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Androulla Efstratiou

Androulla Efstratiou

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Microbiology

D-Index
62
Citations
11160
World Ranking
2929
National Ranking
261

Overview

Androulla Efstratiou is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including:

  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Efstratiou has published papers in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Infection
  • Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Key recent papers include:

  • Human antibodies neutralizing diphtheria toxin in vitro and in vivo (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Association of Group A Streptococcus Exposure and Exacerbations of Chronic Tic Disorders (2021, Neurology)
  • Neonatal invasive disease caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in Europe: the DEVANI multi-center study (2022, Infection)
  • Invasive Group B Streptococcus Disease With Recurrence and in Multiples: Towards a Better Understanding of GBS Late-Onset Sepsis (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Lack of Association of Group A Streptococcal Infections and Onset of Tics: European Multicenter Tics in Children Study (2022, Zurich Open Repository and Archive)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Efstratiou include:

  • Roberta Creti
  • Victoria J. Chalker
  • Theresa Lamagni
  • Norman K. Fry
  • Baharak Afshar

The scope of Efstratiou's research combines clinical and epidemiological perspectives with immunological approaches, particularly in the study of bacterial pathogens like Streptococcus species and their impact on neonatal and maternal infections. Their publications also address toxin mechanisms relevant to diseases caused by Corynebacterium species.

The scientist's work includes significant exploration of infectious respiratory diseases and related immune responses. Another notable area within their research is the study of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders in relation to infectious triggers.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology of Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Disease in Europe

    Theresa L. Lamagni;Jessica Darenberg;Bogdan Luca-Harari;Tuula Siljander

  • Genetic Relationships between Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus mitis: Characterization of “Atypical” Pneumococci and Organisms Allied to S. mitis Harboring S. pneumoniae Virulence Factor-Encoding Genes

    A M Whatmore;A Efstratiou;A P Pickerill;K Broughton

  • The complete genome sequence and analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC13129

    A. M. Cerdeño‐Tárraga;A. Efstratiou;L. G. Dover;M. T. G. Holden

  • Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Disease in Europe

    Bogdan Luca-Harari;Jessica Darenberg;Shona Neal;Tuula Siljander

  • Group B streptococcal disease in UK and Irish infants younger than 90 days

    Paul T. Heath;Gail Balfour;Abbie M. Weisner;Androulla Efstratiou

  • emm typing and validation of provisional M types for group A streptococci.

    R Facklam;B Beall;A Efstratiou;V Fischetti

  • The serotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes present in Britain during 1980-1990 and their association with disease

    G. Colman;Asha Tanna;Androulla Efstratiou;Ewa T. Gaworzewska

  • A longitudinal household study of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in a UK setting.

    M. Hussain;A. Melegaro;R. G. Pebody;R. George

  • Streptococcus agalactiae clones infecting humans were selected and fixed through the extensive use of tetracycline

    Violette Da Cunha;Violette Da Cunha;Mark R. Davies;Mark R. Davies;Pierre Emmanuel Douarre;Pierre Emmanuel Douarre;Isabelle Rosinski-Chupin;Isabelle Rosinski-Chupin

  • Emerging Trends in the Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in England and Wales, 1991–2010

    Theresa L. Lamagni;Catherine Keshishian;Androulla Efstratiou;Rebecca Guy

  • Extension of the Lancefield classification for group A streptococci by addition of 22 new M protein gene sequence types from clinical isolates: emm103 to emm124.

    Richard F. Facklam;Diana R. Martin;Lovgren Marguerite;R. Johnson Dwight

  • Diphtheria in the postepidemic period, Europe, 2000-2009.

    Karen S. Wagner;Joanne M. White;Irina Lucenko;David Mercer

  • Group A streptococci in the 1990s

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  • Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in England and Wales: Vaccination Implications

    Karen Sleeman;Kyle Knox;Kyle Knox;Robert George;Elizabeth Miller

  • Severe Streptococcus pyogenes infections, United Kingdom, 2003-2004.

    Theresa L. Lamagni;Shona Neal;Catherine Keshishian;Neelam Alhaddad

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing Identifies Evidence for Recombination and Two Distinct Lineages of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

    Frances Bolt;Pamela Cassiday;Maria Lucia Tondella;Aruni DeZoysa

  • The epidemiology of severe Streptococcus pyogenes associated disease in Europe

    T L Lamagni;A Efstratiou;J Vuopio-Varkila;A Jasir

  • Diphtheria in the United Kingdom, 1986-2008: the increasing role of Corynebacterium ulcerans.

    K. S. Wagner;J. M. White;N. S. Crowcroft;S. De Martin

  • Diphtheria immunity in UK blood donors

    P.A. Maple;A. Efstratiou;R.C. George;N.J. Andrews

  • Pangenomic study of Corynebacterium diphtheriae that provides insights into the genomic diversity of pathogenic isolates from cases of classical diphtheria, endocarditis, and pneumonia

    Eva Trost;Jochen Blom;Siomar de Castro Soares;Siomar de Castro Soares;I-Hsiu Huang

  • Characterization of Group B Streptococci Recovered from Infants with Invasive Disease in England and Wales

    Abbie M. Weisner;Alan P. Johnson;Theresa L. Lamagni;Eve Arnold

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews
Shiranee Sriskandan
Shiranee Sriskandan Imperial College London
Natasha S. Crowcroft
Natasha S. Crowcroft University of Toronto
Paul T. Heath
Paul T. Heath St George's, University of London
Richard Pebody
Richard Pebody Public Health England
John Stanley
John Stanley John Innes Centre
Barry Cookson
Barry Cookson University College London
Patrick A. D. Grimont
Patrick A. D. Grimont Institut Pasteur
Kerstin J. Plessen
Kerstin J. Plessen University of Lausanne
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge

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