Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units - a high risk community-hospital interface. Journal of Infection, 83(1), pp. 96-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.020) (PMID:33895226) (PMCID:PMC8061788)
Conway, D.I. et al. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 positivity in asymptomatic-screened dental patients. Journal of Dental Research, 100(6), pp. 583-590. (doi: 10.1177/00220345211004849) (PMID:33779355) (PMCID:PMC8138329)
Graham, M. S. et al. (2021) Changes in symptomatology, reinfection, and transmissibility associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7: an ecological study. Lancet Public Health, 6(5), e335-e345. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00055-4)
Volz, E. et al. (2021) Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England. Nature, 593(7858), pp. 266-269. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03470-x) (PMID:33767447)
Trayner, K. M.A. et al. (2021) High willingness to use drug consumption rooms among people who inject drugs in Scotland: findings from a national bio-behavioural survey among people who inject drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy, 90, 102731. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102731) (PMID:32331859) (PMCID:PMC8063177)
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)
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) (PMCID:PMC7906417)
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)
2020
Davis, C. et al. (2020) Postexposure prophylaxis with rVSV-ZEBOV following exposure to a patient with Ebola virus disease relapse in the United Kingdom: an operational, safety, and immunogenicity report. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(11), pp. 2872-2879. (doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1165) (PMID:31784751) (PMCID:PMC7778350)
Nickbakhsh, Sema ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-7536, Ho, Antonia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-3785, Marques, Diogo F.P., McMenamin, Jim, Gunson, Rory N. and Murcia, Pablo R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X
(2020)
Reply to Li et al.
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 222(4),
pp. 696-698.
(doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa322)
(PMID:32497172)
Nickbakhsh, Sema ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-7536, Ho, Antonia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-3785, Marques, Diogo F.P., McMenamin, Jim, Gunson, Rory N. and Murcia, Pablo R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X
(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)
Suarez, N. M. et al. (2020) Whole-genome approach to assessing human cytomegalovirus dynamics in transplant patients undergoing antiviral therapy. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10, 267. (doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00267)
Trayner, Kirsten M. A., McAuley, Andrew, Palmateer, Norah E., Goldberg, David, Shepherd, Samantha J., Gunson, Rory, Tweed, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-812X, Priyadarshi, Saket, Milosevic, Catriona and Hutchinson, Sharon J.
(2020)
Increased risk of HIV and other drug-related harms associated with injecting in public places: national bio-behavioural survey of people who inject drugs.
International Journal of Drug Policy, 77,
102663.
(doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102663)
(PMID:31981949)
(PMCID:PMC8330401)
2019
Nickbakhsh, S. et al. (2019) Virus-virus interactions impact the population dynamics of influenza and the common cold. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(52), pp. 27142-27150. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911083116) (PMID:31843887) (PMCID:PMC6936719)
Mair, Colette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-7161, Nickbakhsh, Sema
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-7536, Reeve, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091, McMenamin, Jim, Reynolds, Arlene, Gunson, Rory N., Murcia, Pablo R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X and Matthews, Louise
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367
(2019)
Estimation of temporal covariances in pathogen dynamics using Bayesian multivariate autoregressive models.
PLoS Computational Biology, 15(12),
e1007492.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007492)
(PMID:31834896)
(PMCID:PMC6934324)
Jerome, H. et al. (2019) Metagenomic next-generation sequencing aids the diagnosis of viral infections in febrile returning travellers. Journal of Infection, 79(4), pp. 383-388. (doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.08.003) (PMID:31398374) (PMCID:PMC6859916)
Maabar, Maha, Davison, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-9128, Vučak, Matej, Thorburn, Fiona, Murcia, Pablo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X, Gunson, Rory, Palmarini, Massimo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070 and Hughes, Joseph
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563
(2019)
DisCVR: rapid viral diagnosis from high-throughput sequencing data.
Virus Evolution, 5(2),
vez033.
(doi: 10.1093/ve/vez033)
(PMID:31528358)
(PMCID:PMC6735924)
2017
Goldstein, Emily J., Harvey, William T., Wilkie, Gavin S., Shepherd, Samantha J., MacLean, Alasdair R., Murcia, Pablo R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X and Gunson, Rory N.
(2017)
Integrating patient and whole-genome sequencing data to provide insights into the epidemiology of seasonal influenza A(H3N2) viruses.
Microbial Genomics, 4,
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000137)
(PMID:29310750)
(PMCID:PMC5857367)
Shepherd, Samantha J., Black, Heather, Thomson, Emma C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-0889 and Gunson, Rory N.
(2017)
HIV positive patient with GBS-like syndrome.
JMM Case Reports, 4(8),
e005107.
