Effect of second booster vaccinations and prior infection against SARS-CoV-2 in the UK SIREN healthcare worker cohortResearch in context

Autor: Peter D. Kirwan, Victoria J. Hall, Sarah Foulkes, Ashley D. Otter, Katie Munro, Dominic Sparkes, Anna Howells, Naomi Platt, Jonathan Broad, David Crossman, Chris Norman, Diane Corrigan, Christopher H. Jackson, Michelle Cole, Colin S. Brown, Ana Atti, Jasmin Islam, Anne M. Presanis, Andre Charlett, Daniela De Angelis, Susan Hopkins, Tracy Lewis, Steve Bain, Rebeccah Thomas, John Geen, Carla Pothecary, Sean Cutler, John Northfield, Cathy Price, Johanne Tomlinson, Sarah Knight, Emily Macnaughton, Ekaterina Watson, Rajeka Lazarus, Aaran Sinclair, Joanne Galliford, Bridgett Masunda, Tabitha Mahungu, Alison Rodger, Esther Hanison, Simon Warren, Swati Jain, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Natasha Mahabir, Rowan Pritchard-Jones, Diane Wycherley, Claire Gabriel, Elijah Matovu, Philippa Bakker, Simantee Guha, S. Gormley, James Pethick, Georgina Butt, Stacey Pepper, Luke Bedford, Paul Ridley, Jane Democratis, Manjula Meda, Anu Chawla, Fran Westwell, Nagesh Kalakonda, Sheena Khanduri, Allison Doel, Sumita Pai, Christian Hacon, Davis Nwaka, Veronica Mendez Moro, A. Moody, Cressida Auckland, Stephanie Prince, Thushan de Silva, Helen Shulver, A. Shah, C. Jones, Banerjee Subhro-Osuji, Angela Houston, Tim Planche, Martin Booth, Christopher Duff, Jonnie Aeron-Thomas, Ray Chaudhuri, David Hilton, Hannah Jory, Zehra'a Al-Khafaji, Philippa Kemsley, Ruth Longfellow, David Boss, Simon Brake, Louise Coke, Ngozi Elumogo, Scott Latham, Chinari Subudhi, Ina Hoad, Claire Thomas, Nihil Chitalia, Tracy Edmunds, Helen Ashby, John Elliott, Beverley Wilkinson, Abby Rand, Catherine Thompson, K. Agwuh, Anna Grice, Kelly Moran, Vijayendra Waykar, Yvonne Lester, Lauren Sach, Kathryn Court, Nikki White, Clair Favager, Kyra Holliday, Jayne Harwood, Brendan Payne, Karen Burns, Lynda Fothergill, Alejandro Arenas-Pinto, Abigail Severn, Kerryanne Brown, Katherine Gray, Jane Dare, Qi Zheng, Kathryn Hollinshead, Robert Shorten, Alun Roebuck, Christopher Holmes, Martin Wiselka, Barzo Faris, Liane Marsh, Clare McAdam, Lisa Ditchfield, Zaman Qazzafi, G. Boyd, N. Wong, Sarah Brand, Jack Squires, John Ashcroft, Ismaelette Del Rosario, Joanne Howard, Emma Ward, Gemma Harrison, Joely Morgan, Claire Corless, Ruth Penn, Nick Wong, Manny Bagary, Nadezda Starkova, Mandy Beekes, Mandy Carnahan, Shivani Khan, Shekoo Mackay, Keneisha Lewis, Graham Pickard, Joy Dawson, Lauren Finlayson, Euan Cameron, Anne Todd, Sebastien Fagegaltier, Sally Mavin, Alexandra Cochrane, Andrew Gibson, Sam Donaldson, Kate Templeton, Martin Malcolm, Beth Smith, Devesh Dhasmana, Susan Fowler, Antonia Ho, Michael Murphy, Claire Beith, Manish Patel, Elizabeth Boyd, Val Irvine, Alison Grant, Rebecca Temple-Purcell, Clodagh Loughrey, Elinor Hanna, Frances Johnston, Angel Boulos, Fiona Thompson, Yuri Protaschik, Susan Regan, Tracy Donaghy, Maurice O'Kane, Omolola Akinbami, Paola Barbero, Tim Brooks, Meera Chand, Ferdinando Insalata, Palak Joshi, Anne-Marie O'Connell, Mary Ramsay, Ayoub Saei, Maria Zambon, Ezra Linley, Simon Tonge, Enemona Adaji, Omoyeni Adebiyi, Nick Andrews, Joanna Conneely, Paul Conneely, Angela Dunne, Simone Dyer, Hannah Emmett, Nipunadi Hettiarachchi, Nishanthan Kapirial, Jameel Khawam, Edward Monk, Sophie Russell, Andrew Taylor-Kerr, Jean Timeyin, Silvia D'Arcangelo, Cathy Rowe, Amanda Semper, Eileen Gallagher, Robert Kyffin, Lisa Cromey, Desmond Areghan, Jennifer Bishop, Melanie Dembinsky, Laura Dobbie, Josie Evans, David Goldberg, Lynne Haahr, Annelysse Jorgenson, Ayodeji Matuluko, Laura Naismith, Desy Nuryunarsih, Alexander Olaoye, Caitlin Plank, Lesley Price, Nicole Sergenson, Sally Stewart, Andrew Telfer, Jennifer Weir, Ellen De Lacy, Yvette Ellis, Susannah Froude, Guy Stevens, Linda Tyson, Susanna Dunachie, Paul Klenerman, Chris Duncan, Rebecca Payne, Lance Turtle, Alex Richter, Thushan De Silva, Eleanor Barnes, Daniel Wootton, Oliver Galgut, Jonathan Heeney, Helen Baxendale, Javier Castillo-Olivares, Rupert Beale, Edward Carr, Wendy Barclay, Maya Moshe, Massimo Palmarini, Brian Willett, John Kenneth Baillie, Jennie Evans, Erika Aquino

