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Physician Scientist | Professor of Infectious Diseases @ShefUni_ClinMed | Vaccines and Immunity @MRCUnitGambia | SARSCoV2 | Influenza | StrepA
Feb 3, 2022 17 tweets 9 min read
1/Our paper characterising in-hospital #SARSCoV2 transmissions in a large NHS trust across two waves, combining viral sequence, epi & ward occupation info from over 2000 patients & healthcare workers (HCWs): nature.com/articles/s4146… work led by @BenLindsey1 @Chjulian & @fcampbell_ 2/As with most #SARSCoV2 work, a great collaboration between @ShefUni_IICD @SheffieldHosp @cmmid_lshtm with @katiito Stéphane Hué @AlexJKeeley @cariadmevans @InfectionDave @bioinfomatt @Dhruv_R_Shah @owlgirlSharon & others. Leverages our #SARSCoV2 sequencing with @CovidGenomicsUK
Jul 23, 2021 19 tweets 11 min read
1/Our PITCH consortium preprint on immune responses during different Pfizer BNT162b2 dosing regimens is out! pitch-study.org TL;DR get both doses of whichever vaccine you are offered 2/Led by @rebecca37704429 and @Susannajd with Paul Klenerman and Miles Carroll (not on twitter!)@DHSCgovuk @UKCICstudy @PHE_uk @stephanie200586 @chrisjaduncan @EleanorBarnesOx @AlexRichter3 @sarahlrj @LanceTurtle and more!