(doi: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005107)
(PMID:29026634)
(PMCID:PMC5610709)
2016
Weir, A. et al. (2016) Hepatitis C reinfection following treatment induced viral clearance among people who have injected drugs. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 165, pp. 53-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.05.012) (PMID:27268294)
Bulteel, N. et al. (2016) Factors associated with spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Journal of Hepatology, 65(2), pp. 266-272. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.04.030) (PMID:27155531)
Nickbakhsh, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-7536, Thorburn, F., Von Wissmann, B., McMenamin, J., Gunson, R. N. and Murcia, P. R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X
(2016)
Extensive multiplex PCR diagnostics reveals new insights into the epidemiology of viral respiratory infections.
Epidemiology and Infection, 144(10),
pp. 2064-2076.
(doi: 10.1017/S0950268816000339)
(PMID:26931455)
2015
Jarchow-Macdonald, Anna A., Halley, Shona, Chandler, Daniel, Gunson, Rory, Shepherd, Samantha and Parcell, Benjamin J. (2015) First report of an astrovirus type 5 gastroenteritis outbreak in a residential elderly care home identified by sequencing. Journal of Clinical Virology, 73, pp. 115-119. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.11.006) (PMID:26590691)
McNaughton, Anna L., Cameron, Iain Dugald, Wignall-Fleming, Elizabeth B., Biek, Roman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, McLauchlan, John
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-9948, Gunson, Rory N., Templeton, Kate, Tan, Harriet Mei-Lin and McWilliam Leitch, E. Carol
(2015)
Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the introduction of hepatitis C virus into Scotland and its subsequent regional transmission.
Journal of Virology, 89(22),
pp. 11223-11232.
(doi: 10.1128/JVI.02106-15)
(PMID:26311892)
(PMCID:PMC4645645)
Thorburn, Fiona, Bennett, Susan, Modha, Sejal, Murdoch, David, Gunson, Rory and Murcia, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X
(2015)
Erratum to 'the use of next generation sequencing in the diagnosis and typing of respiratory infections' [J. Clin. Virol. 69 (2015) 96–100].
Journal of Clinical Virology, 70,
p. 128.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.101)
Thorburn, Fiona, Bennett, Susan, Modha, Sejal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8440-885X, Murdoch, David, Gunson, Rory and Murcia, Pablo R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X
(2015)
The use of next generation sequencing in the diagnosis and typing of respiratory infections.
Journal of Clinical Virology, 69,
pp. 96-100.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.082)
(PMID:26209388)
(PMCID:PMC4533236)
Bennett, S., Li, K. and Gunson, R.N. (2015) Hepatitis E virus infection presenting with paraesthesia. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(2), e27-e29. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015572093) (PMID:25663032)
Shepherd, Samantha J., Abdelrahman, Tamer, MacLean, Alasdair R., Thomson, Emma C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-0889, Aitken, Celia and Gunson, Rory N.
(2015)
Prevalence of HCV NS3 pre-treatment resistance associated amino acid variants within a Scottish cohort.
Journal of Clinical Virology, 65,
pp. 50-53.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.02.005)
(PMID:25766988)
(PMCID:PMC4728298)
Xu, Gaolian, Gunson, Rory N., Cooper, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Reboud, Julien
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405
(2015)
Rapid ultrasonic isothermal amplification of DNA with multiplexed melting analysis – applications in the clinical diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases.
Chemical Communications, 51(13),
pp. 2589-2592.
(doi: 10.1039/c4cc08389j)
(PMID:25569801)
Li, Kathy K., Gunson, Rory N., Lush, Christopher and Aitken, Celia (2015) Deranged liver function tests in a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Virology, 62, pp. 118-121. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.026)
Bennett, Susan, MacLean, Alasdair R., Reynolds, Arlene, von Wissmann, Beatrix and Gunson, Rory (2015) False positive influenza A and B detections in clinical samples due to contamination with live attenuated influenza vaccine. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 64(4), pp. 466-468. (doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000035) (PMID:25657303)
2014
McAllister, G. et al. (2014) Uptake of hepatitis C specialist services and treatment following diagnosis by dried blood spot in Scotland. Journal of Clinical Virology, 61(3), pp. 359-364. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.09.004) (PMID:25264306)
McNaughton, A.L., Thomson, E.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-0889, Templeton, K., Gunson, R.N. and McWilliam Leitch, E.C.
(2014)
Mixed genotype hepatitis C infections and implications for treatment.
Hepatology, 59(3),
p. 1209.
(doi: 10.1002/hep.26544)
(PMID:23744801)
(PMCID:PMC4296219)
2013
Bradley-Stewart, A., Jolly, L., Adamson, W., Gunson, R., Frew-Gillespie, C., Templeton, K., Aitken, C., Carman, W., Cameron, S. and McSharry, C. (2013) Cytokine responses in patients with mild or severe influenza A(H1N1)pdm09. Journal of Clinical Virology, 58(1), pp. 100-107. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.05.011)
Articles
Goldstein, Emily, Ure, Roisin, Winter, Andrew, Currie, Alison, McHugh, Martin, Doumith, Michel, Cole, Michelle Jayne, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078 and Gunson, Rory N.
