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| Anastasia Theodosiou on controlled human infection with Neisseria lactamica in pregnancy | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:29:03 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Anastasia Theodosiou about performing a controlled human infection study in pregnant women investigating mother-to-infant transmission of Neisseria lactamica. Read the full article: Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, and Nelesh Govender on bloodstream infections in neonates in South Africa | 25 Feb 2025 | 00:24:38 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, and Nelesh Govender about bloodstream infections in neonates at lower-tier South African hospitals. Read the full paper, Pathogen aetiology and risk factors for death among neonates with bloodstream infections at lower-tier South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study, at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00257-X/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Jie Zhou and Anika Singanayagam on their SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study | 09 Jun 2023 | 00:19:50 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Jie Zhou and Dr Anika Singanayagam about their SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Hanna Ehrlich on antimalarial drug resistance surveillance | 31 May 2023 | 00:31:16 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Hanna Ehrlich about antimalarial drug resistance surveillance and her recent cross-sectional study using xenomonitoring in Burkina Faso. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Fabrice Somé sur la surveillance de la résistance aux médicaments antipaludiques (en français) | 31 May 2023 | 00:31:13 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia du The Lancet Microbe converse avec Dr Fabrice Somé sur la surveillance de la résistance aux médicaments antipaludique et son étude récent qui a utilisé la xenosurveillance en Burkina Faso. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Nichola Calvani on gender equity in science | 08 Mar 2023 | 00:21:10 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe talks to Dr Nichola Calvani about gender equity in science and Herminthology, an online initiative that produces online profiles of women working in parasitology. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Michael Otto on using probiotics to reduce Staphylococcus aureus | 13 Jan 2023 | 00:19:38 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe talks to Dr Michael Otto and his and his collaborators’ placebo-controlled phase 2 trial that used the probiotic Bacillus subtilis to reduce Staphylococcus aureus in adults who were colonised by the bacteria in the Songkhla region of Thailand. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| David Cameron on phage therapy | 01 Dec 2022 | 00:08:32 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr David Cameron about phage therapy and his and his colleagues’ recent systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of phage therapy in preclinical models of bacterial infection. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Samuel Lipworth on Mycobacterium abscessus | 28 Sep 2021 | 00:12:20 | |
Jonathan Blott talks to Dr Samuel Lipworth about his and his collaborators' investigation of the epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus in England and the risk of person-to-person transmission in health-care settings Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Adrian Martineau on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ethiopia | 02 Jun 2021 | 00:13:07 | |
Rachel Hellier talks to Prof Adrian Martineau about his and his collaborators’ study that identified Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in CD34-positive peripheral blood mononuclear cells of asymptomatic individuals in Ethiopia, a setting with a high tuberculosis burden. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Luc Samison on surveillance of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli in humans, chickens, and the environment in Madagascar | 05 Aug 2024 | 00:25:36 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Professor Luc Hervé Samison about implementing the WHO Tricycle Protocol in Madagascar for the surveillance of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in humans, chickens, and the environment. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Zoe Dyson and Philip Ashton on Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A | 09 Jul 2024 | 00:30:31 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Zoe Dyson and Dr Philip Ashton about the genomic characterisation of population diversity, antimicrobial resistance profiles, and transmission patterns of Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Edwin Armitage, Saffiatou Darboe, and Lamin Jaiteh on Streptococcus pyogenes | 24 May 2024 | 00:26:25 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Edwin Armitage, Saffiatou Darboe, and Lamin Jaiteh about Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and transmission in households in The Gambia. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Martin Hoenigl on climate change and fungal diseases | 27 Mar 2024 | 00:35:18 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks with Professor Martin Hoenigl about the impact of climate change and natural disasters on fungal diseases. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Nancy Chow on sporotrichosis | 01 Mar 2024 | 00:21:25 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Nancy Chow about sporotrichosis and discusses a genomic epidemiology study of this zoonotic fungal disease among people and cats in Brazil. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Deborah Williamson and Michael Moso on detecting on-SARS-CoV-2 viruses from COVID-19 rapid antigen test devices | 12 Feb 2024 | 00:19:01 | |
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Deborah Williamson and Michael Moso about non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viral detection from COVID-19 rapid antigen test devices. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Kate Baker on harnessing genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance | 23 Nov 2023 | 00:19:19 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Kate Baker about the challenges, potential, and recommendations for using genomics to monitor antimicrobial resistance. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Erica Furhmeister on monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes | 02 Aug 2023 | 00:18:44 | |
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe talks to Dr Erica Furhmeister about monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes. Continue this conversation on social! | |||