Publikováno v: The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, Vol 36, Iss , Pp 100809- (2024)

Summary: Background: The protection of fourth dose mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is relevant to current global policy decisions regarding ongoing booster roll-out. We aimed to estimate the effect of fourth dose vaccination, prior infection, and

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A report on preparation, expansion and future outlook of COVID-19 testing in Gambia

Autor: Ousman Secka, Eniyou C. Oriero, Sheikh Jarju, Aminata Vilane, Natalie Hofmann, Mamadou Ousmane Ndiath, Davis Nwakanma

Publikováno v: Journal of Public Health in Africa, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2022)

Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 disease and rapid spread of the virus outside China led to its declaration as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in January 2020. Key elements of the early intervention strategy focused on

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/0deae29f16af48cca591550af1448bc8

Using an Antibiogram Profile to Improve Infection Control and Rational Antimicrobial Therapy in an Urban Hospital in The Gambia, Strategies and Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Autor: Saffiatou Darboe, Ruel Mirasol, Babapelumi Adejuyigbe, Abdul Khalie Muhammad, Behzad Nadjm, Annabelle De St. Maurice, Tiffany L. Dogan, Buntung Ceesay, Solomon Umukoro, Uduak Okomo, Davis Nwakanma, Anna Roca, Ousman Secka, Karen Forrest, Omai B. Garner

Publikováno v: Antibiotics, Vol 12, Iss 4, p 790 (2023)

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat and efforts to mitigate it is warranted, thus the need for local antibiograms to improve stewardship. This study highlights the process that was used to develop an antibiogram to monitor resistance a

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/d7a8de916f374e8a993486baaaec9c67

Clustering of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection and the effectiveness of targeted malaria control measures

Autor: Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Mahamoudou B. Touré, Nafomon Sogoba, Seydou O. Doumbia, Jules F. Gomis, Mouhamadou Ndiaye, Daouda Ndiaye, Ayouba Diarra, Ismaela Abubakar, Abdullahi Ahmad, Muna Affara, Davis Nwakanma, Mary Lukowski, James C. Welty, Frances J. Mather, Joseph Keating, Donald J. Krogstad

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)

Abstract Background Because clustering of Plasmodium falciparum infection had been noted previously, the clustering of infection was examined at four field sites in West Africa: Dangassa and Dioro in Mali, Gambissara in The Gambia and Madina Fall in

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/307a3a4c60974c66ba09b47cda2eed72

Origin of imported SARS-CoV-2 strains in The Gambia identified from whole genome sequences.

Autor: Abdoulie Kanteh, Jarra Manneh, Sona Jabang, Mariama A Kujabi, Bakary Sanyang, Mary A Oboh, Abdoulie Bojang, Haruna S Jallow, Davis Nwakanma, Ousman Secka, Anna Roca, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Martin Antonio, Ignatius Baldeh, Karen Forrest, Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, Umberto D'Alessandro, Abdul Karim Sesay

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0241942 (2021)

The SARS-CoV-2 disease, first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 has become a global pandemic and is causing an unprecedented burden on health care systems and the economy globally. While the travel history of index cases may suggest the orig

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/8dadd80cf0fb452584f3a520a11d0bde