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Clinical evaluation of vaccines for pandemic influenza H5N1Manish Pareek
Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 68:80-4. 2007..In 2004 the virus re-emerged among poultry and migratory birds in Asia and has spread into Europe and Africa, raising concerns that an H5 pandemic is imminent...
Confronting the avian influenza threat: vaccine development for a potential pandemicIain Stephenson
Influenza Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Lancet Infect Dis 4:499-509. 2004..Adjuvanted or whole-virus preparations may improve immunogenicity and allow sparing of antigen...
Jaundice in primary school pupilsI Stephenson
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
Postgrad Med J 78:56, 59. 2002
The epidemiology of influenzaI Stephenson
Specialist Registrar in Infectious Diseases, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 52:241-7. 2002..The occurrence in Hong Kong in 1997 of avian influenza H5N1 in man, which resulted in six deaths, served to remind us of the importance of continuing surveillance and preparation for the next pandemic...
Healthcare workers and their attitudes to influenza vaccinationI Stephenson
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW
Commun Dis Public Health 5:247-52. 2002..Simply raising awareness may not translate into increased uptake. Absenteeism was attributed to vaccine-related adverse effects by 11/83 (13%) vaccinees, resulting in 0.46 workdays lost per dose administered...
Safety and antigenicity of non-adjuvanted and MF59-adjuvanted influenza A/Duck/Singapore/97 (H5N3) vaccine: a randomised trial of two potential vaccines against H5N1 influenzaK G Nicholson
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, LE1 5WW, Leicester, UK
Lancet 357:1937-43. 2001..We did an observer-blind, phase I, randomised trial in healthy volunteers to assess safety, tolerability, and antigenicity of MF59-adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted vaccines...
Influenza: vaccination and treatmentI Stephenson
Dept of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK
Eur Respir J 17:1282-93. 2001....
Influenza: current threat from avian influenzaIain Stephenson
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
Br Med Bull 75:63-80. 2005..Oseltamivir has been stockpiled as part of influenza pandemic preparedness planning; however, the emergence of drug resistance may limit its clinical use...
Are we ready for pandemic influenza H5N1?Iain Stephenson
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Level 6, Windsor Building, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK
Expert Rev Vaccines 4:151-5. 2005..Pandemic preparedness plans have been developed by national and international authorities but may be compromised by a lack of readily available interventions...
Safety and antigenicity of whole virus and subunit influenza A/Hong Kong/1073/99 (H9N2) vaccine in healthy adults: phase I randomised trialIain Stephenson
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
Lancet 362:1959-66. 2003..Primed patients should be protected with a single dose of either vaccine...
Cross-reactivity to highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses after vaccination with nonadjuvanted and MF59-adjuvanted influenza A/Duck/Singapore/97 (H5N3) vaccine: a potential priming strategyIain Stephenson
Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Infect Dis 191:1210-5. 2005..0004), and 43% (P = .0128) in 14 subjects, respectively, compared with 27%, 27%, 0%, and 0% in 11 who received nonadjuvanted vaccine. These findings have implications for the rational design of pandemic vaccines against influenza H5...
Boosting immunity to influenza H5N1 with MF59-adjuvanted H5N3 A/Duck/Singapore/97 vaccine in a primed human populationIain Stephenson
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, LE1 5WW, Leicester, UK
Vaccine 21:1687-93. 2003..001). MF59 significantly increased GMTs of antibody when compared to non-adjuvanted vaccine (P<0.001)...
H5N1 vaccines: how prepared are we for a pandemic?Iain Stephenson
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
Lancet 368:965-6. 2006
Willingness of healthcare workers to accept voluntary stockpiled H5N1 vaccine in advance of pandemic activityManish Pareek
Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
Vaccine 27:1242-7. 2009..A majority of healthcare workers are amenable to accept stockpiled H5N1 vaccine if offered in advance of pandemic activity...
Comparison of neutralising antibody assays for detection of antibody to influenza A/H3N2 viruses: an international collaborative studyIain Stephenson
Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
Vaccine 25:4056-63. 2007..This study raises concern about comparability of serology results from H5N1 vaccine trials and it is proposed that an International Standard for influenza H5N1 antibody is developed...
Cross-protective immunity in mice induced by live-attenuated or inactivated vaccines against highly pathogenic influenza A (H5N1) virusesXiuhua Lu
Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Vaccine 24:6588-93. 2006..These results demonstrated that vaccination of mice with H5 IIV or LAIV induced a high degree of cross-protection from illness and death following lethal challenges with a heterologous H5N1 virus...
Use of neuraminidase inhibitors to combat pandemic influenzaJane Democratis
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
J Antimicrob Chemother 58:911-5. 2006....
Phase I evaluation of intranasal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine with nontoxigenic Escherichia coli enterotoxin and novel biovector as mucosal adjuvants, using adult volunteersIain Stephenson
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
J Virol 80:4962-70. 2006..The addition of the biovector to the vaccine given with 30 microg LTK63 enhanced mucosal IgA responses to A/Duck/Singapore (H5N3) (P=0.0491) and B/Guandong (P=0.0028) but not to A/Panama (H3N2). All vaccines were well tolerated...
Development of adenoviral-vector-based pandemic influenza vaccine against antigenically distinct human H5N1 strains in miceMary A Hoelscher
Influenza Branch, Division of Rickettsial and Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Lancet 367:475-81. 2006..01). INTERPRETATION: Our findings highlight the potential of an Ad-vector-based delivery system, which is both egg-independent and adjuvant-independent and offers stockpiling options for the development of a pandemic influenza vaccine...
Neuraminidase inhibitor resistance after oseltamivir treatment of acute influenza A and B in childrenIain Stephenson
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
Clin Infect Dis 48:389-96. 2009..We investigated the emergence of drug-resistant infection in children treated with a tiered weight-based dosing regimen...
Development of vaccines against influenza H5Iain Stephenson
Lancet Infect Dis 6:458-60. 2006
Development and evaluation of influenza pandemic vaccinesIain Stephenson
Lancet Infect Dis 6:71-2. 2006
Transmission of equine influenza virus to dogsP C Crawford
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Science 310:482-5. 2005..Evidence of infection in pet dogs suggests that this infection may also become enzootic in this population...
Antigenically distinct MF59-adjuvanted vaccine to boost immunity to H5N1Iain Stephenson
N Engl J Med 359:1631-3. 2008
Human metapneumovirus as a cause of community-acquired respiratory illnessJoanne Stockton
Public Health Laboratory Service Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
Emerg Infect Dis 8:897-901. 2002..2%) patients. HMPV appears to be associated with community-acquired ARTI. The extent of illness and possible complications related to this new human virus need to be clarified...
