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Letter

Mass containment sites for people seeking asylum must be abandoned

Burnett A, Katona C, McCann S, Mostafanejad R, Yfantis A
2024-09-12 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2024-09-12 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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Commentary

The UK’s illegal migration bill will have grave consequences for health and human welfare

McCann S
2023-03-17 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2023-03-17 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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Research

Association of prevalence of active transport to work and incidence of myocardial infarction: A nationwide ecological study

Munyombwe T, Lovelace R, Green M, Norman P, Walpole S,  et al.
2019-12-18 • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
2019-12-18 • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Background
There is a paucity of population-based geospatial data about the association between active transport and myocardial infarction. We investigated the association between a...
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Research

Meningococcal serogroup B strain coverage of the multicomponent 4CMenB vaccine with corresponding regional distribution and clinical characteristics in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2007-08 and 2014-15: a qualitative and quantitative assessment

Parikh S, Newbold L, Slater S, Moschioni M, Lucidarme J,  et al.
2017-07-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2017-07-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
The UK introduced 4CMenB-a multicomponent vaccine against serogroup B meningococcal disease-into the national infant immunisation programme in September, 2015. The Meningo...
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Research

Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patients

Ahuja SD, Ashkin D, Avendano M, Banerjee R, Bayona J,  et al.
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic, expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the ...
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Research

Determining the lower limit of detection required for HCV viral load assay for test of cure following direct-acting antiviral based treatment regimens: evidence from a global dataset

Morgan JR, Marsh E, Savinkina A, Shilton S, Shadaker S,  et al.
2022-03-12 • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
2022-03-12 • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Achieving global elimination of hepatitis C virus requires a substantial scale-up of testing. Point-of-care HCV viral load assays are available as an alternative to laboratory-based assa...
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Commentary

The UK government’s migration policy plans will only cause more suffering and death

McCann S
2021-11-30 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2021-11-30 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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Research

Real-world SARS CoV-2 testing in Northern England during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Farooq HZ, Davies E, Brown B, Whitfield T, Tilston P,  et al.
2021-07-01 • Journal of Infection
2021-07-01 • Journal of Infection
OBJECTIVES
SARS-CoV-2 emerged in South Asia in 2019 and has resulted in a global pandemic. Public Health England (PHE) Manchester rapidly escalated testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the high...
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Research

SAMBA HIV semi-quantitative test, a new point-of-care viral load monitoring assay for resource-limited settings

Ritchie AV, Ushiro-Lumb I, Edemaga D, Joshi HA, De Ruiter A,  et al.
2014-07-16 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2014-07-16 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Routine viral load (VL) testing of HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is used to monitor treatment efficacy. However, due to logistical challenges, implementation o...
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Research

The incubation period of hepatitis E genotype 1: insights from pooled analyses of travellers

Azman AS, Ciglenecki I, Oeser C, Said B, Tedder IRS,  et al.
2018-05-24 • Epidemiology and Infection
2018-05-24 • Epidemiology and Infection
Hepatitis E virus genotype 1 (HEV G1) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa and Asia. HEV G1's natural history, including the incubation period, remains poorly under...
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Research

Safety of efavirenz in first-trimester of pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes from observational cohorts

Ford NP, Mofenson L, Kranzer K, Medu L, Frigati L,  et al.
2010-06-19 • AIDS
2010-06-19 • AIDS
INTRODUCTION
Primate studies and some observational human data have raised concern regarding an association of first-trimester efavirenz exposure with central nervous system congenit...