(2025)
Local cluster of gonorrhoea strains harbouring the Neisseria meningitidis porA gene: a re-emerging diagnostic escape mutant.
Sexually Transmitted Infections,
(doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2025-056520)
(Early Online Publication)
Ho, Antonia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-3785, McInnes, Neil, Blunsum, Andrew, Quinn, Joanna, Lynagh, Daniel, Murphy, Michael E., Gunson, Rory, MacConnachie, Alisdair and Lowe, David J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4866-2049
(2024)
Near real-time severe acute respiratory illness surveillance characterising influenza and Covid-19 epidemiology in hospitalised adults, 2021-22.
Journal of Infection, 89(6),
106338.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106338)
(PMID:39489182)
Ahovègbé, L. et al. (2024) Hepatitis C virus diversity and treatment outcomes in Benin; a prospective cohort study. Lancet Microbe, 5(7), pp. 697-706. (doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00041-7) (PMID:38889738)
Pascall, D. J. et al. (2023) Directions of change in intrinsic case severity across successive SARS-CoV-2 variant waves have been inconsistent. Journal of Infection, 87(2), pp. 128-135. (doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.05.019) (PMID:37270070) (PMCID:PMC10234362)
Li, Kathy K., Lau, Betty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1382-9830, Suárez, Nicolás M., Camiolo, Salvatore
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8874-9993, Gunson, Rory, Davison, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-9128 and Orton, Richard J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325
(2023)
Direct nanopore sequencing of human cytomegalovirus genomes from high-viral-load clinical samples.
Viruses, 15(6),
1248.
(doi: 10.3390/v15061248)
(PMID:37376548)
(PMCID:PMC10303703)
Morfopoulou, S. et al. (2023) Genomic investigations of unexplained acute hepatitis in children. Nature, 617(7961), pp. 564-573. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06003-w) (PMID:36996872)
Pascall, D. J. et al. (2023) The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: a genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis. PLoS ONE, 18(4), e0284187. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284187) (PMID:37053201) (PMCID:PMC10101505)
Manali, M. et al. (2023) SARS-CoV-2 evolution and patient immunological history shape the breadth and potency of antibody-mediated immunity. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227(1), pp. 40-49. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac332) (PMID:35920058) (PMCID:PMC9384671)
Ho, A. et al. (2022) Adeno-associated virus 2 infection in children with non-A-E hepatitis. Nature, 617(7961), pp. 555-563. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05948-2) (PMID:36996873)
Vink, E. et al. (2022) Viral co-infections in hospitalised COVID-19 patients recruited to the ISARIC WHO CCP-UK study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(11), ofac531. (doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac531) (PMID:36381618) (PMCID:PMC9619746)
Shah, R. et al. (2022) Characterisation of a hepatitis C virus subtype 2a cluster in Scottish PWID with a suboptimal response to glecaprevir/pibrentasvir treatment. Viruses, 14(8), 1678. (doi: 10.3390/v14081678) (PMID:36016300) (PMCID:PMC9416734)
Willett, B. J. et al. (2022) SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway. Nature Microbiology, 7(8), pp. 1161-1179. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01143-7) (PMID:35798890) (PMCID:PMC9352574)
Nickbakhsh, S. et al. (2022) Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a university outbreak setting and implications for public health planning. Scientific Reports, 12, 11735. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15661-1) (PMID:35853960) (PMCID:PMC9296497)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic assessment of quarantine measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 importation and transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 1012. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28371-z) (PMID:35197443) (PMCID:PMC8866425)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 751. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27942-w) (PMID:35136068) (PMCID:PMC8826310)
Twohig, K. A. et al. (2022) Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(1), pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00475-8) (PMID:34461056) (PMCID:PMC8397301)
Vöhringer, H. S. et al. (2021) Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England. Nature, 600(7889), pp. 506-511. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04069-y) (PMID:34649268) (PMCID:PMC8674138)
Witkowska McConnell, W. et al. (2021) Paper microfluidic implementation of loop mediated isothermal amplification for early diagnosis of hepatitis C virus. Nature Communications, 12, 6994. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27076-z) (PMID:34848705) (PMCID:PMC8632961)
Shepherd, J. G. et al. (2021) Seoul virus associated with pet pats, Scotland, UK, 2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(10), pp. 2677-2680. (doi: 10.3201/eid2710.211298) (PMID:34545785) (PMCID:PMC8462346)
Li, K. K. et al. (2021) Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units - a high risk community-hospital interface. Journal of Infection, 83(1), pp. 96-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.020) (PMID:33895226) (PMCID:PMC8061788)
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